Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27425734-20170826213348/@comment-24993958-20171207154454

Sentry 616 wrote:

The "recoilless" aspect, which really just means reduced recoil, comes from the weapon having a hole or holes in the back of the weapon itself, and sometimes the cartridge, that allows close to half of the force and gas from the propellant to escape out the back

Wouldn't that lower the mamximum distance of the projectile though?