cayugad, one of the members out at our range let me shoot his as I helped him set it up and find deer hunting loads for it. Just for fun I shot the 250 yd gong [20 inch] 3 times after we were done working on it, using 150 gr Pyrodex pellets and a 250 gr Shock wave I hit it 3 times in a row and it did not recoil bad at all with that load. It did impress me. Lee