 Fair enough. I like it. Although, you know, the old wives' tale is that the person shooting the gun never hears it very loudly, and that's just not true either, but nonetheless. Well, people don't feel recoil either. That's what they say. They're at the range, and they say the rifle kicks quite a bit, but I can tell you if a nice big 5x5 buck jumps out and you're out deer hunting and you take a shot at it, I don't think you're going to notice the recoil then, but when you're practicing, you certainly do.