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.
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.