gamestalker
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Something that has always baffled me is recoil.
When I load 38 special for instance, a 125 gr. XTP loaded with heffty charge of Longshot it will chronograph in the mid 1200 fps range. Shooting through the same revolver (S&W 66) the same bullet in a .357 mag. case with a charge of H110 that produces a similar velocity, will produce a much higher amount of felt recoil, why?
Another example is a .243 loaded with a 105 gr. bullet and a 7mm mag. shooting a 100 gr. bullet at very similar velocities are also two different worlds of recoil. The 7 mag. with the lighter bullet and close to same velocity is painful to shoot in comparison to the .243 win..
I know that there are very different pressures at play here, but I wouldn't think that pressure can have that degree of effect?
When I load 38 special for instance, a 125 gr. XTP loaded with heffty charge of Longshot it will chronograph in the mid 1200 fps range. Shooting through the same revolver (S&W 66) the same bullet in a .357 mag. case with a charge of H110 that produces a similar velocity, will produce a much higher amount of felt recoil, why?
Another example is a .243 loaded with a 105 gr. bullet and a 7mm mag. shooting a 100 gr. bullet at very similar velocities are also two different worlds of recoil. The 7 mag. with the lighter bullet and close to same velocity is painful to shoot in comparison to the .243 win..
I know that there are very different pressures at play here, but I wouldn't think that pressure can have that degree of effect?