Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160715033136/@comment-26397825-20160917002832

Ruby fires it to throw herself around the battlefield more often than she uses it like a shotgun, though she does do stationary firing as well. I think the reason why she isn't more affected by the recoil is because she doesn't hold it against her body, however.

When in compact firing form, she lets the recoil more her entire arm and the gun, and doesn't try to keep the gun in place beyond not moving her feet. When firing in the extended form, she uses the blade as a tripod to anchor it, and allows the recoil to pass through her entire body which disperses the kinetic force across a larger area, reducing the damage done to her by spreading it out.

She has only used it as a proper sniper rifle once on the show.