ernroe
HAM Sniper
You never lose your ability to make a fool of yourself, just the other week I was considering selling my PCP's and shooting my springers exclusively. As it turns out that would have been a very bad idea. The back story: In 2005 I was shooting skeet and playing tennis regularly and started getting pains in my neck and down my arms. I had an MRI that showed 2 herniated cervical disc, C4 & C5 that required surgery to fuse them with cadaver bone and plate and screws. My age then was 59 yrs old, and I recovered quickly and was back playing tennis and shooting skeet in 2 months. Fast forward to 2025, same symptoms, MRI showed stenosis at C1 and C2, as you probably know they are the top two vertebrae. If something goes wrong, you are dead from the neck down. My doctor and agree that conservative, non-surgical treatment, is the best place to begin. That means no cocking of springers, lifting heavy objects overhead, no exercise that requires running, twisting etc. Now, this is where the fool part comes into play. I recently had a marathon shooting (for me) session with my HW30 and HW50. I shot 50 rds HW30 and 75 rds HW50. I know that is not considered much by many of you, especially if you are young and don't have any pre-existing medical problems. So what to do? 1. No shooting of anykind for the next two weeks. 2.When I start back it will be with rested PCPs. 3.Make a decision on the status of the Springers. That being said, the HW30 is not going anyplace but the future is in doubt for the HW50S.
