I remember once when I was a kid my brother bought an air rifle. Webley, IIRC. Any way, he wouldn't let me touch it so typical younger brother I waited til the git went out and sneaked into his room and grabbed the rifle and some pellets. I was only about 11...
Any way, at some point I decided to put it against my cheek. For some reason I thought that was how you did it. The recoil nearly knocked me out lmao. When he came home I had this huge black eye, surprised it didn't break my cheek bone
I quickly realised that isn't the correct way to fire a rifle. He then kicked my ass when he realised half of his 177 pellets were gone