Thread: Suppressor Recoil Reduction Testing???

Originally Posted by gimp

Suppressors slow the recoil impulse and reduce the peak force, total momentum doesn't reduce a lot which is why kiwi Greg can make videos saying they don't reduce recoil buy a brake, but the recoil impulse is much changed in feel & less sharp

Exactly what I have been saying, the same amount of work is done but the time in which it takes is increased.

Kiwi Gregs test is flawed in that it measures total work rather than peak force which is what needs to be measured.

It is the same if I made you sit on a skateboard on a flat surface and then kicked you as hard in the back as I could, measured how far you rolled and then reset the test, but this time gently pushed you to the same mark, I then deduced that it is just as unpleasant to be pushed gently as kicked as we moved the same distance.