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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1314107" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>There are two types of recoil in every firearm. One is produced by the bullet being accelerated down the barrel, the other is recoil produced by the powder charge. If the bullet weight remains the same</p><p>and the velocity is also the same, the inertial recoil (From the bullet being accelerated down the barrel) will be the same.</p><p></p><p>If the bullet weight and the velocity are the same and less powder is used due to a more efficient case design or chamber improvement, powder recoil will be less. So if you can reduce the powder charge reducing the gas(powder)recoil and maintain the same velocity with the same bullet weight,</p><p>total recoil will be reduced.</p><p></p><p>There is one other thing in the equation and it is called recoil velocity. It is the rate that the weapon moves in the opposite direction. Recoil velocity can be effected by the weapon weight or the burn rate of the powder. (The faster it burns and delivers the pressure to move the bullet at the same velocity or the lighter the weapon the sharper the "felt recoil" will be.</p><p></p><p>Only testing on an accurate measuring device will show the real difference. perceived recoil is hard to quantify by the shooter because of the difference in recoil tolerance of different people.</p><p></p><p>There are so many things that effect recoil that makes it difficult to predict the actual recoil and the felt recoil (Recoil velocity). But to answer the posters question' Less powder, with all other things being equal = Means less recoil.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1314107, member: 2736"] There are two types of recoil in every firearm. One is produced by the bullet being accelerated down the barrel, the other is recoil produced by the powder charge. If the bullet weight remains the same and the velocity is also the same, the inertial recoil (From the bullet being accelerated down the barrel) will be the same. If the bullet weight and the velocity are the same and less powder is used due to a more efficient case design or chamber improvement, powder recoil will be less. So if you can reduce the powder charge reducing the gas(powder)recoil and maintain the same velocity with the same bullet weight, total recoil will be reduced. There is one other thing in the equation and it is called recoil velocity. It is the rate that the weapon moves in the opposite direction. Recoil velocity can be effected by the weapon weight or the burn rate of the powder. (The faster it burns and delivers the pressure to move the bullet at the same velocity or the lighter the weapon the sharper the "felt recoil" will be. Only testing on an accurate measuring device will show the real difference. perceived recoil is hard to quantify by the shooter because of the difference in recoil tolerance of different people. There are so many things that effect recoil that makes it difficult to predict the actual recoil and the felt recoil (Recoil velocity). But to answer the posters question' Less powder, with all other things being equal = Means less recoil. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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