I can't view the clip at work, but your description clues me in to what's probably going on.
I was at the range a few weeks ago, and some hero bring out his wife for a shooting lesson. Brought along his Howa .338WM - no scope, just irons. He pounds about 10 rounds through it, and then offers it up for his small-framed wife to shoot.
Our hero instructs her how to load the magazine, and tells her to, "fill it up". By the way she was handling the rifle, I could tell she had no idea what was coming her way. As instructed, she hunkered down behind the rifle, barrel rested on a folded up gun case, and let's one rip. The rifle shoves her back a couple of feet, and HARD! She scraped the muzzle on the shooting bench and almost dropped the rifle during recoil.
She gets up, tears in her eyes, and proclaims that she's done. Our hero finishes shooting the remaining rounds in the .338 and puts it away. He then pulls out a .22 LR and starts to shoot it! When he offers for her to shoot it, she quickly declines, still banged up from the bigger rifle.
Now why in the hell would he start a seemingly brand-new shooter with a .338WM? WTF could possibly be gained from such an act? What an asshole.