Does the weight of a pistol negate the recoil ? or is it the design of the grips?
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the answer is. both and neither in the case of the guns you mention. the reason the glock seemed to have less recoil is in the design of the gun. it has a lower center of gravity above the hand and also has a heavier slide which absorbs some of the recoil to cycle the action.It helps by weight. the main factor is how hot or powerful the ammo is.also the weight of the ammo.
The weight will certainly affect the recoil. Grips will just make the recoil more manageable, and perhaps the percieved felt recoil will be less. A hard kicking handgun with ill fitting (to your hand) grips will probably be painful, and you will have trouble controlling it. Grips that fit your hand right will help you control it much better, and they are quite often cushioned, as in Pachmyr and Hogue grips, to name a couple.
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If you accelerate two projectiles of the same mass to the same velocity in the same length of time, the recoil will be the same. That is just plane physics.Now as a gunsmith ( have the diploma but never worked full time in the trade) and shooter I can tell you that "felt" recoil is what you are talking about. Felt recoil has many factors, one is the weight of the gun and another the grip. A heavier gun will have more inertia and want to stay at rest. What actually happens is the heavier weapon spreads the recoil over a longer period of time.
I conducted an experiment once on this very issue. All my findings were subjective in that I just recorded what I felt. The test I devised used a .357 revolver. I loaded rounds using two powders. One a fast burning powder, the other a slow burning powder. Cases were hand selected to be once fired and all the same brand and head stamp. The bullets all came from the same batch or Sierra bullets, all were the same weight, I weighed each one separately. I used identical primers, and all primer pockets were cleaned. In other words I went to extremes to remove all variables except the powder. When I fired these round they all chronographed within 28 Feet per second.
The result was the slow powder gave more of a push on my hand. As if someone had held the barrel firmly and given it as quick and sharp a shove as they could. The faster powder felt like someone had struck the muzzle with a very sharp hammer blow. The slow powder was comfortable to shoot while the fast powder afforded a much sharper recoil snap, and after shooting 50 of them the web between my thumb and index finger was very sore while the slower powder didn't affect my other hand at all.
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Lots of variables there but weight can affect recoil. Look at the Desert Eagle in 50AE, the whole front of the slide is dead weight just to help manage the recoil.Deer hunting season's coming up need help?
There are actually 2 types of recoil. Real and perceived. Real is something you could measure mathematically, perceived is how it feels to the shooter.For example...take a Smith and Wesson Model 29. This is a 44 Magnum (think Dirty Harry) N-Frame revolver that weighs in at 47 ounces empty.
With stock grips from the factory (usually just called "Classics") anyone squeezing off a shot will receive a pretty good jolt. this is the perceived recoil..or what the shooter felt.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Remembering that.no matter the size gun, the weight etc. if it's (as in our example) firing a 240 grain bullet at 1400 fps expending 41,000 fp at the muzzle. All that horsepower, so to speak, is going down range..an equal and opposite is going the other way..into your hand. That's the real recoil.
Now we can soften the perceived recoil with heavier guns, porting, special and/or custom grips. BUT.this only works to a certain extent. No grips or porting is going to make a 44. mag confortable to shoot for a 90 pound women with small hands. It's doable..but not practical nor comfortable.
So..to answer your question...YES..the weight of the gun and the type of grips..and throw in a porting job can dramatically alter the perceived recoil of almost any type gun. For example...the .50 caliber Barrett has gas shocks in the stock, a barrel that actually slides 2 and 1/2 inches back along the lateral line of the gun and muzzle porting system that redirects muzzle blast gasses to assist in softening the blow. The .50 cal fired through a traditional type bolt action rifle would break your shoulder if you weren't of suitable stature and preparedness. With the recoil system it does employ..it's like firing a 12 gauge shotgun..3 inch magnums to be sure!
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