[Danr55]

Just a couple of things about recoil... The most violent recoiling handgun I've ever handled is the Desert Eagle .50 Cal. Makes the Casull and the Linebaugh both look like pikers.. Never fired the .50 Linebaugh however so that may be a qualifier.

The recoil of any handgun is a direct function of the weight of the powder charge times the square of the velocity of the bullet times the weight of the bullet in grains divided by the weight of the firearm times a 32 pound square constant times 7000 (the number of grains in 1 pound). It is read in two measures. Weight of recoil and velocity of recoil. Lots of weight at a slow velocity is a gentle shove. Little weight at a high velocity is like getting hit with a hammer. All of the combinations in between apply. Then you have to factor in something called moment of balance. That is a factor of the fulcrum point of the recoil. With a longer barrel the counter weight on the fulcrum of the grip counter acts the natural lift of the muzzle and tends to make the recoil feel less than it may actually be. It can get very complicated from there are you enter the realm of felt recoil and actual recoil. Interesting science.