I picked up a cheap, used Beretta O/U and have been shooting skeet the past couple of weeks for the first time (at least, since I was very young).
I've noticed that the middle finger on my strong hand is getting seriously banged up - I don't remember it hurting while shooting in the least, but a couple of hours later and for a couple of days after, it's been throbbing. The whole thing was sufficiently black and blue last week I was worried about capillary refill, but it ended up fine. Tonight, tried wearing mechanix gloves and it maybe helped a little, but not enormously. I assume it's something I'm doing wrong.
Obviously, it's trauma from the finger guard, but I'm wondering if it means I'm gripping wrong, or not tightly enough (I am keeping my hand a bit loose), or I'm not keeping enough tension in my shoulder against the recoil (assuming I should be), or something like that.
I do feel like I'm pulling it into my shoulder with firm pressure to start with, but I do more sort of roll with, instead of press in to, the recoil (I'm a big guy, so recoil is not that big a deal). Or, the other thing I suppose it could be is I might be letting up on pulling into my shoulder while moving on to the second shot of doubles.
Regardless, I'm not sure what I'm doing - so, any similar experiences or insights appreciated.
I've noticed that the middle finger on my strong hand is getting seriously banged up - I don't remember it hurting while shooting in the least, but a couple of hours later and for a couple of days after, it's been throbbing. The whole thing was sufficiently black and blue last week I was worried about capillary refill, but it ended up fine. Tonight, tried wearing mechanix gloves and it maybe helped a little, but not enormously. I assume it's something I'm doing wrong.
Obviously, it's trauma from the finger guard, but I'm wondering if it means I'm gripping wrong, or not tightly enough (I am keeping my hand a bit loose), or I'm not keeping enough tension in my shoulder against the recoil (assuming I should be), or something like that.
I do feel like I'm pulling it into my shoulder with firm pressure to start with, but I do more sort of roll with, instead of press in to, the recoil (I'm a big guy, so recoil is not that big a deal). Or, the other thing I suppose it could be is I might be letting up on pulling into my shoulder while moving on to the second shot of doubles.
Regardless, I'm not sure what I'm doing - so, any similar experiences or insights appreciated.