So, I was editing a video of me showing off my improving shooting skills taking out a 2" diameter by 3" tall glass jar at 50 yards. I noticed how the video really shows the recoil into my shoulder as well as the forward "recoil" produced by the sudden stop of the piston. Keep replaying the video at 38 seconds while watching my shoulder and then the shooting stick. Then stare halfway between my shoulder and the stick and if you have decent peripheral vision, you will see my shoulder take the action first and then the stick a split second later. The gun barrel doesn't move as it would if shooting off hand as I'm holding the stock firmly against the foam grips on the stick. I've gotten very accurate shooting this way. Yes, those are scars on my shoulder from rotator cuff surgery this past July. Had the same in my left shoulder two years ago. Too much working out at the gym for a 61 year old. Shooting the springer on a daily basis does not bother my shoulders at all.
