 FAIR: When Jeremiah shoots his .50 caliber Hawkin at an elk, the  recoil knocks him down, but when he is attacking the Indians that  killed his family, he fires it one handed from the hip while walking  and theres no recoil. Jeremiah was using his horse to rest his gun  on at the time if Im not mistaken. The horse was spooked by the  shot therefore knocking Jeremiah down. However, when Jeremiah fires  at the elk there is no smoke from the end of the rifle.