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Recoil-Reducing Rimfire Pistols

by Adam Heggenstaller - Thursday, April 26, 2012

Rimfire replicas produce but a fraction of the recoil dished out by their centerfire inspirations, which is a wonderful benefit for repetitive training exercises or for introducing new shooters to handguns.

Pistol	Caliber	Load	Muzzle Velocity	Recoil Velocity	Free-Recoil Energy
Colt Rail Gun	.45 ACP	Hornady 230-grain FMJ	839	13.67	6.62
Umarex USA Colt Rail Gun	.22 LR	Federal Game-Shok 40-grain CPS	999	2.92	.30
Smith & Wesson M&P9	9 mm	Winchester USA 115-grain FMJ	1,123	14.39	4.83
Smith & Wesson M&P22	.22 LR	Federal Game-Shok 40-grain CPS	977	4.29	.43
Ruger SR40	.40 S&W	Remington Express 155-grain JHP	1,125	17.17	7.79
Ruger SR22	.22 LR	Federal Game-Shok 40-grain CPS	948	5.76	.56