Originally Posted By: eightbore
In a one ounce load, the difference in the weight of the powder charge between those two loads is a tad under two percent, and you can feel the difference? I don't think it's the weight, other's opinions may vary.


Your math is as faulty as your logic. The difference between 15 grains and 25 grains is 40%.
And to my good friend, Chuck: I'm just an old bird, not a tough one. I'm very sensitive to recoil. I'm also allergic to bull-sh.. and theories that try to escape the physics involved. I know quite well the difference between true recoil and "felt" recoil. Some obvious examples being: an 8 lb. gas auto will deliver less felt recoil than an 8 lb. double, because the cycling of the moving parts spreads out the total true recoil. Same is true with two identical doubles, one with a good recoil pad, the other with a hard buttplate. The true recoil amount is the same, but the felt recoil will be less for the gun with the good pad, because the total recoil is spread out by the time it takes for the pad to compress against the shoulder. There are others but many situations explained illogicaly as "felt" recoil are pure bullsh.., used to sell a product or some barrel jockey's services that can not be proven or based on logic or physics. Also used to justify faulty opinions that have no basis in logic, or actual head to head testing.

Last edited by Jim Legg; 04/16/10 02:25 PM. Reason: my abounding courtesy

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