Left hand shooting conversion process

[Richard Flanders]

Just now back from punishing a box of clays with a 28" VH20 and a 28" 1-1/2 frame damascus CHE12. Didn't take long; I don't think I missed more than 20 birds out of the box if even that, and many of them just vaporized. Too fun. Didn't beat my middle finger up too badly either; very little fresh blood when I pulled my glove off. Since I can't stretch my fingers, a single trigger gun would be a big improvement on that front. Both of these guns today have nice slim grips and a fair bit of DAH, which helps. The C grade really works well for me and just made clays disappear like magic when I did my part.

I can't speak highly enough of the little <$300 12V-powered portable Atlas thrower I'm using. This would be near impossible to do with my Trius step thrower; you just can't do your footwork properly after stepping on the cocking arm. By the time you get yourself right the clay is over the horizon. It's v clumsy. This Atlas has a foot switch on a long wire so you can move around side to side a long ways. The switch is sensitive and the magazine holds 50 clays and the legs are easily adjustable to allow three different vertical angles of throw. The unit breaks down and fits into a squat medium Action Packer that is easy to move around and get into a rig or a plane. I threw approx 175 clays yesterday using a smallish 300CCA Duracell garden tractor battery and it hardly needed a charge afterwards. I'm sure it would throw well over 200 clays nonstop. The manufacturer told me that I would only get about 100 throws out of that battery. This thing makes shooting alone a much better experience. The only way I'm going to figure this lefty shooting thing out is because I have this thrower and can go out and shoot alone and undistracted any time I please. If I were to give it away today, I'd consider it having paid for itself in spades in just my two outings in the past 24hrs. Time to go down and finish topping off a bucket of reloads....

[crs]

Richard,
WRT switching from R to L - been there done that and back again due to right eye retina operations.

I actually made the move R to L fine WRT accuracy, but not speed. Had to for rifles and shotguns; this made me buy some lever action rifles that I could shoot either handed.

A few years went by and one day after poking a .458 hole through a Bison where it barely felt it, the darn thing ran from left to right at about 50 yards. This was with guide and videographer there and it made me mad and I instinctively switched my 1886 45-90 to my right shoulder AND eye and dropped the beast with a shot through both front shoulders ( my DG load of 450 grain FMJ at 2150 fps). Back in the saddle again!

More years and another right eye operation for lens sack breaking loose and I am back to lefty again with shot gun and iron sighted rifles ( scope still works with right eye) .

So, hang in there and keep on shooting and hunting! You have a lot of company.