After a long week of shooting my tac shotgun and running throughhundreds and hundreds ofrounds of buckshot and slugs I eventually had to put it down and switch to my crossbow.
When I fired the crossbow I almost dropped it due to the agonizing pain I felt when it released the arrow.
Having said that, my 5 year old can shoot my 200lb crossbow all day without so much as whimpering, so I am calling bul****e on this one, recoil pulls a bow "away" from the shooter, resulting in minimal impact on the guy/gal behind it. My take is that there is something seriously wrong with the crossbow that caused that damage or the shooter is looking to stir a pot that doesn't exist.