The problem with heaps of recoil isn’t that your a wuss and can’t stand a bit of cheek slap and a shoulder shove
It’s that our brain tells our body to tense up. We can trick ourselves into not flinching.. but over and over and over again it gets tough.
We have through repetition Undid all the thousands of reps on the BB gun as a kid, the 22, the 223..
But like the first time you lean out against the belly buster 90ft in the air and try to pull back a 7500lb of steel pipe, you realize that it’s mostly between he ears that gonna get it done, and the knack only comes from doing shit, over and over and over again. 7,000 times I think is the oft quoted number.
Throwing a hook, pickin fish, running a gaff, Throwing tongs, stabbing joints, shooting featherweight rifles.. it all takes practice. The internet won’t teach ya how.
A 5lb rifle is not an easy tool to wield. Get that lug caught, maybe a bit of upwards pressure at the tip of the stock and then commit to the process.