BamBam Posted November 9, 2001 Share Posted November 9, 2001 BH - If you would post your email I'll send along the slow motion videos of both limited and open guns. Then we can "cipher" more about what might be best. The videos are professionally done with high speed film from some web site on the net. I still wonder if the recoil graphs you are talking about worked with stock guns and spring combinations, or if they were progressively cutting weight out of the slide to look for changes. Most of us are shooting 1911'a and the initial debate was about the benefit of lightening slides. Watching the videos, and using the recoil energy graphs you have seen we might finally get a definitive scientific answer to all this!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted November 12, 2001 Share Posted November 12, 2001 The recoil graphs were published in an old gun magazine, I'm not sure which one. As far as muzzle lift goes and optimizing springs, I would think lightening the slide would make the lift worse(?) The recoil energy is actually constant (determined by bullet weight and powder charge). How the energy is delivered back to the hand is somewhat dependent on the recoil spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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