The mighty M14
Breda had to tell a bunch of wannabe experts to STFU with all the “help” when everyone decided to critique a video of her shooting an M14 for the first time.
My reaction to the video, for the record, was: “She took that better than I would have with the same stance, and I’m not operating with a prosthetic leg.” Go, Breda.
That said, it also reminded me of the time I decided to attend an Appleseed shoot. With a borrowed M14. A tricked out M14, at that. Um, ouch. I did complete the first day, which was the official coursework, but I took the second, long-range fun day off to nurse my very bruised shoulder and twitching arm muscles.
But, hey – I did it! And that’s why I have absolutely zero, zip, zilch problem embracing my perfectly girl-sized AR-15. I earned it, dammit.
Heh, I shot M1’s a few times before shooting an AR, so I filed .30-06 recoil in my head as “normal” (though you have to adjust some of your positions for it…got smashed in the cheekbone once) so when I started on AR’s it was nothing to me.