Sharps-shooter
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- Nov 7, 2006
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Can someone really smart please explain to me about muzzle climb? How does it happen? My sharps rifle (which is 4 feet long and weighs ten pounds) doesn't have muzzle climb, that I can tell. Even if I fire it one handed. Just pushes straight back. same with the shotgun.
But then the ar15, which is a lot smaller and lighter, kind of jumps a little when it is fired. Just a bit.
The other weekend I fired something called a Norelco 9mm handgun. It tried to do a somersault in my hand. I can completely understand why the gun travels in the opposite direction of the bullet. But why does it also try to point up in the air? Is it just because of the fact that it's meeting resistance from the handgrip that is not perpendicular to its direction of travel, or is it something to do with the muzzle as well?
But then the ar15, which is a lot smaller and lighter, kind of jumps a little when it is fired. Just a bit.
The other weekend I fired something called a Norelco 9mm handgun. It tried to do a somersault in my hand. I can completely understand why the gun travels in the opposite direction of the bullet. But why does it also try to point up in the air? Is it just because of the fact that it's meeting resistance from the handgrip that is not perpendicular to its direction of travel, or is it something to do with the muzzle as well?