[flashbunny]

"Although details of the new technology remain top secret, the new rifle barrel "splits" dissipating energy in both directions rather than just backwards, as is the case in existing guns."

Gee, why didn't someone think of this already?

[BipolarBob]

Great!! Right before we ban all weapons, let's improve them.

[4rcane]

er this sounds like this other australian technology called metal storm.

[fso301]

Click here for an example of recoil

[MarkL]

I hate to say this, but if you want to get a comfortable .308 rifle, just take an M14 (or M-1A) and replace the metal butt-plate with a rubber one. My Fed Ord M-14 came standard with it on the fiberglass stock, and it's like shooting a really big .22! Practicly no kick whatsoever. A bit of muzzle rise, but that's to be expected. NRA high power rapid fire courses are no problem at all.

Mark

[Grizzled Bear]

"Ya cannot change the laws of physics!"

[Enterprise]

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[nightdriver]

"...the new rifle barrel "splits" dissipating energy in both directions rather than just backwards...."

Generally, all barrels are retired after they "split."

They ain't too accurate after they split!

ROTFLMAO!!!

[VaGunGuy]

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.

[Tallguy]

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

[tcostell]

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

[joesnuffy]

the centuries-old danger of kickback

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

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

[Sam Cree]

"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.

[supercat]

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.

[antiunion person]

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