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It is a factor, but only a small percentage of it.
The main recoil reduction comes from slowing the expanding gasses and releasing them slowly reducing the rocket effect.




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I think what puffin is getting at is that, yes, this is what happens with all suppressors.
It is not being disputed.

He is saying that the marketers are trying to pitch the “integrated muzzle...

Yes, a suppressor does not reduce the total recoil as the gasses still exit forward, but it slows the release down and so gives you a smaller force over a longer time which adds up to the same amount...

Depends if you are accelerating or braking, the opposite actually happens to what you think.

Try it with a helium balloon in the car.

If you accelerate you would think that the balloon would go...