Yes, and if you can hit the paper of the target with a Marine Corps training M1911, your lucky! mine had a barrel that you could rattle with your finger about 1/16". Probably had more rounds than an M-60 through it. Every 5 shots would "smoke stack" or not completely eject out the top. The M9 was like a cap gun after that .45. Now a 1911 frame chambered in a .22..does that recoil forward? ;-)