Re: [Phys-l] Ballistics divertissement

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

You're ignoring the mass of the charge.

bc, who still thinks rockets don't need bullets

Spagna Jr., George wrote:

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> > -- I thought the recoil was independent of the 
> > bullet, i.e. only depended on the charge.  What one feels will depend
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> > the mass of the weapon.
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> Conservation of linear momentum - the recoil depends on the muzzle
> velocity, the mass of the bullet, and the mass of the weapon.  
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