Seriously.. I wouldn't want to shoot that rifle once, let alone multiple times.
I took a month off shooting last year when I developed blind spots in my right eye. I can't definitively say it was caused by firearms but the blind spots developed about a week after I'd taken the Soviet DShK out to the range (belt fed 50 BMG). We put a lot of 50 cal out of it and the muzzle break on there "let's you know who's talking".
The blind spots went away about a month and a half later, but it's made me a bit wary of bigger guns. Next time I take it out I'm wearing safety goggles over my prescription glasses; my prescription glasses offer some eye protection from flying objects in a direct path, but they don't offer any balancing effects on pressure waves.
The other concern is the shoulder joint. I've been in a few motorcycle crashes on the race track and I can tell you first hand that once you damage your shoulder, chances are very high you will never fully recover. It has been 3 years since my last major off, and I still have limited mobility in my right arm without pain. (Can't draw a bow, for instance). By the time I'm in my 40's it'll probably degrade my quality of life to the point I'll need corrective surgery.
Anyway.. you only have one body, man. Take care of it.
That being said, everyone has the right to do whatever the heck they want as long as it doesn't put another human in danger, so go do what makes you feel good and makes you happy.
I took a month off shooting last year when I developed blind spots in my right eye. I can't definitively say it was caused by firearms but the blind spots developed about a week after I'd taken the Soviet DShK out to the range (belt fed 50 BMG). We put a lot of 50 cal out of it and the muzzle break on there "let's you know who's talking".
The blind spots went away about a month and a half later, but it's made me a bit wary of bigger guns. Next time I take it out I'm wearing safety goggles over my prescription glasses; my prescription glasses offer some eye protection from flying objects in a direct path, but they don't offer any balancing effects on pressure waves.
The other concern is the shoulder joint. I've been in a few motorcycle crashes on the race track and I can tell you first hand that once you damage your shoulder, chances are very high you will never fully recover. It has been 3 years since my last major off, and I still have limited mobility in my right arm without pain. (Can't draw a bow, for instance). By the time I'm in my 40's it'll probably degrade my quality of life to the point I'll need corrective surgery.
Anyway.. you only have one body, man. Take care of it.
That being said, everyone has the right to do whatever the heck they want as long as it doesn't put another human in danger, so go do what makes you feel good and makes you happy.
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