I ALMOST FELL OUT OF MY CHAIR

[Golddollar]

Last year I posted about how I was competing in my club's .22 bullseye league after suffering from a retinal hemorrhage in my right eye from the year before. I had to learn to shoot righthanded but sighting with my left eye.

This club has an annual awards dinner to acknowledge the accomplishments of members in events during the previous year. Today the club newsletter came out, and it included a list of all awards that would be given out at the upcoming awards dinner. When I got to the .22 Bullseye league awards, I got a total surprise to see that I am getting an award of Class C, 2nd Place.

Two years ago I was having floaters in my right eye that looked like the patches on a Holstein cow, and I was afraid that my shooting competition days were over. But now between the healing of my retina and cataract surgery, at age 71 I feel like I will be turning back the clock for handgun precision competition.

My thanks to all of you for your support during my rehab.

 

[lihpster]

Congrats! And I'm glad to hear you're back to "putting them in the 10 ring".

 

[Baxter6551]

Congrats on your achievement! I’m cross eye dominant so I’ve been shooting that way since the police academy in 1977. Works for me just fine.

 

[NFrameFred]

I started out in Bullseye and PPC. I always admired the patience and dedication involved to excel at Bullseye . . . I just never developed a love for it - I gravitated toward the action games. I learned a lot from mentors/friends who did well at precision pistol and believe it helped my performance in other games. You never will be much of a shooter without mastering the basics, and Bullseye is all about that. A notable accomplishment at this age to do so well at it - especially fighting through the eye adversity. Congratulations.

 

[6518John]

Randy—you a living proof an old dog can learn new tricks! Congratulations!!

 

[M29since14]

Speaking from the perspective of one who has been totally through the wringer, when it comes to eye problems and subsequent “repairs,” I can only tell you what Jeff Cooper said to me back in the early 90s when we both had similar difficulties and were discussing them. (His problem was much less serious, but in his shooting eye. Mine was more serious but mercifully in the offside eye.) “Well, you are still shooting. Stout heart! And good cheer!”

It was good advice. After a few years of biding my time, I eventually went back to shooting “things that kick,” and I am getting along acceptably today. Upset recovery from eye trouble is a slow, tedious process. I hope your recovery continues and you get back to “normal,” as much as possible. Keep shooting.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Last year I posted about how I was competing in my club's .22 bullseye league after suffering from a retinal hemorrhage in my right eye from the year before. I had to learn to shoot righthanded but sighting with my left eye.

This club has an annual awards dinner to acknowledge the accomplishments of members in events during the previous year. Today the club newsletter came out, and it included a list of all awards that would be given out at the upcoming awards dinner. When I got to the .22 Bullseye league awards, I got a total surprise to see that I am getting an award of Class C, 2nd Place.

Two years ago I was having floaters in my right eye that looked like the patches on a Holstein cow, and I was afraid that my shooting competition days were over. But now between the healing of my retina and cataract surgery, at age 71 I feel like I will be turning back the clock for handgun precision competition.

My thanks to all of you for your support during my rehab.

You DO realize that 2nd Place is just a kind way of saying 1st place looser! Keep it up! Not too bad for an old codger