Injured strong hand

age_ranger · Post by **age_ranger** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:07 pm

Well, cleaning up the house (stoopid me) and I lost my hold on a big glass vase on top of the kitchen cabinet and it broke into a bazillion screaming razoe blades aimed right at my strong hand. No stitches yet but it hurts like mad and there's a ton of blood. SO.............now what? I always carry strong side and have no lefty holsters. Bear the pain of drawing with my right hand? Put carrying my pistol on hold?

HighVelocity · Post by **HighVelocity** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:34 pm

Sorry to hear about your hand. Buy a left hand holster and do some dry fire practice with it.
I keep a left handed IWB holster just for this possibility. (It's for a Glock though)

flintknapper · Post by **flintknapper** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:44 pm

age_ranger wrote:Well, cleaning up the house (stoopid me) and I lost my hold on a big glass vase on top of the kitchen cabinet and it broke into a bazillion screaming razoe blades aimed right at my strong hand. No stitches yet but it hurts like mad and there's a ton of blood. SO.............now what? I always carry strong side and have no lefty holsters. Bear the pain of drawing with my right hand? Put carrying my pistol on hold?

Ouch!!!!!

Sorry to hear about that age_ranger.

Do you have anything "cross-draw" you can wear?

Maybe someone here has a "Southpaw" rig or cross-draw they can loan you for awhile. (Assuming you're right handed).

ScubaSigGuy · Post by **ScubaSigGuy** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:59 pm

AR,

Call me when you have a chance I have an option for you until your hand heals. Sorry that happened, sir.

SSG

Greybeard · Post by **Greybeard** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:07 pm

Sorry to hear about your big ouchie.

FWIW, about 6 weeks ago, I pulled a muscle or something bigtime just above where pistola commonly rests IWB at 4:30 or so. I subsequently moved it over to IWB butt forward on opposite side (around 8:00). I recognized not being able to draw real quickly, but it worked out quite well to at least have one on me until the other side healed ...

age_ranger · Post by **age_ranger** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:48 pm

I'm sporting a few bandaids and that's about it for now. Had one finger that was numb and thought I cut it pretty deep, but it's manageable. Should be able to draw just fine, but what a wake up. Something I surely hadn't made a backup plan for. I guess life is the best teacher.

SSG, I'd still like to hear your alternative........I'm off to Shreveport in the morning though......I'll give you a call from the road.

Wildscar · Post by **Wildscar** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:52 pm

Man that sucks. Sorry to hear about that. Hope you get to feeling better.

I think you need to rest that whole arm. Just toss it in a sling. Then place the firearm int here and then you nothing to worry about.

phddan · Post by **phddan** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:39 am

Shucks,

Just rub some dirt in it. You'll be fine.

I have no doubt that if you needed to use your gun, that in the adrenalin rush you wouldn't even notice a cut or two, or six, or twelve.

Dan

flintknapper · Post by **flintknapper** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:01 am

phddan wrote:Shucks,

Just rub some dirt in it. You'll be fine. Dan

There ya go! End of problem.

I always keep a mixture of dirt and salt around here for just such emergencies.

RPBrown · Post by **RPBrown** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:29 pm

Sorry to here about your wounds A-R

Being in the A/C business, we aways wrap it in duct tape.

Great for everything except duct.

Post by **Crossfire** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:58 pm

A-R, sorry to hear about your injury, and I hope you heal quickly with no lasting effects, but...I have to say I am getting a big kick out of all the "helpful" advice you are getting here. Ya know, since I got SO much help and sympathy when I mashed my trigger finger last year.

So, look on the bright side. You always wanted to improve your weak hand technique, right? Now, you have the perfect opportunity.

Thane · Post by **Thane** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:29 pm

I've been using Superglue to "fix" my cuts.

Works fine so far.

HighVelocity · Post by **HighVelocity** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:09 pm

Thane wrote:I've been using Superglue to "fix" my cuts.

Works fine so far.

Superglue DOES close cuts. I've used it many times with no noticable side effects. [/twitching]

drinks · Post by **drinks** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:18 pm

Actually, monoalphacyaronoacrolate , aka super glue, was developed as an alternative to sutures.

DoubleJ · Post by **DoubleJ** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:17 am

DermaBond, anyone?

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