New guns arriving what do i need to buy

[CZ Taji]

You'd have to shoot a crap load of ammo to give yourself tennis elbow.

I suppose if you already have it, a forearm strap or elbow brace can't hurt anything.

that was funny, but The shock watch for shooters isn't aimed at tennis elbow for shooters.  I do imagine that the same strain still goes through the arm and ends with the shoulder and surrounding musculature though imho.

 I have arthritis and 2 bad shoulders so i seek to do all i can not to make matters worse. my shooting shoulder has a tear in it as viewed by MRI, we haven't delved into the off shoulder yet medically. that is already on the radar though as i have already had fresh x-rays taken of both shoulders.  I rather err on the side of caution these days for sure. btw that dude in your avatar was my favorite character on that show.

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Gun is in the house already btw i picked it up yesterday!    Only things i have bought so far are as follows.

1. ess shooting glasses the cross bow model 3 lens kit approx. 50$ plus shipping
2. packs of tipton snap caps approx. 13$ free shipping
3. Hopees small gun cleaning kit:  walmart approx. 10$ + tax
4. Gun cloth to lay out the gun and tools
5. a pack of patches -3/4 $ walmart
6. a gun cloth to wipe the gun down and lightly lubricate it walmart price ? oops

that's all so far. I'm about to order my CZ hoodie before the big boys make a mad run  on that size.

[2morechains]

I think tendonitis is fairly common among competition shooters.  Go to a match and look for people wearing arm bands around their forearms...  However I don't think it comes from the shooting.  I had a mild case a few years ago and I'm pretty certain mine came from nightly dry-fire sessions and all the repetitive motion that comes from reloading 15-20K rnds a year.  I may only shoot 200-500 rnds in a week, but I have a fairly regular dry fire regimen where I will do a couple hundred draws, and god knows how many trigger pulls and transitions in a single session.  I think that is where my tendonitis came from.   

Mine took me about 4-5 months to get over but fortunately it wasn't as bad as some friends of mine had.  I did a lot of stretching exercises prior to dry-firing or reloading, ate a ton of jello, wore the arm band for a while, and even had a few sessions of accupunture. 

[2morechains]

As far as stuff to get, I suppose it all depends on how much of a gear geek you are.  I started out with some basic "stuff" and over the years upgraded when I saw or tried something that I just had to have.  I also like having spares (spare ear muffs, back up ear plugs, spare eye wear with different colored lenses for different lighting conditions...).  I also started out with a "cleaning kit" but now just have the basic items arranged in various plastic bins from a tackle shop or on a shelf in my toy room.  Old tooth brushes come in handy as do q-tips for cleaning.  I save old t-shirts and turn them into gun rags. 

I do recommend a decent gunsmith screw driver set.  Most screws on guns are not cut for your basic screw driver and its easy to booger up the screw heads if you're not using the right bit.  You can get a basic set from Brownells or Midway for $20 or go crazy and get one for much higher...  Figure out what tools are used commonly with your guns and buy them. 

I do have a smaller kit in my range bag for the times you need to take your gun a part or even clean it (once dropped an unloaded gun at a match and it just happened to be in a very dusty -think flour dust- area) and that has some duplicates of what I have at home -just smaller. 

[1SOW]

AMMO!
If shooting outdoors,  A Ball Cap!
An Uplula magazine loader
A gun bag to carry everything.
Anything else will make itself apparent.