I had no idea you were blind. I'm honestly extremely surprised. I guess I just never considered if there was a reason for your shades/glasses. I just assumed it was a stylistic choice. I'm extremely impressed with how resilient and capable you are without sight. My sight is my best sense (most of my other senses are weaker than average though, so I rely on my sight more than most folks)). I don't think I'd be capable of even half the things you are if I couldn't see You are a truly inspirational individual..
This is awesome that he does not let the disability define him. Here's a man who is a husband and a business owner and in many ways a firearms historian and entertainer to hundreds of thousands around the world!.... With insights into life that are quite profound. For blind a man he sees a lot. I count myself a fan. Salute!
I appreciate you saying that, but I am honest with myself. I am basically a no-body in the gun world. I'll never have anything like a million subs or whatever and that's totally ok. I wouldn't like that kind of pressure and for it to become a job like taht.
Kinda speechless, you are something else, I thank all your friends and family for working with you to share with us of all the great AK’s library of informations. Thank you so much M.
Thanks but to give credit where its due, on the main channel its Jay who helps and does the youtube stuff and so on. My family has nothing to do with either channel. I doubt most of my family even know i have a youtube lol. As for this channel, it was an experiment originally to see how much I could do on my own. So for better or worse, its only me here on this one, cheers.
Misha, I admire you so very much for your ability to recognize extreme amounts of detail in guns and weapon related items despite your lack of vision. You are much more well versed in differentiating the subtle differences in things than a large number of people in the gun community and in the greater populace. I will always be amazed at your work and attention to detail regarding firearms. Thank you so much for bringing your expertise and your stories of your life to us via RUclips. -your biggest fan from Virginia, Dustin
Your point about perfectly healthy people not having a sense of understanding or consideration is right on. I have been disabled or lets say very limited with health troubles for years, Chronic pain and fatigue, and also migraines that started when i was 13 years old, causing me to go blind for about an hour, then numbness, throwing up and then massive head pain that takes a couple weeks to get over. It sure is hard to get people to understand that i can not jump through all the hoops and run with the herd. People get very mean about it sometimes. But such is the human beast.
Upon seeing my first video with you, I realized when you tapped the butt plate on your "M38 early and late comparison" that you may have limited sight. I was wrong, as you have None. My Mother lost her hearing in the mid 1950's before I was 10. Family members initially claimed it was for attention until she got her first hearing aid. It squealed all the time. I learned to look, or listen for clues. I see people who have all kind of issues everywhere. I have lost sight in one eye, service related. I have done pretty good with one working eye, except when I run my hand into something. I miss Depth Perception. I think you know the feeling. I will continue viewing your videos.
One thing you mentioned is not having depth perception with just one eye. I just learned this fact just last year. Heres the kicker, I been blind in my right eye since birth lol. No one ever mentioned lack of depth perception to me. I drive (cars/racing is also a big hobby of mine) and never had a issue. I read that birds use the quick movement of there heads to add depth perception due to there two eyes being on each side of there head. Hearing that, my family noted that I have always seemed to move my head slightly side to side alot and they thought it was something to do with my eye sight. I guess there were right lol
Plus try being right handed but left eye dominant in shooting. Started out when I was a kid shooting long guns left handed so I could see the sights, and handguns right handed. Not long into shooting I started shooting handguns left handed as well even tho I didn't need to, it just become natural. Fast forward until a couple years ago I had a motorcycle wreak that damaged my left wrist. I could still shoot long arms left handed as my shoulder is what takes the recoil, but had to go BACK to shooting handguns right handed and pretty much had to learn to shoot a pistol all over again.
My son and I who love shooting and weapons !! AK/AR platforms for sure. We watch your videos Always !!! There is a movie on net flix called 100 eyes, it's about a Chinese monk trained master in martial arts who is captured by the Kahn and made blind to keep him from running away that he would stay and train his army. Well we lovingly call you 100 eyes of the AK temple, you are an amazing person your knowledge is clearly beyond most individuals. Thank you for every video and your selfless grace to share it with us. God bless you always your devoted brothers in arms.
Stuff like this makes me wonder how you would've been, visually, is marijuana was introduced into your life. Thanks for all your videos, i learn so much from you!
God bless you brother. You have an amazing spirit. I recently became disabled myself and it has left me with chronic nerve pain. What you said about indulging your pain is so true, especially the doing thing.
I just thought you were Appalachian fashion forward gun-tuber with an incredible penchant for historical minutiae. Blind you say!? I had no idea. Love and respect man.
You are humble and a intelligent individual and I do like your outlook on life. When you said "At least I did something today instead of staying home." really did speak to me even though I have 20/20 vision and I'm in good shape. Days when I am at home and have nothing to do usually get me down because often times I feel like I'm inside of a cage and just want to get out. Often times I would just go to a store and just look around and not buy anything. I do that just because I want to see something else besides my living room and to interact with somebody else besides my roommate. Staying at home all day long and doing nothing can through you in depression. I know that from experience because after I graduated High school in 2013 I had to deal with six months of unemployment because of the crappy economy we had to deal with since 08. Spending all day filling out applications and not getting any calls back for months on end is depressing as hell.
Very interesting thank you. I've always been impressed with your memory. Obviously you don't use cheat cards off screen, and your discussions are done in one take. So do you have photographic memory? I know you were a history teacher before...
Funny you should ask, yes, in a sense I do....but since yeah blind 'photographic' memory probably operates a bit different for me than most others? I do 'see' words/phrases/numbers in my mind's eye if that helps? I am not sure if it is just something I have or something I had to learn to make/use as its not as if back in school I could look back at notes all the time or something *shrug*.
@@misha5670 Sounds like you may have synesthesia (some estimates claim roughly 1 in 10 people experience some form of synesthesia). In most cases it's little more than an interesting quirk. However, it sounds like you developed a way to utilize synesthesia in a uniquely beneficial manner to help compensate for your ocular disability. If that IS the case, then it's extremely impressive and I suspect you might be one of only a few people who've ever managed to harness such an ability.
I’ve been watching your videos for quite a while. Never occurred to me that you are visually impaired until you mentioned you’re blind when talking about how long it would take to grind the brake weld in the WPB Lynx video. Keep up the great work love your content.
I've known about you and followed you for many years now and from my point of view o think if someone ever said you used that as s crutch obviously dosnt know you.you have your FFL which is my dream I'm 36 and been into firearms pretty much my whole life and not like the average gun guy. I have 26 firearms in my collection .but your a very intelligent guy .I actually feel like I know you since watching you and what not but thank you for this video it was great
I hung out with a deaf guy when I was young and he had no problem communicating with people; in fact, I rather think he communicated better than most hearing people. Kudos to people like him and Mischa who refuse to let a disability define or limit them
I find it somewhat perplexing that Misha is so informed about firearms and history while managing his disability. There is just so much more information on his channel. Thankyou for sharing Misha! It has to be difficult to pick up that much information using brail or even modern methods. Firearms have a good feel in the hands so I can see how someone who relies so much on touch would really enjoy them - even if they could not see the point of aim/impact. ...and of course they do go boom! The older weapons, particularly the Warsaw Pact ones machined painstakingly and almost entirely by humans seem really cool to me. I think a person would go absolutely broke paying a machinist to make an AK today. It leads to a healthy respect for Eastern Europeans.
Interesting. In Poland expensive things like computer equipment and text to speech software can be reimbursed by governmental agency s fund for disabled persons rehabilitation, it requires some paperwork but it can be done rather easily. In theory the same applies for working dog, but in practice however demand outweights supply, so the waiting list is long. Curious how it works in the US. I imagine it varies from state to state. Cheers from Poland.
This is a very informative chat. Thank you for answering questions I would not feel comfortable asking. I have learned a lot from your channel and really enjoy your reviews. Personal background of you can only make folks appreciate your talents more.
Sir, I totally respect you. I have liked your channel for a while. You have taught me more than anybody else on this subject. This subject being AK 47 rifles. I am going to buy one very soon. Your understanding has helped me very well. THANK YOU! Never stop my Friend. You are a diamond in a sea of coal. Even blind you see more than most people. I knew nothing to start, I will be buying a.....Wink
I feel both proud of you, and ashamed of myself that you're infinitely more successful than I am. Something tells me that despite your eye sight, you'd be successful anyways. Some people are just go getters. You have the best content regarding long arms on RUclips.
I honestly thought it was mind blowing when I found out my respect levels went through the roof for you and you literally became my idol just a true guru I’m sorry you can’t see but after finding out I just became instantly more interested and admired you even more
I just found this video, not sure if you get the comments on older videos or not, but I just want you to know you have much respect from me, and I'm sure you are a role model for many people. God bless you and yours.
Awesome videos sir 👍 👍 and thanks for sharing this with us and your vast knowledge of weapons and models 👍👍 hope the best for u and Jay I'm gonna plan on swinging down from Missouri and checking out your shop , just saving up for a rifle from u guys .
Misha, I can't imagine anyone think of you as using your condition as a crutch. I have always wondered how you could have acquired so much knowledge of the various models of rifles. I hope that someday doctors are able to restore some of your vision so that you can appreciate your wonderful collection of firearms. Many people watch your videos for the information that you provide us. Please keep the videos coming. With much respect.
I know you weren’t trying but man you made me tear up. Not feeling sorry for you at all; just look at myself and see all of my failures in a different context I guess. I’m soooo glad you’re on RUclips man, I love your cat too
I got narcolepsy and epilepsy. The combination of those is rare. The doctors think the epilepsy was from brain damage. I played foot ball and rugby and got into a lot of fights as kid. It’s hard to work but I manage. Your definitely right about keeping busy to manage the pain. I appreciate what you do for the gun community and even tho your legally blind your collection is fukn awesome. Take care and best wishes
Thanks for answering my questions Misha! I was kinda worried I’d offended you since you didn’t reply to my question in the comment section of a previous video. Glad to hear that wasn’t the case!
I could collect disability and having severe scoliosis of the spine. I don't use it to sit at home. I work harder than people without handicap. I skateboard garden shoot all sorts of tough things. People are stronger than they think even with pain and fear.
That sucks, keep doing what you're doing. I started watching and i didnt know you were blind, i wonder why you always had shades on. I think you're awesome and you can obviously do pretty much anything you want. More power to you. Just made your other senses that much more acute. Id go to range with you anyday!!!
Thank you for sharing. Not trying to start a discussion, but I think it’s a shame people who want to own firearms cannot have a medical cannabis card. Like you said you shouldn’t use something as a crutch or an excuse, but I do still think having an option or choice if you want it is fair.
I was watching a video earlier where you talked about liking the look of one of your Sig 550 or whatever it was. It was the video where you showed 2 Sig rifles and 1 pistol. When you say that, are you feeling the gun and you can tell that way how it looks?
The question of gratification occurs to me- A large majority of mine comes from hitting the target. Can you speak to the gratification you get from shooting? Thanks
Saw a number of your videos and only realized you were blind when you mentioned it. I was wondering why you always wear your shades. 😂 Anyway, you rock, Misha.
i literally thought he was wearing sunglasses to look incognito for security reasons such as facial recognition, like most special forces get their faces blurred out like russian alpha group special forces units faces get blurred out in vickers tactical unit, but I still think he is the best youtuber out there for AK history, and he's my favorite for proving people wrong on AK subject.
My fiancée had an occlusion in her right eye and she slowly lost colors after loosing most of sight in that eye. She said she didn’t notice it until she thought about it. Thanks for sharing!
Hi misha when you fall asleep and have dreams, do you see things? Or hear? What type of dreams do you have? God bless Misha and thanks for your channel.
To be honest, I didn't really notice until last year. I just thought you were a cool cat who liked to wear sunglasses all the time. But I also listened more in the past than watched. One day I watched how you handle rifles.Then it occurred to me that you might be blind.
"They're not bad, they used to be several thousands. Now they're only several hundred." *Fast forward to me actively weeping at a range because I shot a full mag of 9mm hollow points*
You rock Misha Not only you are better, smarter then all people I ever met on the subject I consider myself extremely knowledgeable about firearms and I have the gift of sight But compare to you I am a moron
I heard someone say that the best equivalent we sighted people have for distinguishing a black vision vs the nothingness Misha describes is to close only one eye. It isn't black, but a missing input. Try it yourself :)
I started it a bit less than a year ago. I do post commentaries and the occassional gun video here too, but it has mostly turned into my hobby channel, which is models.
Don’t take this the wrong way. I don’t see you with any disability. You know your stuff and you enjoy your shooting. I guess I just look past it. I enjoy the channel and the content.
I had no idea you were blind. I'm honestly extremely surprised. I guess I just never considered if there was a reason for your shades/glasses. I just assumed it was a stylistic choice.
I'm extremely impressed with how resilient and capable you are without sight.
My sight is my best sense (most of my other senses are weaker than average though, so I rely on my sight more than most folks)). I don't think I'd be capable of even half the things you are if I couldn't see
You are a truly inspirational individual..
This is awesome that he does not let the disability define him. Here's a man who is a husband and a business owner and in many ways a firearms historian and entertainer to hundreds of thousands around the world!.... With insights into life that are quite profound. For blind a man he sees a lot. I count myself a fan. Salute!
I am amazed... I realized Misha was blind only recently. I am speechless.
Misha will always be one of the big names in the gun industry for a long time to come. Hat off to you Sir
I appreciate you saying that, but I am honest with myself. I am basically a no-body in the gun world. I'll never have anything like a million subs or whatever and that's totally ok. I wouldn't like that kind of pressure and for it to become a job like taht.
Wow Misha, I am incredibly impressed. You’re story is so inspirational. You’re a brilliant man, and I am proud of you!
I like how you explain this from a blacked out point of view. Gives the viewers a true perspective into your world. Much respect
By far the most intelligent firearm enthusiast I have listened to anywhere ! Thanks for all you do! I do know it has to be a lot of work.
About your stay in Russia next, please.
Kinda speechless, you are something else, I thank all your friends and family for working with you to share with us of all the great AK’s library of informations. Thank you so much M.
Thanks but to give credit where its due, on the main channel its Jay who helps and does the youtube stuff and so on. My family has nothing to do with either channel. I doubt most of my family even know i have a youtube lol. As for this channel, it was an experiment originally to see how much I could do on my own. So for better or worse, its only me here on this one, cheers.
Misha, I admire you so very much for your ability to recognize extreme amounts of detail in guns and weapon related items despite your lack of vision. You are much more well versed in differentiating the subtle differences in things than a large number of people in the gun community and in the greater populace. I will always be amazed at your work and attention to detail regarding firearms. Thank you so much for bringing your expertise and your stories of your life to us via RUclips.
-your biggest fan from Virginia, Dustin
Your point about perfectly healthy people not having a sense of understanding or consideration is right on. I have been disabled or lets say very limited with health troubles for years, Chronic pain and fatigue, and also migraines that started when i was 13 years old, causing me to go blind for about an hour, then numbness, throwing up and then massive head pain that takes a couple weeks to get over. It sure is hard to get people to understand that i can not jump through all the hoops and run with the herd. People get very mean about it sometimes. But such is the human beast.
I get severe migraines too man. Totally feel your pain
@@rickyiswhite117 yeah, makes it worse that so many people do not understand what it is so they think i can jump through hoops like every else.
Great share. I had a room mate in the 70's that was deaf and he taught me greatly.
Upon seeing my first video with you, I realized when you tapped the butt plate on your "M38 early and late comparison" that you may have limited sight. I was wrong, as you have None. My Mother lost her hearing in the mid 1950's before I was 10. Family members initially claimed it was for attention until she got her first hearing aid. It squealed all the time. I learned to look, or listen for clues. I see people who have all kind of issues everywhere.
I have lost sight in one eye, service related. I have done pretty good with one working eye, except when I run my hand into something. I miss Depth Perception. I think you know the feeling. I will continue viewing your videos.
One thing you mentioned is not having depth perception with just one eye. I just learned this fact just last year. Heres the kicker, I been blind in my right eye since birth lol. No one ever mentioned lack of depth perception to me. I drive (cars/racing is also a big hobby of mine) and never had a issue. I read that birds use the quick movement of there heads to add depth perception due to there two eyes being on each side of there head. Hearing that, my family noted that I have always seemed to move my head slightly side to side alot and they thought it was something to do with my eye sight. I guess there were right lol
Interesting!
Plus try being right handed but left eye dominant in shooting. Started out when I was a kid shooting long guns left handed so I could see the sights, and handguns right handed. Not long into shooting I started shooting handguns left handed as well even tho I didn't need to, it just become natural. Fast forward until a couple years ago I had a motorcycle wreak that damaged my left wrist. I could still shoot long arms left handed as my shoulder is what takes the recoil, but had to go BACK to shooting handguns right handed and pretty much had to learn to shoot a pistol all over again.
@@trainsbangsandautomobiles824 holy shit man you'll be shooting with your toes next thing you know lol
My son and I who love shooting and weapons !! AK/AR platforms for sure. We watch your videos Always !!! There is a movie on net flix called 100 eyes, it's about a Chinese monk trained master in martial arts who is captured by the Kahn and made blind to keep him from running away that he would stay and train his army. Well we lovingly call you 100 eyes of the AK temple, you are an amazing person your knowledge is clearly beyond most individuals. Thank you for every video and your selfless grace to share it with us. God bless you always your devoted brothers in arms.
Definitely would love a video about the sight dogs.
Stuff like this makes me wonder how you would've been, visually, is marijuana was introduced into your life.
Thanks for all your videos, i learn so much from you!
God bless you brother. You have an amazing spirit. I recently became disabled myself and it has left me with chronic nerve pain. What you said about indulging your pain is so true, especially the doing thing.
Thanks for sharing Misha. Happy New year friend!
I just thought you were Appalachian fashion forward gun-tuber with an incredible penchant for historical minutiae.
Blind you say!? I had no idea. Love and respect man.
You are humble and a intelligent individual and I do like your outlook on life. When you said "At least I did something today instead of staying home." really did speak to me even though I have 20/20 vision and I'm in good shape. Days when I am at home and have nothing to do usually get me down because often times I feel like I'm inside of a cage and just want to get out. Often times I would just go to a store and just look around and not buy anything. I do that just because I want to see something else besides my living room and to interact with somebody else besides my roommate. Staying at home all day long and doing nothing can through you in depression. I know that from experience because after I graduated High school in 2013 I had to deal with six months of unemployment because of the crappy economy we had to deal with since 08. Spending all day filling out applications and not getting any calls back for months on end is depressing as hell.
Very interesting thank you. I've always been impressed with your memory. Obviously you don't use cheat cards off screen, and your discussions are done in one take. So do you have photographic memory? I know you were a history teacher before...
Funny you should ask, yes, in a sense I do....but since yeah blind 'photographic' memory probably operates a bit different for me than most others? I do 'see' words/phrases/numbers in my mind's eye if that helps? I am not sure if it is just something I have or something I had to learn to make/use as its not as if back in school I could look back at notes all the time or something *shrug*.
Very impressive man. Much respect.
@@misha5670 Sounds like you may have synesthesia (some estimates claim roughly 1 in 10 people experience some form of synesthesia). In most cases it's little more than an interesting quirk.
However, it sounds like you developed a way to utilize synesthesia in a uniquely beneficial manner to help compensate for your ocular disability. If that IS the case, then it's extremely impressive and I suspect you might be one of only a few people who've ever managed to harness such an ability.
@@dark2023-1lovesoni very interesting thought
I’ve been watching your videos for quite a while. Never occurred to me that you are visually impaired until you mentioned you’re blind when talking about how long it would take to grind the brake weld in the WPB Lynx video. Keep up the great work love your content.
Of all the channels I watch this one and mishaco are the ones I'm going to miss the most. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and knowledge with us.
I've known about you and followed you for many years now and from my point of view o think if someone ever said you used that as s crutch obviously dosnt know you.you have your FFL which is my dream I'm 36 and been into firearms pretty much my whole life and not like the average gun guy. I have 26
firearms in my collection .but your a very intelligent guy .I actually feel like I know you since watching you and what not but thank you for this video it was great
I hung out with a deaf guy when I was young and he had no problem communicating with people; in fact, I rather think he communicated better than most hearing people.
Kudos to people like him and Mischa who refuse to let a disability define or limit them
Whether you are blind or not, is beside the fact that you know more than anyone about guns who I know. And you aren't too bad of a guy either. lol
I find it somewhat perplexing that Misha is so informed about firearms and history while managing his disability. There is just so much more information on his channel. Thankyou for sharing Misha! It has to be difficult to pick up that much information using brail or even modern methods. Firearms have a good feel in the hands so I can see how someone who relies so much on touch would really enjoy them - even if they could not see the point of aim/impact. ...and of course they do go boom! The older weapons, particularly the Warsaw Pact ones machined painstakingly and almost entirely by humans seem really cool to me. I think a person would go absolutely broke paying a machinist to make an AK today. It leads to a healthy respect for Eastern Europeans.
I watched on and off for a bit a year and didn’t even know. I’m. It that perceptive. Great info on guns. I have learned a lot
Interesting. In Poland expensive things like computer equipment and text to speech software can be reimbursed by governmental agency s fund for disabled persons rehabilitation, it requires some paperwork but it can be done rather easily. In theory the same applies for working dog, but in practice however demand outweights supply, so the waiting list is long. Curious how it works in the US. I imagine it varies from state to state.
Cheers from Poland.
You should be very proud of yourself for overcoming such a huge obstacle. Bravo 🙌
This is a very informative chat. Thank you for answering questions I would not feel comfortable asking. I have learned a lot from your channel and really enjoy your reviews. Personal background of you can only make folks appreciate your talents more.
I love these Videos Misha. Don't stop
Your an inspiration man.
Cool segment. Thanks W.
Thanks Misha. I always wanted to ask you, just afraid to. Thanks for describing what it's like. You do an excellent job on your videos.
I feel for you ! it must be really tough being blind.. Appreciate your videos and you taking the time to share your knowledge with us, thank you
Thanks Mish for everything
Keep up the great work my friend I’m in your corner
Thank you for sharing your story and weaving in some motivating life wisdom - inspirational.
Awesome insight. I feel like a firearms podcast would be a good venture as there is no need for visuals.
I hope they make steps in technology to cure all disabilities. Thanks for sharing misha
You are inspirational. You know your stuff and have my respect. You see more than most people. God Bless you brother.
Sir, I totally respect you. I have liked your channel for a while. You have taught me more than anybody else on this subject. This subject being AK 47 rifles. I am going to buy one very soon. Your understanding has helped me very well. THANK YOU! Never stop my Friend. You are a diamond in a sea of coal. Even blind you see more than most people. I knew nothing to start, I will be buying a.....Wink
I feel both proud of you, and ashamed of myself that you're infinitely more successful than I am. Something tells me that despite your eye sight, you'd be successful anyways. Some people are just go getters. You have the best content regarding long arms on RUclips.
I honestly thought it was mind blowing when I found out my respect levels went through the roof for you and you literally became my idol just a true guru I’m sorry you can’t see but after finding out I just became instantly more interested and admired you even more
Thank you Misha
I just found this video, not sure if you get the comments on older videos or not, but I just want you to know you have much respect from me, and I'm sure you are a role model for many people. God bless you and yours.
Thanks for sharing this part of your life with us!
Awesome videos sir 👍 👍 and thanks for sharing this with us and your vast knowledge of weapons and models 👍👍 hope the best for u and Jay I'm gonna plan on swinging down from Missouri and checking out your shop , just saving up for a rifle from u guys .
If a blind man’s perspective doesn’t genuinely pique the curiosity of the sighted, then one is dead inside.
Misha thank you for all of the information and knowledge that you share with us
Outstanding.
Don't worry, It's not complaining - these kind of videos are very interesting.
Amazing!
Misha, I can't imagine anyone think of you as using your condition as a crutch. I have always wondered how you could have acquired so much knowledge of the various models of rifles. I hope that someday doctors are able to restore some of your vision so that you can appreciate your wonderful collection of firearms. Many people watch your videos for the information that you provide us. Please keep the videos coming. With much respect.
I know you weren’t trying but man you made me tear up. Not feeling sorry for you at all; just look at myself and see all of my failures in a different context I guess. I’m soooo glad you’re on RUclips man, I love your cat too
Good spirited person good for you man stay positive . You do more than a person with nothing holding them back
I got narcolepsy and epilepsy. The combination of those is rare. The doctors think the epilepsy was from brain damage. I played foot ball and rugby and got into a lot of fights as kid. It’s hard to work but I manage. Your definitely right about keeping busy to manage the pain. I appreciate what you do for the gun community and even tho your legally blind your collection is fukn awesome. Take care and best wishes
You are incredible stay brave.
This guy is a boss
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I always look forward to watching your videos.
You made me appreciate my own eyes a lot.
I love you misha keep being you
What a great perspective on firearms. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing. I love your work and over coming challenges to enjoy guns.
Love your channel and your knowledge. Amazing how you can retain so much info unscripted on these videos.
Very interesting sir. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for answering my questions Misha! I was kinda worried I’d offended you since you didn’t reply to my question in the comment section of a previous video. Glad to hear that wasn’t the case!
I could collect disability and having severe scoliosis of the spine. I don't use it to sit at home. I work harder than people without handicap. I skateboard garden shoot all sorts of tough things. People are stronger than they think even with pain and fear.
I am so sorry for you . Never realizing how much you see . Please keep on . Sincerely Albert
That sucks, keep doing what you're doing. I started watching and i didnt know you were blind, i wonder why you always had shades on. I think you're awesome and you can obviously do pretty much anything you want. More power to you. Just made your other senses that much more acute. Id go to range with you anyday!!!
Thanks for sharing! I enjoy your channel!
Thank you for sharing. Not trying to start a discussion, but I think it’s a shame people who want to own firearms cannot have a medical cannabis card. Like you said you shouldn’t use something as a crutch or an excuse, but I do still think having an option or choice if you want it is fair.
I was watching a video earlier where you talked about liking the look of one of your Sig 550 or whatever it was. It was the video where you showed 2 Sig rifles and 1 pistol. When you say that, are you feeling the gun and you can tell that way how it looks?
Son of a gun, words of wisdom.
The question of gratification occurs to me- A large majority of mine comes from hitting the target. Can you speak to the gratification you get from shooting? Thanks
Mate, you are awesome. That is all.
Inspiring
lmao this is the first "black box" video I've seen, and I legitimately thought it was a joke about your actual sight being 0 (hence all black.)
Lucas Reed I thought that too at first.
How do you shoot as a blind person?
Saw a number of your videos and only realized you were blind when you mentioned it. I was wondering why you always wear your shades. 😂 Anyway, you rock, Misha.
i do hear cats in the background
i literally thought he was wearing sunglasses to look incognito for security reasons such as facial recognition, like most special forces get their faces blurred out like russian alpha group special forces units faces get blurred out in vickers tactical unit, but I still think he is the best youtuber out there for AK history, and he's my favorite for proving people wrong on AK subject.
My fiancée had an occlusion in her right eye and she slowly lost colors after loosing most of sight in that eye. She said she didn’t notice it until she thought about it.
Thanks for sharing!
Hi misha when you fall asleep and have dreams, do you see things? Or hear? What type of dreams do you have? God bless Misha and thanks for your channel.
I'm not sure, what kind of dreams do you have? Not being sarcastic, I don't know about yours in the same way.
To be honest, I didn't really notice until last year. I just thought you were a cool cat who liked to wear sunglasses all the time. But I also listened more in the past than watched. One day I watched how you handle rifles.Then it occurred to me that you might be blind.
You rock Bro
Kinda thought so but it don't matter any ways lol you got nice guns I like your channel.and how you feel the guns I do that too god bless
Man I had no idea Misha...
I hope this isn’t insensitive, but what would happen, if anything, if misha or someone with a similar condition wore NVGs?
Sad , I feel bad for him in general ,
he’s so intelligent and very cool
"They're not bad, they used to be several thousands. Now they're only several hundred."
*Fast forward to me actively weeping at a range because I shot a full mag of 9mm hollow points*
No need for any graphics, these are great to listen to while multitasking. And if it means less work and editing and more videos thats better.
damn bro , I lived in Fayetteville Ar for 20 years , would have loved to meat you
You rock Misha
Not only you are better, smarter then all people I ever met on the subject
I consider myself extremely knowledgeable about firearms and I have the gift of sight
But compare to you I am a moron
I heard someone say that the best equivalent we sighted people have for distinguishing a black vision vs the nothingness Misha describes is to close only one eye. It isn't black, but a missing input. Try it yourself :)
Is this a new channel / B channel?
I started it a bit less than a year ago. I do post commentaries and the occassional gun video here too, but it has mostly turned into my hobby channel, which is models.
Don’t take this the wrong way. I don’t see you with any disability. You know your stuff and you enjoy your shooting. I guess I just look past it. I enjoy the channel and the content.
Keep up the great work. Hater gonna hate
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