I went to the range today with some guns I don't shoot often. Spent most of the day with a little Ruger 10-22 that I have recently mounted a scope on. Next was a Remington 788 in .308 Win. It had been bore sighted but not really sighted in. I also had some Norma ammo that I got real cheap several years ago from Grafs. I bought it mostly to get the brass. The price was so low that Norma brass would not have been much cheaper. Any way, I digress. I don't shoot from a bench very often and my technique must be faulty. This gun and ammo HURT! After 6 rounds from the bench, I fired the rest of a box of 20 off hand and my shoulder is still sore as I type this. These rounds have a 180 gr. bullet. The bullet is different from most soft points I have seen. The jacket extends full length to the exposed end which is flat and about a 1/8 across. In other words the only exposed lead is the flat tip. The Norma designation is "Oryx". Could this stuff be overloaded? I admit I don't shoot rifles of .30 cal and up very often but this stuff recoils more than I expected. Needless to say, I made no changes to the scope settings. How do you guys shoot off the bench and not get hurt?