It definitely recoils, but nicely. once I’d put a hundred pellets through it settled down to a nice ‘crack’:
https://instagram.com/p/Bjz-RPgn3p0/
It’s crazy accurate, I won our clubs Classic pre-1986 HFT comp with it with open sights.
I found it quite tricky to find a sweet spot with the trigger.
After a lot of adjusting I settled for a quasi-2 stage where the trigger pull ‘thickened’ just prior to let off.
It’s predictable and works for me.
Cheers,
Matt.