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Greg,

The blow is (practically speaking) instantaneous if you are on the other side of the gun...

Here is an experiment to try only in your head, a thought experiment not a real life one (for obvious reasons.)

Remove the barrels from a gun and Weld a steel plate on instead. Make sure that the total weight is equal to the gun with barrels on. Shoulder the "gun with steel plate" as if you were going to shoot. Now imagine someone else standing a couple feet away fires another gun directy at your "gun with steel plate."

Ignoring safety factors, who would you rather be? Which gun do you think would "kick" more?

I'm betting that the "gun with steel plate" will "kick" a lot harder than the gun firing. Maybe I'm wrong, I'm not going to try it out just to see though.