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<blockquote data-quote="Barrelnut" data-source="post: 1138761" data-attributes="member: 74902"><p>I agree that the bullet leaves the barrel before the shooter feels any recoil. I do believe the rifle is moving rearward before the bullet leaves the barrel though. Believe that is just the "for every action there is a equal reaction" physics thing. The instant the bullet moves forward, the rifle moves the other direction.</p><p></p><p>Read somewhere, maybe on the forum, that the rifle moves about 3/8 of an inch before the bullet leaves the barrel. That is not much, so the shooter has not yet felt the recoil. A lot happens in that .02 seconds and 3/8 inch though. Lot of things that throw the shot off. When the rifle starts to move, it also wants to move/hop to the left. This is due to the torque on the barrel caused by the bullet as it spends down the barrel. Add any of the influences the shooter can have like sideways pressure on the stock and all of a sudden you have a flyer, or at least a group that just opened up some. The lighter the rifle, and the bigger the powder load, the more profound all of this is and the more the shot can be affected. This is why heavy rifles are a long range shooters friend.</p><p></p><p>Interesting documentary on the human brain recently. We actually feel things like recoil <u>after</u> they happen, not during. That is because it takes the brain quite a while to gather the info and process and experience it. So by the time you feel recoil it has already physically happened. You are always ever so slightly living in the past.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barrelnut, post: 1138761, member: 74902"] I agree that the bullet leaves the barrel before the shooter feels any recoil. I do believe the rifle is moving rearward before the bullet leaves the barrel though. Believe that is just the "for every action there is a equal reaction" physics thing. The instant the bullet moves forward, the rifle moves the other direction. Read somewhere, maybe on the forum, that the rifle moves about 3/8 of an inch before the bullet leaves the barrel. That is not much, so the shooter has not yet felt the recoil. A lot happens in that .02 seconds and 3/8 inch though. Lot of things that throw the shot off. When the rifle starts to move, it also wants to move/hop to the left. This is due to the torque on the barrel caused by the bullet as it spends down the barrel. Add any of the influences the shooter can have like sideways pressure on the stock and all of a sudden you have a flyer, or at least a group that just opened up some. The lighter the rifle, and the bigger the powder load, the more profound all of this is and the more the shot can be affected. This is why heavy rifles are a long range shooters friend. Interesting documentary on the human brain recently. We actually feel things like recoil [U]after[/U] they happen, not during. That is because it takes the brain quite a while to gather the info and process and experience it. So by the time you feel recoil it has already physically happened. You are always ever so slightly living in the past. [/QUOTE]
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