My wife is a member of a FB group call once a Marine always a Marine and someone shared this, we thought it was funny. From a news article about a reporter firing an AR15.
https://m.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/s...s-first-indoor-gun-range/Content?oid=33532211
It is difficult to describe the impact — physical and personal — of that first shot. It felt like a meteor had struck the earth in front of me. A deep shock wave coursed through my body, the recoil rippling through my arms and right shoulder with astounding power. Being that close to an explosion of such magnitude — controlled and focused as it was — rattled me.