Jay
Gotta watch us old guys.....cause if you don't....
Inertia is the tendency of a body in motion to remain in motion, or a body at rest to remain at rest, unless acted upon by an external force.
Firing the gun acts upon the tendency of a firearm to remain at rest, (inertia) by causing the firearm to recoil. The shooter can provide the external force to slow the movement of the firearm, affecting it's inertia. I don't believe one can create inertia, but one can provide the external force to affect inertia.
I don't think inertia will be the same in more than one firearm, unless the mass and velocity of those firearms are exactly the same.
Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Firing the gun acts upon the tendency of a firearm to remain at rest, (inertia) by causing the firearm to recoil. The shooter can provide the external force to slow the movement of the firearm, affecting it's inertia. I don't believe one can create inertia, but one can provide the external force to affect inertia.
I don't think inertia will be the same in more than one firearm, unless the mass and velocity of those firearms are exactly the same.
Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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