User blog comment:A Lonely Nomad/New Black Ops updates, super awesome!/@comment-169.199.224.104-20101206192734/@comment-28584497-20101206212536

IRL, if you have a rifle well-placed on your shoulder you will barely feel any kick from a normal .308 or .223 round. Now a full-sized .50 on the other hand is something different. It'd kick like a shotgun.