Blowback Recoil

[Echo9]

I was just picking through some old THR threads, and I noticed that someone said blowback pistols produce more recoil than locked-breech pistols, other factors like frame material and barrel length notwithstanding.

So far I haven't had an opportunity to fire any blowback pistols besides .22s, which aren't a very good indication one way or the other.

Is that true? Is the blowback design inherently harsher-recoiling for its caliber? That doesn't make sense to me. It seems like a locked-breech design would snap more because the momentum from the muzzle tilting torques the gun up.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

It seems like a locked-breech design would snap more because the momentum from the muzzle tilting torques the gun up.

I don't think there is enough barrel tilting motion, over a long enough period of time, to cause this. Locked-breech designs actually absorb some of the felt recoil by slowing the slide down and spreading it over a longer time duration.

 

[mactex]

I think some of the answer to your question is how the recoil may be perceived by different people. With blowback, I tend to feel the recoil as a heavier, snappier hit on the palm of my hand than with a similar locked-breech gun. Muzzle flip seems about the same to me.

 

[oneounceload]

ACTUAL recoil will be the same; FELT, or perceived, recoil can be different due to more moving parts slowing the recoil timing

 

[NMGonzo]

my gf does not like the bersa anymore since she started shooting a 1911 (3 to choose from)

I blame the blowback mechanism.
Thankfully, georgia arms delivered the other 500 rounds !!