Recoil is a function of momentum--the product of mass and velocity--and not one of kinetic energy--the product of mass and the square of the velocity, divided by 2.
Recoil is a function of both recoil velocity has a lot to do with felt recoil otherwise this statement wouldn't be true.
the mass of the firearm. A hot .357 load in a long-barreled Model 27 and the same load in a Scandium snubby are two different animals.