Has anyone ever thought of putting a spring in the butstock of a gun to reduce recoil?

Question

high caliber assault rifles that use 30 caliber bullets have lots of recoil. Has anyone ever thought of placing a spring in the but stock to reduce recoil?

Answer 1

I think the recoil is used to re-load the next round.

Answer 2

yes the M16 has one, and it only fires a 5.56mm

Answer 3

Most assault rifles already do have springs to reduce recoil. You're to late with the idea...they already thought of it.

Answer 4

actually there are entire 'recoil mechanisms' these are engineered not just dreamed up, but it's good that your thinking. Keep it up.

Answer 5

They already do it.

Answer 6

Dunno about that but I can differentiate rounds in the dark.  30-30, 30-06, super 35, 223, 5.56, and 7.62.  The phone rings at 3am guess who answers.  Me m**o.

Answer 7

gosh, guess you don't know much about guns.  that is what they do in the AR15.  you can fire a AR15 like a pistol.

Answer 8

an improperly placed spring in the buttstock could impede aim and make it hard to hold the gun straight, and how is the spring supposed to help if the buttstock is of a rigid frame, and doesnt expand?

Answer 9

Yes, but it doesn't work, it might cause a greater recoil and you might not aim properly at the great force after the spring regain its original position as the has a great spring force...

Answer 10

Not springs, but there are pads that you can buy to fit over the end of the stock that can help quite a bit.

Answer 11

It already has one!  It is called a buffer spring (or coil).  Plus, they have gas ports that expel the gas from the rear of the bolt.  It is either contained as a gas trap or dispense it at the end of the barrel.  That will greatly reduce the recoil also.  That is why they are called gas-operated.  The extra gas operates the bolt carrier group to eject and reload another round, thus making it semi-auto.

Another way for recoil to complete the cyclic function of the weapon is called blow-back operation, but those only exist with rounds that don't expel gas, i.e. grenade launchers and some heavy machineguns which may use both (because the gas isn't enough to move the huge bolt carrier group alone).