kick back forces when a rifle is fired the system is designed to be attached to a shooting surface and a rifle support such that when the rifle is fired the harness transfers the recoil and kick back forces to the shooting surface in this manner the recoil absorption system absorbs recoil that would otherwise be transferred to the shooter in the following description and in the figures like elements are identified with like reference numerals the use of u201c or u201d indicates a non exclusive alternative without limitation unless otherwise noted the use of u201c including u201d means u201c including but not limited to u201d unless otherwise noted fig1 depicts a preferred embodiment of the recoil absorption system attached to a rifle in a firing position the present invention is a recoil absorption system that is comprised of lightweight materials that are easily stored and easy to transport in a preferred embodiment the present invention is composed of band type material such as textile webbing the webbing is configured in a number of loops that serve as a structure or harness 15 that attaches to the rifle a large loop 17 of the webbing material is configured to run along both sides of the forestock 25 and stock 27 of the rifle and wrap around the butt 29 of the stock 25 this large loop 17 of material is held in place by smaller loops 13 19 of material attached to.