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Originally Posted by The Reaper
For those who have not shot the 5.56 and 9mm back to back, I do not think that there is very much difference in felt recoil. Muzzle blast would be more significant with the rifle round due to the greater powder charge.
I strongly suspect that recoil may be greater with a .40 S&W than with a 5.56x45 carbine.
The best .40 S&W defensive loads tend to be better stoppers than the best 9mm rounds, IMHO.
Olympic is very spotty with quality, and parts tend to be different from MIL-SPEC as well.
TR
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Thanks TR, great info, I wouldn't have guessed that the 40 would have greater recoil than a 5.56.
I was getting the feeling from my research that Olympic was a crap shoot at best, and that's not the kind of odds I like in firearms, especially if my wife is shooting them.
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Originally Posted by HOLLiS
Have you looked into recoil compensator. They can make a big round recoil like small round. I have a 44 mag, that is pretty tamed, much similar in shooting a large frame revolver shooting a .38 special.
Other thought is instructions. I feel there are two kinds of felt recoil. The actual physical one and the one that intimidates the shooter and is more mental. My daughter is pretty petite and shoots about everything I own. She has no problems shooting my .45s.
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Hollis she doesn't have any issues in terms of being intimidated, she shoots all my handguns with no issues including a full size 45 (I always get amused by the big grin on her face after she gets done shooting
), the bigger issue in terms of both recoil and weight is she has some back issues, may not be an issue, but I'm always very wary of what she can handle in terms of both recoil and weight, better to be safe than sorry.
I think I'm going to strip my M-4 down and let her shoot that again and see what she thinks, it's been a while since she shot it, last time she said it was too much but that's been a couple of years and she's been working on strength training since then.