why does gun go up when it has been fired?

[Goosemaster]

I love how like 20 people repeated WORD FOR WORD what I said..feels good

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I love how like 20 people repeated WORD FOR WORD what I said..feels good

Mmmm, how about this? Does this feel good too?

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I love how like 20 people repeated WORD FOR WORD what I said..feels good

I like how you repeated me

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I love how like 20 people repeated WORD FOR WORD what I said..feels good

I like how you repeated me

:Q YOu take that back

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: Joker81

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Pardon the extremely crude drawings and explanation...

Imagine holding a gun out in front of you like you're going to fire.

gun

Are you sure that is a gun you drew and not a penis with a trigger???

LMAO!!!!!

 

[Scouzer]

I do believe there are some exceptions to this rule. If memory serves, a World War II BAR would go down when fired. I don't know why.

 

[brxndxn]

Guns don't go up; people go up!

 

[Apathetic]

Originally posted by: aRCeNiTe
because you're supporting the gun from the bottom...

if you held the gun upside down, yes it would go down.

Dave

 

[thevigmaster]

Originally posted by: thirtythree
the bullet sucks the pressure out of the barrel, making it lighter, making the gun go up.

are you nuts?
its because the recoil lateral force is directed along a line above the rifle butt, therefore your shoulder pushes 'forward and up' this pushes the rifle upwards in rifles where the butt is lower than the line of the barrel.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I love how like 20 people repeated WORD FOR WORD what I said..feels good

Yes, but I used more words more elloquently. :beer:

 

[bsmithy]

the force from the bullet is applied off centre, meaning the opposite force is converted into a rotational force.

as you are holding onto the gun tightly the rotational force is moved along to the next loose joint (elbow) which bends it, moving the gun upwards.

[simple]

the gun is scared of the bullets and tries to get away

[/simple]

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: thirtythree
the bullet sucks the pressure out of the barrel, making it lighter, making the gun go up.

The best answer ever.