[quote=Yahoshua
Recoil is the air that was pushed out of the barrel, rushing back into the barrel and stopping on the spent cartridge.
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Surely recoil is the application of one of Newtons Laws (3rd I think) Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
The recoil is because the propellant in the cartridge expands forcing the casing and bullet away from each other equally. As the bullet can move freely out of the barrel that moves faster and further than the rifle itself.
Also...
I think the compensator on the handgun does the same job as the muzzle brake on the rather lovely Barret.
The .50 cal handgun in this thread is a bolt action weapon so no springs, I guess you you have to do special exercises to toughen your wrist up, I unfortunately can't divulge what these exercise are
