The British gun guru Gough Thomas ran a blind test of powders with different burn rates, all else remaining equal. I'm away from my copy of his book at the moment, but if I recall correctly, everyone involved in the test chose the slower burning powder as having greater recoil. Thomas theorized that this was due to the shorter time period one felt the recoil with the faster powders.

Last edited by L. Brown; 04/14/10 07:35 PM.