Ballistics question: Recoil starts AFTER round leaves barrel? or not?

[4 Scale]

Originally Posted by kurusu

But to see if you are flinching or not, get some snap caps and dry fire pointing at a blank wall. If the sights move when you release the trigger. You are doing it wrong.

I think this is very good coaching.

A derivation of the technique at the range is, first load a snap cap, then a live round (live round at the top of the stack). Aim and fire the live round; the action will cycle and load the snap cap. Then dry fire the snap cap.

Snap cap is needed because it is not recommended to release the firing pin on a Luger without either a round or a snap cap. Firing a snap cap immediatly after a live round will make you more "honest" on your snap cap release.

This video demonstrates..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxyTFzgWjhk