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Pathfinder45 · April 14, 2021, 12:07 AM

Another thought just occurred to me.... I'm no mathematician, but I was just wondering, now... suppose we take the afore-mentioned 22-250 and 45-70, loaded to the same foot/pounds energy, and adjust the weights of the two rifles to be equal....does that mean they would have the same recoil?

Really? Why do I doubt this? Are all foot/pounds not equal and the two rifles are they not equally powerful? Or is there some inherent flaw in the whole premise of the equation?

I could be wrong, but I'm thinking that until the 45 Colt was severely down-loaded for those cowboy games, it was always more gun than the 357; slower but more of a sledge-hammer.

April 14, 2021, 12:07 AM	#86
Pathfinder45 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2008 Posts: 3,224	Another thought just occurred to me.... I'm no mathematician, but I was just wondering, now... suppose we take the afore-mentioned 22-250 and 45-70, loaded to the same foot/pounds energy, and adjust the weights of the two rifles to be equal....does that mean they would have the same recoil? Really? Why do I doubt this? Are all foot/pounds not equal and the two rifles are they not equally powerful? Or is there some inherent flaw in the whole premise of the equation? I could be wrong, but I'm thinking that until the 45 Colt was severely down-loaded for those cowboy games, it was always more gun than the 357; slower but more of a sledge-hammer.