When a shot is fired from a gun, the gun pushes backward why?
When a shot is fired from a gun, the gun pushes backward why?
When a shot is fired from a gun the gun is pushed backward at the time. In this case, the action and reaction force off the bullet and the gun exist at the same time.
According to Newton's second law of motion, the bullet and the gun equal and opposite momentum. As a result, the bullet moves forward with a particular momentum and the gun moves backward with a momentum of the same magnitude but opposite in direction. Due to this, the person will feel a backward thrust. The backward velocity of the gun will be smaller in compression to that of the bullet is the mass of the gun is large.
