Today is the 7 month anniversary of breaking both of my wrists. I have not fired a weapon in that time, wanting to make sure the wrists were sufficiently healed to handle the recoil without further injury. The hands, especially the right hand still hurt from the injury. It is not uncommon to take 2 Ibuprofen a couple of times a day and at bedtime.
I started with the Glock 44 .22LR. The damn thing doesn't want to hit the primer hard enough to ignite the round. Out of 6 rounds, only 1 fired. That has never been a problem in the past and I am using the same ammo as before. I disassembled and cleaned the easy parts and dabbed a drop of oil on the firing pin. I know, this is not what I need to do, but I was in a hurry and will do a complete disassembly later this evening. After that, it fires about 75% of the time. Not good enough! 100% is what I want.
That went okay except for the mechanical problem so I decided to try the Hellcat 9mm which has a bit more recoil. I fired a total of 10 rounds and my hand is not happy. The wrist is okay, but the hand always hurts anyway and this just aggravated the pain. I think I may start firing a few rounds everyday in hopes of the hand getting better. I have to qualify at my department before the end of the year and I sure hope I can do it without a lot of pain. That's 50 rounds as opposed to the 10 I fired today. That looks to be painful unless my right hand gets better fast!
