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- From: gus@prism.gatech.edu (gus Baird)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Recoil Formula
- Message-ID: <82016@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 19:57:07 GMT
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- Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
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- In article <9301261811.AA11040@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov> weed@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (daniel weed 283-4162) writes:
- >
- >
- >#
- ># Well, I misplaced the formula for recoil and the boy wants a
- ># Remington 7mm Magnum. Although I'd kinda like to have one, I'm semi-
- ># half-heartedly trying to talk him into a .270. I don't have anything in
- ># comparable recoil except maybe an 870 3" mag. If someone could email the
- ># formula for recoil I would appreciate it.
- >
- >
- >Bobby,
- >
- >You'll probably get a bunch of different ways to measure recoil.
- >I think the best mathematical way is this:
- >
- >Take the muzzle velocity of the bullet times the bullet weight, then
- >divide that by the weight of the gun. Be sure the weight of the gun
- >and of the bullet are in the same units, either pounds or grains
- >(7000 grains = 1 pound).
- >
- >The result is a velocity, in feet per second, called the Recoil Velocity.
- >If you were to suspend your rifle on the end of a long wire, like a
- >pendulum, then remotely fired the gun, the bullet would go one way, the
- >rifle would go the other, and what you have calculated is the velocity the
- >rifle would attain. (this has actually been done).
- >
- >This of course, ignores many factors that affect _perceived_ recoil, such
- >as moving internal parts, the length of time over which the impulse
- >occurs, butt padding, sound, etc. But it does provide a fairly good
- >relative measure of recoil. It takes into account both the bullet
- >energy and the weight of the gun.
-
- I disagree. For rifles you mustn't neglect the powder gases' considerable
- contribution to recoil. note that if you load a 308 winchester and a 300
- magnum to the same bullet speed you'll use MUCH more powder in the magnum
- case and will get noticably more recoil. (same bullet weight, of course).
-
- This is one reason why I recommend the 280 (7mm express), especially the
- improved version, over the fad 7mm Rem Mag which only gives a little more
- bullet speed with a great increase in powder consumption - thus more recoil,
- more cost, and faster barrel erosion. Of course, if you're DESPERATE for
- just a hundred or two more feet/sec it's your money, your barrel, your choice.
- On balance, though... Folks who're stuck with tailormades (factory loads)
- must disregard, of course.
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- gus Baird, College of Computing
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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