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A gun recoils on firing. Why? ​

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When a bullet is fired from a gun, the gun exerts a force on the bullet in the forward direction. The bullet also exerts an equal and opposite force on the gun in the backward direction. ... Therefore a gun recoils when a bullet is fired from it.

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