Thread: The Maths of Recoil

Greetings All,
On the subject of recoil I remembered a test done, years ago, to debunk the stories of deer being knocked flat by powerful modern rifles. The test was done using a wooden deer (a box filled with sand on three legs) and a .303 calibre rifle. Shots were fired into the box, from close range, and the amount the "deer" was rocked back by the impact recorded. It was not rocked back all that much. Placing the but of the rifle against the box and pinching the trigger against the trigger guard to fire it resulted in about twice as much movement of the "deer". This was likely published in Outdoor at the time and later in "The Sharp Shooter" published by Bruce Grant in the 70's. The original testing was done by Matt Grant ( Bruce's father) and others in 1947. We have not really come all that far have we?
Regards Grandpamac.