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not sure how there can be no recoil

You have that nailed down.

Except for rockets and 'recoiless rifles' (which are all 57mm or larger and fire an explosive projectile) there is always a recoil.

The recoil from a .223/5.56mm NATO round is negligible. A little girl could shoot one all day and never complain about the recoil.

The noise is someting else, very loud.

I spent some time in the Corps and took a couple of physics classes.

This "silent bullet" article is unadulterated BS.

The recoil from a 180 grain round is something close to 40 lbs. It will make you wince twenty minutes before you fire your rifle. I'd pay someone else to fire a round of the weight given in this article. After firing twenty or so 180's during one session at the range it took a month for the bruise to go away.

Besides, why spend the money even researching this garbage. The Mousaad [sp?] killed a great many with un-silenced 22 shorts. They simply removed about half the powder from the cartridge- walked up behind their target and popped him (or her) behind the ear at close range. Extremely effective and virtually silent. Best of all---CHEAP.

This is not that complicated people. Get out the balistics book and simply do the math. Can't be done, at least not on this Earth or in this dimension. I seriously doubt these "silent bullets" could penetrate a tin-foil helmet, much less a steel one. HA!

The recoil from a .223/5.56mm NATO round is negligible. A little girl could shoot one all day and never complain about the recoil.

I let my 13-year-old daughter shoot my AR-15 at CMP matches, and she has no recoil complaints. (She gets pretty good hits, too)