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It is because of newton's third law ......

According to this law , every action has an equal and opposite reaction .

Therefore , when a gun is shot ( here the action force ) , the bullet is fired out (released) from the gun with a high force . As a result the gun has to produce equal and opposite reaction . As a result , the gun jerks back .......

In order to reduce the " recoil " of the gun ,the mass of the gun is increased .

That's why guns are usually heavy weighted .

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