mushrooms kept in the dark, page-6

Thanks Oneclip, not a large gap between inception and acceptance is there?

I noticed on page twelve something I have never ever seen before in print, it is something I hypothesized about some time ago, something that would be extremely valuable to any rifle or gun,a very simple means of recoil mitigation.

On page twelve they mention possibility of recoil management by optimizing firing rate/time.

That to me gives the game away!

What I said previously was that I suspected that when two or more projectiles are fired in a very short space of time and are still in the same barrel it effects the overall recoil, equal and opposite reactions i.e. in a recoil less rifle both ends of the barrel are open, when the shot is fired the projectile is forced forward and the resulting gasses from the ignition of the propellant travel out the back at an equal pace, nothing or very little is felt by the firer because the gasses disperse out the back without working on the weapon.

In a normal rifle, when the round is fired the projectile is forced from the barrel by the resulting gasses from the burnt propellant, these gasses which cause the projectile to move away from them also react with the weapon because the breech is closed i.e equal and opposite, but in the case of a mach 5/50 the firing of the second round before the first has left the barrel causes disruption with the recoil gasses from the first firing, that is, some of the recoil from the first firing is absorbed by the second round moving towards the gasses from the first round firing, they tend to nullify each other to some extent, if the timing is right or at least it lessens the recoil effect from the first firing, but it would also slow the second round somewhat, this is why I believe they fire a third round (or a sabot)with a propellant load behind it, which has the same effect as what happened when the first two were fired i.e the first two rounds travel at high velocity but the third round or sabot absorb some of the recoil from the first two firings, which causes this third round (or sabot whichever they use) to travel much slower, that is the price for absorbing the recoil in my opinion.

No wonder the US want this technology all to themselves!