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Also, given that such weapons would have little if any recoil, they would not need to be made of solid steel like modern firearms. The lighter weight would make them easier to aim even if they are a slightly awkward shape. Note also the description that nerve disruptor holsters are too big for stunners - this seems to indicate that the bell-muzzle is constant. Lastly, the people holstering and aiming these have trained with them, and would have had a chance to get used to them.
Remember, the business end of a AA-cell pocket flashlight is a parabolic reflector. It needn't be very large at all.
Thank you for pointing that out, Shane. I was going to if someone hadn't. Also, Derek, an *energy* weapon will have *zero* felt recoil. Theoretically, light or a beam of electrons or plasma has "recoil", but it would be so slight that you would not be able to feel it. It would take extremely sensitive instruments even to measure it.
In firearms, the felt or perceived recoil is partially mitigated by the mass of the weapon. You can see this illustrated in the difference between the recoil of a large framed steel weapon and a smaller, less massive aluminum or scandium framed weapon firing the same round from the same length barrel. The light weapon transmits more felt recoil to the hand, and can even be painful. People who use these guns tend to practice with them less because they're uncomfortable to shoot. I used to review firearms and experienced this myself.
But an energy weapon would not have significant recoil to a human hand. Recoil is based on the equal and opposite reaction from the projectile's ejection toward the target. The mass of the projectile is critical to the recoil felt. Energy doesn't have significant mass, so there is no significant recoil.
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Also, given that such weapons would have little if any recoil, they would not need to be made of solid steel like modern firearms. The lighter weight would make them easier to aim even if they are a slightly awkward shape. Note also the description that nerve disruptor holsters are too big for stunners - this seems to indicate that the bell-muzzle is constant. Lastly, the people holstering and aiming these have trained with them, and would have had a chance to get used to them.
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Remember, the business end of a AA-cell pocket flashlight is a parabolic reflector. It needn't be very large at all.
Thank you for pointing that out, Shane. I was going to if someone hadn't. Also, Derek, an *energy* weapon will have *zero* felt recoil. Theoretically, light or a beam of electrons or plasma has "recoil", but it would be so slight that you would not be able to feel it. It would take extremely sensitive instruments even to measure it.In firearms, the felt or perceived recoil is partially mitigated by the mass of the weapon. You can see this illustrated in the difference between the recoil of a large framed steel weapon and a smaller, less massive aluminum or scandium framed weapon firing the same round from the same length barrel. The light weapon transmits more felt recoil to the hand, and can even be painful. People who use these guns tend to practice with them less because they're uncomfortable to shoot. I used to review firearms and experienced this myself.
But an energy weapon would not have significant recoil to a human hand. Recoil is based on the equal and opposite reaction from the projectile's ejection toward the target. The mass of the projectile is critical to the recoil felt. Energy doesn't have significant mass, so there is no significant recoil.
