Questions about the irrelevance of energy (ft-lbs)

[HandgunHTR]

Yea I should have said rifle not shooter. The point was that the bullet receives more energy due to it having smaller mass.

No it doesn't. The energy is the exact same. The reason the bullet travels at a much higher speed is because of the smaller mass. If you could magically make a rifle weigh the same as the bullet, it would travel the same speed as the bullet, just in the opposite direction.

 

[BigCountry49]

No it doesn't. The energy is the exact same. The reason the bullet travels at a much higher speed is because of the smaller mass. If you could magically make a rifle weigh the same as the bullet, it would travel the same speed as the bullet, just in the opposite direction.

Wait, so you’re saying the rifle receives the same amount of energy as the bullet?