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How Bullet Weight Affects Speed And Recoil
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<blockquote data-quote="akmtnhnt" data-source="post: 2881039" data-attributes="member: 120824"><p>Even if all the powder burns, the more of it, the more recoil. People think you're only accelerating the bullet, and equal and opposite of that, but you're also accelerating the powder, or the gas it becomes after it's burned and all it's mass.</p><p>If you take the same bullet and two different powders, one that requires 5 more grains to get the same velocity, the one that requires 5 more grains of powder will recoil more. Same bullet, same velocity.</p><p>You'll also see this with different cartridges shooting the same bullet. If you take a 308win and a 300wm in rifles of the exact same weight, load them both with a 180gr bullet and load them both with the same powder to get both to 2600fps. The 300wm will recoil more because it has so much more capacity in the cartridge it will require a good bit more powder to create the pressure required to get the 180 up to 2600.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="akmtnhnt, post: 2881039, member: 120824"] Even if all the powder burns, the more of it, the more recoil. People think you're only accelerating the bullet, and equal and opposite of that, but you're also accelerating the powder, or the gas it becomes after it's burned and all it's mass. If you take the same bullet and two different powders, one that requires 5 more grains to get the same velocity, the one that requires 5 more grains of powder will recoil more. Same bullet, same velocity. You'll also see this with different cartridges shooting the same bullet. If you take a 308win and a 300wm in rifles of the exact same weight, load them both with a 180gr bullet and load them both with the same powder to get both to 2600fps. The 300wm will recoil more because it has so much more capacity in the cartridge it will require a good bit more powder to create the pressure required to get the 180 up to 2600. [/QUOTE]
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