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Originally Posted by elkhunter11
Did you study physics at school? Action equals reaction, so if a bullet can physically knock a 300lb deer down, the recoil from the rifle should knock down a 300lb shooter. The deer collapses, it isn't physically knocked down by the bullet. Do you believe the movies when you see a man blown backwards by a shotgun blast?
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I didn't study physics but the momentum of recoil has something to do with the weight and speed of the projectile and the weight of the rifle. There is an equal and opposite reaction but the weight of the rifle absorbs most of it.