Shooting at game I don't notice the recoil or the noise. I do most of my shooting with rimfires a 300 WBY, a 35 Whelen. 50 ML, or 30-06s. The Whelen and WBY are not fun to shoot several times in a row at a target. The most uncomfortable rifle I remember shooting was by buddies 54 light ML the scope always hits me. And my brother had a Model 7 .308 that just hurt to shoot any. Even one shot. I could shoot better than him and he always asked me to shoot it and check his scope for zero. I hated that thing.
