If I read the story correctly, he was talking about firing an AR-15/.223 ammo.
The first time I shot an M-16, the only thing I noticed was the noise the spring made.
I emptied a magazine on full auto last year, and it was a little hard to control at the very beginning. The kick, such as it is, is cumulative. By the time I got used to it, I was empty. A very fun and very brief experience.
***The first time I shot an M-16, the only thing I noticed was the noise the spring made.***
Same here. Basic Training in 1966. We were warned that the spring hitting the back of the stock might scare us if we had never fired an M-16 before.
A few rounds and no one noticed it anymore. Now they have added more weight to the spring making less of a thump.
I heard this story on WMAL this morning and kept thinking to myself, ba-boom from an AR-15? Fired those in the Navy at basic in 1977 and thought they were toys even then.