I shot my first AR-15 this past weekend. It was my friend's rifle which only had iron sights.
It was fun to shoot, no doubt about that. While it recoiled very little, as expected, I did notice something different about the recoil compared to a bolt action rifle.
To me, it seems like there was three recoil "pulses" that I could feel. My best guess, one of the of recoil impulses was from the firing the actually cartridge, the second was perhaps the bolt carrier coming back, then the third and last recoil impulse I felt was perhaps the bolt carrier returning?
Does that make sense? Not saying the recoil was bad as it wasn't. But it definitely felt different than the recoil from a bolt action. Anyone else feel that difference?
You can stop the twang with a hose washer.
I noticed that weird recoil too. I did not like it.
