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You could try redirectingtransferring the recoil, like they do with the Kriss Vector rifles, which uses a unique method of taking most of the recoil energy and sending it down, then back up, instead of back toward the shooter.
From the video, you get a little bit of back, then a sharp down and then a sharp up. Obviously this is a traditional powder gun, and not a railgun, BUT you may be able to do something similar with a railgun by having the recoil push the barrel back, and use that action to drive something down, moving the energy in another direction.

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Found a gif of the mechanism in action to show how it works enter image description here

You could try redirecting the recoil, like they do with the Kriss Vector rifles, which uses a unique method of taking most of the recoil energy and sending it down, then back up, instead of back toward the shooter.
From the video, you get a little bit of back, then a sharp down and then a sharp up. Obviously this is a traditional powder gun, and not a railgun, BUT you may be able to do something similar with a railgun by having the recoil push the barrel back, and use that action to drive something down, moving the energy in another direction.

EDIT:
Found a gif of the mechanism in action to show how it works enter image description here

You could try transferring the recoil, like they do with the Kriss Vector rifles, which uses a unique method of taking most of the recoil energy and sending it down, then back up, instead of back toward the shooter.
From the video, you get a little bit of back, then a sharp down and then a sharp up. Obviously this is a traditional powder gun, and not a railgun, BUT you may be able to do something similar with a railgun by having the recoil push the barrel back, and use that action to drive something down, moving the energy in another direction.

EDIT:
Found a gif of the mechanism in action to show how it works enter image description here

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You could try redirecting the recoil, like they do with the Kriss Vector rifles, which uses a unique method of taking most of the recoil energy and sending it down, then back up, instead of back toward the shooter.
From the video, you get a little bit of back, then a sharp down and then a sharp up. Obviously this is a traditional powder gun, and not a railgun, BUT you may be able to do something similar with a railgun by having the recoil push the barrel back, and use that action to drive something down, moving the energy in another direction.

EDIT:
Found a gif of the mechanism in action to show how it works enter image description here

You could try redirecting the recoil, like they do with the Kriss Vector rifles, which uses a unique method of taking most of the recoil energy and sending it down, then back up, instead of back toward the shooter.
From the video, you get a little bit of back, then a sharp down and then a sharp up. Obviously this is a traditional powder gun, and not a railgun, BUT you may be able to do something similar with a railgun by having the recoil push the barrel back, and use that action to drive something down, moving the energy in another direction.

You could try redirecting the recoil, like they do with the Kriss Vector rifles, which uses a unique method of taking most of the recoil energy and sending it down, then back up, instead of back toward the shooter.
From the video, you get a little bit of back, then a sharp down and then a sharp up. Obviously this is a traditional powder gun, and not a railgun, BUT you may be able to do something similar with a railgun by having the recoil push the barrel back, and use that action to drive something down, moving the energy in another direction.

EDIT:
Found a gif of the mechanism in action to show how it works enter image description here

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AndyD273
AndyD273
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You could try redirecting the recoil, like they do with the Kriss Vector rifles, which uses a unique method of taking most of the recoil energy and sending it down, then back up, instead of back toward the shooter.
From the video, you get a little bit of back, then a sharp down and then a sharp up. Obviously this is a traditional powder gun, and not a railgun, BUT you may be able to do something similar with a railgun by having the recoil push the barrel back, and use that action to drive something down, moving the energy in another direction.