Alright, I'm hoping somebody here can explain this to me.
Let's do a thought experiment.
We take a creedmoor case, neck it up/down, from 6mm to 308.
We take 130gr bullets in each caliber, 243,257,264,277,284,308. We load each cartridge to a muzzle velocity of 2800.
Given the bore diameter in comparison to the surface area of the bullet.
The 308 should have the least amount of measurable recoil.
The 6mm should create the most amount of measurable recoil.
My question is why is it a standard response to tell people that smaller calibers mean less recoil. When the correct response is that shooting lighter bullets means less recoil.
Let's do a thought experiment.
We take a creedmoor case, neck it up/down, from 6mm to 308.
We take 130gr bullets in each caliber, 243,257,264,277,284,308. We load each cartridge to a muzzle velocity of 2800.
Given the bore diameter in comparison to the surface area of the bullet.
The 308 should have the least amount of measurable recoil.
The 6mm should create the most amount of measurable recoil.
My question is why is it a standard response to tell people that smaller calibers mean less recoil. When the correct response is that shooting lighter bullets means less recoil.
