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Sir Isaac newton's 3rd Law of Motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

A firearm propels a bullet towards a target, the mass (~weight) of the bullet and its acceleration create a force in the opposite direction of the bullet's travel.

You can play around with the bullet's mass (~weight) and its velocity to get equal recoil:

1- bullet 20grams, accelerates at 100m/s has the same recoil as:

2- bullet 200grams, accelerating at 10m/s (recoil force = 2000 for both)

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