well at 82 ft/lb in a career and a 30 grain pellet , the gun jumps a lot, the thing is the hammer in this model is that big you get recoil of the firing mechanism alone !!!! and then there is the shotgun loud crack .. but on a 12ft/lb rifle , i have only ever known a bullpup carbine with a barrel shroud to have muzzle flip that felt like a bit of recoil at the shoulder.