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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 522842" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>Gentlemen, my first post here on this forum and apparently this is a controversial topic...</p><p></p><p>There is a nice description <a href="http://www.bsharp.org/physics/recoil" target="_blank">here</a> of the mechanisms at work when firing a rifle, but as some have mentioned there are 2 separate things going on.</p><p>1) Forward motion of the bullet (Conservation of momentum)</p><p>2) Muzzle blast after the bullet has left the bore - action = reaction (can be reduced with a good quality muzzle brake)</p><p></p><p>It should be clear to anyone that the mass of the shooter and the way his body is arranged behind the weapon is a much larger factor than the mass of the weapon or the bullet. So the degree to which recoil is going to affect the shot has a lot to do with the "coupling" between shooter and weapon and how well "damped" this coupling is. </p><p></p><p>So, for obvious reasons, the prone position, with body aligned behind and almost on the same plane as the barrel is going to be favorable for absorbing recoil and is probably more conducive to a consistent shooting position and grip. Conversely, shooting from a standing position is probably the worst as far as controlling shot placement.</p><p></p><p>I personally have been having fits with trigger weight and overly short trigger over travel. It seems the vogue nowadays to reduce trigger over travel to a virtually imperceptible value as if it is something to brag about. However, when trigger pull weight is 3-4lb (9lb on my Remington from the factory !!) on a rifle which weighs 8lb, it does not take a genius to figure out that when the trigger breaks it still takes the striker a certain amount of time (around 3ms in the case of the Rem 700 LA) before it strikes the primer. If the trigger reaches the end of its travel sooner and transfers the trigger pull to the rifle itself, then the muzzle will move well before the bullet exits the barrel.</p><p></p><p>Thats my story and I'm sticking to it (heard that a lot lately ??)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 522842, member: 35183"] Gentlemen, my first post here on this forum and apparently this is a controversial topic... There is a nice description [URL="http://www.bsharp.org/physics/recoil"]here[/URL] of the mechanisms at work when firing a rifle, but as some have mentioned there are 2 separate things going on. 1) Forward motion of the bullet (Conservation of momentum) 2) Muzzle blast after the bullet has left the bore - action = reaction (can be reduced with a good quality muzzle brake) It should be clear to anyone that the mass of the shooter and the way his body is arranged behind the weapon is a much larger factor than the mass of the weapon or the bullet. So the degree to which recoil is going to affect the shot has a lot to do with the "coupling" between shooter and weapon and how well "damped" this coupling is. So, for obvious reasons, the prone position, with body aligned behind and almost on the same plane as the barrel is going to be favorable for absorbing recoil and is probably more conducive to a consistent shooting position and grip. Conversely, shooting from a standing position is probably the worst as far as controlling shot placement. I personally have been having fits with trigger weight and overly short trigger over travel. It seems the vogue nowadays to reduce trigger over travel to a virtually imperceptible value as if it is something to brag about. However, when trigger pull weight is 3-4lb (9lb on my Remington from the factory !!) on a rifle which weighs 8lb, it does not take a genius to figure out that when the trigger breaks it still takes the striker a certain amount of time (around 3ms in the case of the Rem 700 LA) before it strikes the primer. If the trigger reaches the end of its travel sooner and transfers the trigger pull to the rifle itself, then the muzzle will move well before the bullet exits the barrel. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it (heard that a lot lately ??) [/QUOTE]
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