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Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die
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Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:10:20 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ross Crawford writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Tim Romine writes:
In lugnet.cad, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
1.  I forget which one, but it was the one so small that only three • fingers
can fit over the grip, and the barrel wasn't much longer than the handle.
Ach vey, but the recoil hurt...
This was almost certainly the Glock model 27, .40 caliber in a VERY small
package.

That sounds about right.  I dunno why the shorter barrel makes the recoil
more sharp, but after four clips my entire arm was sore.

Dunno, but it may be something to do with the increased inertia of the longer
barrel - takes more explosion to get it to start rotating. You can see this • in
the different recoil between pistols & rifles - even though the barrel is
off-centre from the point of rotation by about the same distance, rifles tend
to recoil almost straight back, whereas pistols rotate. Attaching something
heavy to the end of the short barrel may help, but that sorta defeats the
purpose of the small package.

  Nah, I'd bet it has more to do with simple Newtonian laws--
  action vs. reaction.  The same pistol with a shorter barrel
  weighs surprisingly less (and the weight distribution is
  different); ditto pistols vs. rifles.  Given the same amount
  of propellant in the cartridge, a lighter weapon will react
  more sharply.

Due to inertia, as I said.

Ditto with the rotation of handguns.  (This
  is one reason I sometimes chuckle about "ultralight polymer
  handguns."  Better be ready for a REALLY sharp recoil there,
  fellas.  It'll tear your dadgummed palm off.)

  Bonus tip for the day:  Don't stand behind a recoilless rifle.

Yep, thats good advice!

ROSCO



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  Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die
 
(...) Nah, I'd bet it has more to do with simple Newtonian laws-- action vs. reaction. The same pistol with a shorter barrel weighs surprisingly less (and the weight distribution is different); ditto pistols vs. rifles. Given the same amount of (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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