Bucksnort1
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A question I've had on my mind for many years is this.
If you fire a 30-06 rifle from your shoulder, you feel the effects of equal and opposite energy. Let's say you clamp the rifle in an un-movable stand of some sort. Neither the rifle nor the stand can move when the rifle is fired. How does the un-movable rifle affect ballistics?
Let me give you an example of an experiment I saw, a couple of years ago on television. Some men built a trebuchet (you know, one of those castle busting ancient devices that hurls boulders at castle walls). When the trebuchet is fired, it moves a few feet forward and backwards. They wanted to know if range would be affected by staking the unit so it couldn't move. They did this and found the machine had less range than when allowed to move freely. Yes, I know, there could have been slight differences in weight and shape of the projectile.
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If you fire a 30-06 rifle from your shoulder, you feel the effects of equal and opposite energy. Let's say you clamp the rifle in an un-movable stand of some sort. Neither the rifle nor the stand can move when the rifle is fired. How does the un-movable rifle affect ballistics?
Let me give you an example of an experiment I saw, a couple of years ago on television. Some men built a trebuchet (you know, one of those castle busting ancient devices that hurls boulders at castle walls). When the trebuchet is fired, it moves a few feet forward and backwards. They wanted to know if range would be affected by staking the unit so it couldn't move. They did this and found the machine had less range than when allowed to move freely. Yes, I know, there could have been slight differences in weight and shape of the projectile.
Comments?