Typically a recoil spring absorbs SOME of the energy from a weapons recoil and also resets the firearm's components (chambering a round, hammer, etc...) to allow the firearm to be shot again.
Not all guns have a recoil spring. In the case of guns like the 1911A1 .45 cal pistol, when the gun fires, the slide is driven back by recoil (kick). The recoil spring is compressed, stops the slide from moving back, and pushes the slide forward for the next shot. Is does not make the gun recoil less.
Semi-automatic firearms, such as the 1911A1 pistol use a spring to help absorb some of the recoil energy, and use the energy to reload the pistol.
Release of a spring from compression Recoil of gun after firing a shot
The metal spring critically dampens the gun barrel so that it can recoil and the compensate for the reaction of the action done by the bullet.
Recoil is the equal and opposite of the force driving the bullet. A heavier gun is a greater mass to be moved by that recoil.
i recoiled when i heard that the spider was still in my room
It is not possible.
as a VERB: This gun will recoil a lot. or: He recoiled at the awful sight of the wrecked car. as a NOUN: This gun has a lot of recoil. The recoil of a .338 magnum rifle is uncomfortable.
When a gun is fired, the projectile goes one way, the gun goes in the opposite direction. That is recoil. Recoil velocity would be the speed at which the gun moves when it recoils. Since the gun is heavier than the projectile, it will recoil more slowly than the projectile moves.
Bullet forward, gun back - as in when the gun is fired, the bullet goes forward, and the explosion pushes (recoil) the gun backwards.
The plural of recoil is recoils. As in "the gun recoils quite heavily".
It can be either.The gun will recoil when he fires it (verb). If he is not careful, the recoil will dislocate his shoulder (noun)!