The rifle bucked as the man collapsed.

Bolan squeezed the trigger and the rifle bucked into his shoulder.

Lewis spun, the rifle bucking in his hands, shells sending spurts of earth and stone to Shannow's right.

The rifle bucked against his shoulder, but he held it steady, sweeping the field before him with a burst that tracked from left to right.

Urged on by the gradually increasing pressure of his index finger, the sear released and the rifle bucked, taking him just a little by surprise.

The automatic rifle bucked against his shoulder.

He squeezed the trigger and the rifle bucked and quivered, spewing rounds with a hammering metallic roar.

His rifle suddenly bucked against his shoulder; he had fired.

The rifle bucked against his shoulder, but he was prepared for that, riding it out.

The rifle bucked again, the body of the man with the machete folding forward at the waist, tumbling then still on the ground.