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8/14/2015 3:34:55 PM EDT
The last year or so when at the range shooting if I look through the scope or try to line up iron sights on rifles or hand guns my vission starts fading to almost black. Anybody got an idea what going on? Hell I am going on 61 getting old sucks.
8/14/2015 3:36:27 PM EDT
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The last year or so when at the range shooting if I look through the scope or try to line up iron sights on rifles or hand guns my vission starts fading to almost black. Anybody got an idea what going on? Hell I am going on 61 getting old sucks.
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Doesn't sound good, get thee to a doctor!
8/14/2015 3:38:59 PM EDT
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The last year or so when at the range shooting if I look through the scope or try to line up iron sights on rifles or hand guns my vission starts fading to almost black. Anybody got an idea what going on? Hell I am going on 61 getting old sucks.


Doesn't sound good, get thee to a doctor!


This.  Sooner rather than later.
8/14/2015 3:42:54 PM EDT
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Your eye muscles weaken with age.  Your pupils are probably not opening up as much as they used to.  
You might still want to get it checked out.
8/14/2015 3:46:00 PM EDT
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Are you holding your breath.  That is one of the things that happens when you over-do the breath control.  You have to breath deeply then exhale most of the air before holding.  But, don't take too long otherwise your vision will fade.
8/14/2015 3:48:48 PM EDT
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I had a detached retina once. Doc expressly told me to not shoot high pressure cartridges, and only pistols, until my eye healed. He said that the pressure on the eye can cause damage to an already injured eye.

He also mentioned in passing that detached retinas can happen with age  as well as trauma.
8/14/2015 3:50:48 PM EDT
[#6]
Same problem here and I'm only ~30.

Concentrate too long on a red dot, reticle, even the target, and it fades to black.

I think it's just eye strain, but I don't know.
8/14/2015 3:53:52 PM EDT
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For me, the darkening was a Retail detachment. Sounds like you need a trip to the eye Dr.
8/14/2015 3:56:08 PM EDT
[#8]
Come off the sights, and stare at some green grass or leaves for a few seconds... Then get back on the sights.

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8/14/2015 4:05:15 PM EDT
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The last year or so when at the range shooting if I look through the scope or try to line up iron sights on rifles or hand guns my vission starts fading to almost black. Anybody got an idea what going on? Hell I am going on 61 getting old sucks.
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Get some oxygen to those eyeballs. Get your weight off your lungs and breathe.

It may not be your age, just your body position.
8/14/2015 4:11:46 PM EDT
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Are you using the fleshlight stabilizer attachment? That could be the cause of your eyesight troubles. You may want to slow down on your rate of fire and see if that helps.
8/14/2015 4:12:52 PM EDT
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Whatever you do...........I woul not see a doctor.
8/14/2015 4:15:19 PM EDT
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Shotgunner patient had to quit shooting (he refused to).  Something about the optic nerve severing while shooting?  Been a few years.  I'd been after him for a handful of years to stop wearing his hearing aids when shooting and wear actual hearing protection; but he was a stubborn old fuck.  Before I moved; he was to the point of being blind, permanently, in one eye (with failing eyesight in the other eye) and could no longer understand speech.  He just wouldn't listen, to anyone.
8/14/2015 4:16:48 PM EDT
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Shotgunner patient had to quit shooting (he refused to).  Something about the optic nerve severing while shooting?  Been a few years.  I'd been after him for a handful of years to stop wearing his hearing aids when shooting and wear actual hearing protection; but he was a stubborn old fuck.  Before I moved; he was to the point of being blind, permanently, in one eye (with failing eyesight in the other eye) and could no longer understand speech.  He just wouldn't listen, to anyone.
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Huh?
8/14/2015 4:18:00 PM EDT
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Well, dont have to mention guns
8/14/2015 4:18:57 PM EDT
[#15]
Feeling any numbless? Arms
8/14/2015 5:13:34 PM EDT
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No more numbness than normal. broke my neck in 1979 have some nerve damage from that, But nothing new.