Glen's story.... a cautionary tale for shooters

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03Lightningrocks
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Re: Glen's story.... a cautionary tale for shooters

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AndyC wrote:Well, think about it logically - use Newton's Third Law "For every action, there must be an equal and opposite reaction". If there were a punch like that, the shooter would (pretty much) feel the same impact in their hand - ouch.
So does this mean you are feeling 400+ ft lbs of recoil when you fire a 9mm?
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Re: Glen's story.... a cautionary tale for shooters

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03Lightningrocks wrote:
AndyC wrote:Well, think about it logically - use Newton's Third Law "For every action, there must be an equal and opposite reaction". If there were a punch like that, the shooter would (pretty much) feel the same impact in their hand - ouch.
So does this mean you are feeling 400+ ft lbs of recoil when you fire a 9mm?
I think you would if you were shooting a balsa wood zip gun, but the mass of the gun greatly absorbs the shock of the responsive force. That's very apparent in my LCP versus my wife's Bersa Thunder .380.

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