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Heavier bullets = lighter loads?
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<blockquote data-quote="Spiff" data-source="post: 690832" data-attributes="member: 2228"><p>Heavier bullets usually have more felt recoil than lighter bullets, when loaded to 'equivalent' levels. It's a conservation of momentum thing...momentum = mass*velocity, so going up in bullet weight usually has more impact on momentum than going down in velocity.</p><p></p><p>Light loads mean less velocity, usually.</p><p></p><p>.45 ACP in a 1911 is kind of weird though...the really competitive guys recommend 230gr rather than lighter bullets for competition loads because they 'feel' lighter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spiff, post: 690832, member: 2228"] Heavier bullets usually have more felt recoil than lighter bullets, when loaded to 'equivalent' levels. It's a conservation of momentum thing...momentum = mass*velocity, so going up in bullet weight usually has more impact on momentum than going down in velocity. Light loads mean less velocity, usually. .45 ACP in a 1911 is kind of weird though...the really competitive guys recommend 230gr rather than lighter bullets for competition loads because they 'feel' lighter. [/QUOTE]
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