Got the hand shakes

You could try making (or buying) a pistol sling that goes across your back and helps stabilize your pistol when you press it out to the firing position. You could also fire your pistol from a supported position (elbows on table or leaning against a wall with your firing shoulder or arm in contact with the wall.) Alternatively, just recognize aging eventually degrades eveyones' shooting ability . . . I do most of my shooting at 7 yards or less at a silhouette target with a flash sight picture. For me, at close range, front sight alignment to target is more important than slght picture.

I usually blame it on the ammo.....or, the targets moving....or, the wind....other shooters, the gun....anything but me. If you like heavier have you considered a Buckmark or any number of Ruger MK pistols. Those are all 100%, accurate and will last a few hundred years. Don't forget....benches for shaky people. 1917

I don't want a real target pistol, I can just imagine the looks I'd get shooting a Mk IV with a shot pattern all over creation.
What other 22lr pistols are there that are not target pistols, but rather plinkers, which is what I do. Right now , I have the S&W MP full size, and the Walther PPQ, the GSG Firefly , and that's kind of it right now.

I wouldn't worry about what other people think, I seldom do. There's people at the range who shoot at a target three feet away and it looks they were engaging it with a shot gun 100 yards off. Every time they manage to hit the actual target on the sheet of paper, there is great rejoicing.

You need one of my tactical gyroscopic pistol stabilizers. It is powered by blow back gasses. The faster you shoot, the faster the gyro spins and the steadier it is. After ten shots you can release the pistol and it will maintain its position, mid air. If you are reasonably fast...you can have another mag in it before it destabilizes. Rugers are plinkers too....perhaps a U22 Neos would work.

These guys have it right. Shooting is for fun for most of us. I like a big chunk of steel myself.. 30" dia works...like to hear it ring. 1917

Don't worry about scores. As long as you can safely have fun shooting enjoy it for what it is....fun. You can also consider transitioning to bipod shooting. The Ruger Charger is a fun pistol that might be just what the Dr. ordered.

FET is an interesting subject, so I did a bit of searching on the internet and found a ton of info.


There are a host of things a sufferer can do from meditation, vitamins, resistance training, weight loss if obese, even a glass of wine and more.

I want to thank you all for your kind support, I guess I'm not yet accepting my current situation. It's just something I need to confront. Shooting at a paper plate at 21 feet, and only getting 60% into the plate, with my 5" Walther P22 is just a hard pill to swallow.

Does this effect both hands? Does a two hand hold help? My left hand shakes more than my right. Dad had a light case of Parkinson's. I just enjoy shooting and hearing the round hit or the dust fly. With steel...I don't worry about groups....just like the sound of hitting it. I have my own range though so I can put anything I want out there and not have to haul it or remove it . 1917

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My right hand shakes more than my left, but not by enough to warrant trying to shoot left-handed. I'm trying to figure a means by way of grip adjustment, that I can steady my right hand. So far, I found if I push down on my right thumb with my left thumb to the point of some discomfort, it seems to steady my hand. I'm also going to try the bicycle inner tube trick to thicken the grip on my P22, as larger grips seem to steady my hand.



Getting old is not for wimps.

Tell me about it....skin cancer for 35 years, diabetes for 15, bladder cancer for 2 years and now prostate cancer. Other than that I'm in good shape. Eyesight isn't what it once was either. Still, I could hike 10 miles in the mountains today if I weren't digging a new trench for a gas line to my tall gas lamp, prepping a 12" dia Japanese Maple for moving tomorrow, pressure washing a riding mower for the installation of new parts so it will be ready to rock and roll at the farm next trip over and in the process of building a carport/storage room. Let me tell you. Those rough sawn 16' - 8x8 pine timbers are heavy. Clients are just going to have to wait a few weeks before getting back to their projects. 1917

I would go see a Chiropractor. Treatments help relieve nerve pressure which may decrease your tremors.

spin40 said:

There are a host of things a sufferer can do from meditation, vitamins, resistance training, weight loss if obese, even a glass of wine and more.

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I don't suffer from essential tremor myself, but a friend who does confirmed that alcohol is effective for him. And, in his case, it was quite a small amount... probably less than an ounce (so, at 12-13% by volume, this would be even less than a glass of wine). He is, otherwise, a non-drinker, so that may account for such a small effective dose.

Obviously, YMMV. ;-)

- s.west

Bigborgel said:

Getting old is not for wimps.

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Well, like they say: If it was easy, then everyone would do it.

Cheers, and good luck!

- s.west

I’m a physician and a PPQ owner. Ask your neurologist about a prescription for propranolol. It works most of the time for essential tremors and if not eliminated, the intention tremors like writing or holding a pistol are much diminished. It’s cheap and pretty free of side effects. Downside is you have to take it every day to make it work. Can’t believe the neurologist didn’t offer you that or something like it.