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Aussies develop rifle with no recoil : ) bring back the .308
The Australian ^ | December 09, 2005 | John Kerin

Posted on 12/11/2005 9:13:46 PM PST by Flavius

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To: MarkL

You're on the ball, mate. Who cares about a bit of recoil, it's only natural. What's more important to me is the properties of the ammunition, and in my opinion, the 5.56 only does half the job. Whatever you hit with the 7.62 (.308) goes down and won't get up, and that's the bottom line. Most of the people I know that were trained with the 7.62 would be more than willing to carry the extra weight because they know the capabilities of the weapon justify every little bit.


21 posted on 12/11/2005 10:28:56 PM PST by Bazooka (Just say what you think. They hate our guts anyway.)
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To: Flavius

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

/always thought a bleeding shoulder was a sign of a GOOD day at the range.


22 posted on 12/11/2005 10:30:39 PM PST by VaGunGuy
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To: MarkL

You are loosing 1/2 of the effectiveness of the rifle, how are you supposed to smash a commie/muzzie's head in with a rubber butt-plate, Ah well at least you still have the bayonet


23 posted on 12/11/2005 10:42:15 PM PST by vrwc0915
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To: Bazooka
What's more important to me is the properties of the ammunition, and in my opinion, the 5.56 only does half the job.

Absolutely, just ask the DC sniper. I think one or two of the dozen plus that took a bullet survived.

24 posted on 12/11/2005 10:46:24 PM PST by tortoise (All these moments lost in time, like tears in the rain.)
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To: flashbunny
A little more info:

RTI has built a working prototype that clearly demonstrates the capacity to control recoil to an extent that it can be eliminated completely, or alternatively have demonstrated a capacity to drag the weapon forward. RTI also has technology under development dealing with ballistically superior ammunition.

25 posted on 12/11/2005 11:35:40 PM PST by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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To: fso301

It doesn't have to bleed any gas, just redirect it to a termination at the the front or sides rather than the back of the cartridge (which then transfers the energy along the gun back to the shoulder/palm).

To do that it seems to me there would have to either be holes in the cartridge or in the barrel just ahead of the cartridge. These holes would dump the compression into forward oriented pockets. As long as the additional airspace was minimal, it might not affect the range significantly.


26 posted on 12/12/2005 12:47:53 AM PST by Bob J (RIGHTALK.com...a conservative alternative to NPR!)
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To: MarkL

Prctice, practice, practice. The more ammo you shoot the less the apparent recoil.

I agree with you that the M14 was a very comfortable shooter.

I worked the record fire range at Ft. Ord in late '68. When the troops were in the bleachers for the instructional part, I would grab the best looking M14 I could find and have my buddy run the targets. After a while, it was no problem firing perfect scores from the offhand with no slings.

Two record fires a day and I was maybe blasting 2-300 caps.

Great fun.


27 posted on 12/12/2005 3:48:41 AM PST by x1stcav (Murtha is a surrender monkey)
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To: Flavius

Murphy's Laws of Land Warfare, Rule #45: Recoiless Rifles, aren't...


28 posted on 12/12/2005 3:52:53 AM PST by Tallguy (When it's a bet between reality and delusion, bet on reality -- Mark Steyn)
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To: Flavius
Not to be outdone, the arab world has also developed a version of a rifle with no recoil. Called the 'Allah"-minator, see it here in development in their secret labs in Damascus:

http://www.break.com/articles/throwrocks.html
29 posted on 12/12/2005 4:24:15 AM PST by tcostell
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To: chadwimc

Try shooting 100 rounds through a 30'06 1903 or 1903A3. I've got both and I'd say they have more punch on the bullet end than any one of my Garands......


30 posted on 12/12/2005 4:35:08 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Flavius
the centuries-old danger of kickback

inconvience maybe...danger?....ok..if you say so..

"hit the gym..mumble mumble...candy a#$"

31 posted on 12/12/2005 6:00:45 AM PST by joesnuffy (A camel once bit my sister-we knew just what to do- gather large rocks & squash her-Mullet Ho'mar)
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To: flashbunny

If I have to stand next to someone shooting that brake I'd rather not...

Noveske's Krink at least you can stand or shoot next too without loosing your hearing.

imo

32 posted on 12/12/2005 6:04:20 AM PST by joesnuffy (A camel once bit my sister-we knew just what to do- gather large rocks & squash her-Mullet Ho'mar)
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To: fso301
"Any system that bleeds gas will reduce velocity."

Only so much as velocity is reduced by lower gas pressure behind the bullet. The direction of vented gas is also important. Newton's laws of conservation of momentum still apply, i.e. m1v1=m2v2 where m=mass and v=velocity

33 posted on 12/12/2005 6:10:21 AM PST by Buffalo Head (Illigitimi non carborundum)
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To: Flavius
"Adam Vella, Commonwealth and Olympic Games shooting medallist and director of Recoilless Technologies International, will talk about the impact of recoilless guns on competition shooting..."

Doesn't exactly seem kosher to be using a rifle with no recoil in the Olympics.

34 posted on 12/12/2005 6:24:46 AM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality) - "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
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To: Sam Cree

The rifles for the Biatheletes hardly have any recoil as it is.


35 posted on 12/12/2005 6:26:49 AM PST by kajingawd (" happy with stone underhead, let Heaven and Earth go about their changes")
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To: kajingawd

What do the biathaletes use?


36 posted on 12/12/2005 6:32:25 AM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality) - "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
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To: Flavius

I can imagine that one could produce a nearly recoilless firearm by running a pipe from the breach to near the muzzle (so as to be some distance from the shooter) and having that pipe feed a rearward-facing rocket nozzle. The pipe would have to start near the breach to minimize the amount of recoil before the bullet reached the pipe. Depending upon the amount of friction between the bullet and the barrel, the firearm could have either positive or negative "recoil" (e.g. if the bullet had so much friction that it barely moved, the rockets would generate forward thrust in excess of the net force (pressure minus friction) on the bullet). On the other hand, I would expect that it would be necessary to expend an awful lot of energy in the rocket, thus requiring a bigger powder charge for any particular desired amount of bullet energy.


37 posted on 12/12/2005 6:31:36 PM PST by supercat (Sony delinda est.)
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To: Flavius

No recoil = more accurate self defense weapons for the honest man.


38 posted on 12/12/2005 6:34:02 PM PST by antiunion person (It's all Bush's fault !!!)
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To: tortoise

Marine snipers have the same results at much longer yardage.


39 posted on 12/12/2005 8:41:09 PM PST by B4Ranch (No expiration date is on the Oath to protect America from all enemies, foreign and domestic.)
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