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Do cartridge case dimensions affect recoil?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 441502" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>In my opinion NO.</p><p></p><p>The whole issue of a more or less efficient case has nothing to do with recoil it has to do with</p><p>a more complete and consistant burn of a specific powder charge.</p><p></p><p>Some think that the short fat cases burn less powder than the long slim cases do.</p><p>in fact they can use more powder. A good example is the 7 WSM compared to the 7mm</p><p>rem mag. I have both and the same velocity is reached with the same amount of powder.</p><p></p><p>But when you up the pressure to the WSMs standard It takes more powder than the 7mm rem</p><p>can/ should handel.</p><p></p><p>My best load with the 7WSM and a 140 gr bullet is 71 grains and with the same bullet in the</p><p>7mm rem it is 68 grains of the same powder. they both have a nearly identical velocity.</p><p></p><p>The main purpose of the short fat cases is for a more consistant burn and lower SDs</p><p>not recoil.</p><p></p><p>In my earlier post I mentioned recoil velocity and burn rate effecting felt recoil .</p><p></p><p>There are many things that can effect "Felt recoil" but the simple truth is that recoil energy</p><p>remains the same if all conditions are the same.</p><p></p><p>A poor fitting rifle will appear to have more recoil than a proper fitting one with all things being</p><p>equal and if placed in a machine that measures recoil energy they will be the same. </p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 441502, member: 2736"] In my opinion NO. The whole issue of a more or less efficient case has nothing to do with recoil it has to do with a more complete and consistant burn of a specific powder charge. Some think that the short fat cases burn less powder than the long slim cases do. in fact they can use more powder. A good example is the 7 WSM compared to the 7mm rem mag. I have both and the same velocity is reached with the same amount of powder. But when you up the pressure to the WSMs standard It takes more powder than the 7mm rem can/ should handel. My best load with the 7WSM and a 140 gr bullet is 71 grains and with the same bullet in the 7mm rem it is 68 grains of the same powder. they both have a nearly identical velocity. The main purpose of the short fat cases is for a more consistant burn and lower SDs not recoil. In my earlier post I mentioned recoil velocity and burn rate effecting felt recoil . There are many things that can effect "Felt recoil" but the simple truth is that recoil energy remains the same if all conditions are the same. A poor fitting rifle will appear to have more recoil than a proper fitting one with all things being equal and if placed in a machine that measures recoil energy they will be the same. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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