Talk:Velocitus/@comment-122.111.17.190-20141113163804/@comment-69.76.175.103-20141114044216

Railguns have very strong recoil. They accelerate a slug to much higher speeds than guns do  and do so much faster. BIG recoil. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Even coilguns still have recoil and they don't even touch the projectile! (The projectile rides in contacct eith the magnetic rails in a railgun, hence the name)