Originally Posted By: Drew Hause
Now how do these decrease recoil while increasing velocity and range?? Do they put sodium bicarbonate in the air chamber to extinguish burning fibre wads also?


Simple. The cushioning provided by the wad, identical in action to most plastic wads you'll notice, allows the gun to held tighter and with more substance to push against the shot go faster. And the faster wads stay ahead of the flame front and don't catch fire.

Dr.WtS
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