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Sorry I'm too 21st century to understand gun jokes
Could you explain the 18th century jest here?
Sir Chad carries a twelve pounder hand cannon, and when he ignites the powder the ball sails true into the main deck of the pirate, but the recoil capsizes his vessel.
Guns have recoil. An equal and opposite reaction to the light bullet going forward really fast is that the heavy gun goes backwards.
The 45-70 round was originally made for rifles, it would take a standing person's entire weight and strength to fight against the force of the bullet going forward.
If you take that same bullet but remove the weight of the rifle, and put it into a little handgun, you will be blown back from the force of the bullet.
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The Energy of the .45-70 is 3867 J. For comparison: 9 × 19 mm NATO, used in guns, has 481 J, 5.56 × 45 mm NATO and 7.62 × 51 mm NATO, both used in rifles, have 1800 J and ~ 3600 J, respectively.
i don't understand it myself.
A very energetic rifle round (where the mass of the rifle helps control the powerful recoil) being fired from a very low mass handgun would feel quite a bit like holding onto an exploding grenade.