Re: [Phys-l] Ballistics divertissement

["Spagna Jr., George" <gspagna@rmc.edu>]

Bernard wrote

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Cleyet
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:19 PM
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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
on 
> the mass of the weapon.

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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