When you fire a shotgun or rifle, the explosion in the shell or cartridge also produces a reaction called a recoil. Basically, the gun butt slams into your shoulder. For beginners it can be very ...

I used to like a shotgun with a little thump to it. Then I started shooting skeet and realized that recoil offers no positive gains. Recoil is only a negative. It’s not a comfort issue, but a ...

Every action results in an equal and opposite reaction. It's a simple law of physics. In the event of firing a gun, the reaction is called recoil and the shooter feels another reaction, which is the ...

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A reader submitted a question to our weekly On The Gun newsletter (which you can sign up for here) about how to cope with recoil and cartridge selection. He described how he’s become recoil shy when ...