I just won Winchester Defender 12 ga pump shotgun with a raffle ticket.

[Will Carry]

BUT I just had my shoulder replaced and cannot shoot it for 6 months! It was made in Turkey. Does anyone have one of these and can give me some beta?

 

[RED333]

Congrats, as far as advice, shoot it with your other side.

[Choatecav]

Well, it is good to be you...... congratulations.  

Only absolute is don't rush shooting that thing with the replacement.  Joint replacement works out pretty well IF YOU FOLLOW the rules of rehab.................

[BigK]

Kudos on the raffle win! I don't envy your wait to get to shoot it though. I hope ya get back to it w/out any complications.

[gregintenn]

Awesome! Just put it up for a while.

[FrankD]

congrats on the win.

 

Send it to me and I will shoot it

[deerslayer]

Congrats!  I am recovering from a rotator cuff rebuild and found a steal on a shotgun I have wanted for a while, but it will be some time before I take her for a spin.  

[Choatecav]

7 hours ago, deerslayer said:

Congrats!  I am recovering from a rotator cuff rebuild and found a steal on a shotgun I have wanted for a while, but it will be some time before I take her for a spin.  

Oh man, what a tough injury a rotator cuff can be.  I tore a portion of my left shoulder playing football and I;m now in my late sixties and still suffer from it.  

Not to hijack the thread, but how detailed was the surgery and how tough has the therapy been, if I may ask??

[deerslayer]

2 hours ago, Choatecav said:

Oh man, what a tough injury a rotator cuff can be.  I tore a portion of my left shoulder playing football and I;m now in my late sixties and still suffer from it.  

Not to hijack the thread, but how detailed was the surgery and how tough has the therapy been, if I may ask??

Ha, I’m just the guy to ask about rotator cuffs - this is my second one. 
 

I had surgery on my right one two years ago.  It was screwed up for 25+ years and just got worse and worse until I couldn’t sleep.  I think it all started when I tried to gun a guy down at third base from right field without hitting the cutoff man one time too many (I was young, dumb, and well you know the rest).  Torn labrum (SLAP), torn subscapularis tendon, and ruptured bicep tendon.  Dr. Brolin at Campbell Clinic reattached the subscap, repaired my labrum, cut off the top 2” of my bicep tendon and reattached it at the top of my humerus (aka bicep tenodesis).  I read and was told therapy/recovery would be agony, but it was a piece of cake (4-5 months worth).  I was a PT nazi though.  Now I can throw a football 30 yards and (until recently, see below) do pullups.  My only regret is waiting as long as I did.  
 

Fast forward to last December.  Long story short I pulled a total dipsh!t move and tore my left subscapularis tendon and mildly damaged my supraspinatus tendon.  Labrum was ok but bicep tendon was iffy.  Same doctor reattached the subscap and did another bicep tenodesis.  He also cleaned up some arthritis I didn’t even know I had (left side has always been drama free).  That was nine weeks ago.  This one has been a little more painful, but I am making steady progress.  Will be probably August before I can really shoot anything.  
 

The doctor fixes you, but the physical therapist heals you.  If you are active and want to get back to being active after a repair, you MUST do the therapy religiously.  
 

Epic threadjack over.  My apologies to the OP - I also have a new shotgun I want to shoot and I feel your pain (literally).  

Edited 9 hours ago by deerslayer

[Choatecav]

8 hours ago, deerslayer said:

Ha, I’m just the guy to ask about rotator cuffs - this is my second one. 
 

I had surgery on my right one two years ago.  It was screwed up for 25+ years and just got worse and worse until I couldn’t sleep.  I think it all started when I tried to gun a guy down at third base from right field without hitting the cutoff man one time too many (I was young, dumb, and well you know the rest).  Torn labrum (SLAP), torn subscapularis tendon, and ruptured bicep tendon.  Dr. Brolin at Campbell Clinic reattached the subscap, repaired my labrum, cut off the top 2” of my bicep tendon and reattached it at the top of my humerus (aka bicep tenodesis).  I read and was told therapy/recovery would be agony, but it was a piece of cake (4-5 months worth).  I was a PT nazi though.  Now I can throw a football 30 yards and (until recently, see below) do pullups.  My only regret is waiting as long as I did.  
 

Fast forward to last December.  Long story short I pulled a total dipsh!t move and tore my left subscapularis tendon and mildly damaged my supraspinatus tendon.  Labrum was ok but bicep tendon was iffy.  Same doctor reattached the subscap and did another bicep tenodesis.  He also cleaned up some arthritis I didn’t even know I had (left side has always been drama free).  That was nine weeks ago.  This one has been a little more painful, but I am making steady progress.  Will be probably August before I can really shoot anything.  
 

The doctor fixes you, but the physical therapist heals you.  If you are active and want to get back to being active after a repair, you MUST do the therapy religiously.  
 

Epic threadjack over.  My apologies to the OP - I also have a new shotgun I want to shoot and I feel your pain (literally).  

Wow..... amazing story and experiences.  You are better than google on this subject...........

Glad you have had success with the surgeries and Amen to the comment on the PT.  

Also apologies to OP...... will shut up now.