Well it looks like I have just about run out of time on putting off a complete shoulder reconstruction. Pain is one thing but the decreasing range of motion is getting worse. Three doctors agree it has to be done and all three want to do the major procedure instead of a small incision procedure. All three said it was one of the worst they have seen, lucky me. Most optimistic Doc said six months off and the worst was a full year before I could shoot again, "if at all". I know that others have been there and done that, I was just trying not to join them.
Might have to go back to shooting left handed again. Did that for a year, long ago, when my shoulder went south before. Oh well, I was getting low on Bismuth anyway. Maybe by the time I get back it will be cheap and plentiful again.