I took a friend of mine who was in the Army and National Guard for years to the holy grail of gun ranges, the NRA range in thier headquarters outside of D.C. I brought a 22 and my 7mm mag. I shot the 7mag first. I let my friend shoot it next. He loaded the gun, took one shot then unloaded the gun. I was wondering what he was doing when he turned around and blood was running down his face. The scope kicked back and hit his safety glasses hard enough to cut him. I felt bad. I assumed he had shot a lot of guns but in the military, buthe never shot a gun with a scope. Most guys qualify once on a weapon and never shoot it again until it's required. They only get experience on military weapons, the military has no use for knowing the ballistics of civilian weapons. If I would have had an M16 I'm sure he would have out shot me.