This is my take on the laser tutorial. I used three barrels in a gatling style. Each barrel has it's own individual recoil slider. I applied a .5frame motion blur and a 'simple star' glare filter in post. I timed it out for 120 frames, giving a small break at the beginning for the appearance of tracking the target. Then again at the end, for the laser to go back to 'home'. This is a frame from the animation.