Macchina
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- Nov 14, 2006
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I'm sure many (most) of you know this, but I was reading about internal ballistics and a light bulb turned on. I often wondered why efficient cartridges, especially pistol caliber carbines, have such low recoil for the energy they deliver. One of the many reasons is a light-weight powder charge. I never thought about, but the mass of that powder is exerting a force on the breachface just like the mass of a bullet and the 24g of H110 in my .44 Mag is a heck of a lot lighter than the 70+ grains I used to less into my 300 Win Mag.