Could you make blank firing guns recoil?

[Gunmaster45]

Originally Posted by k9870

I htink a reverse compensator may work, pushing gas down to push barrel up.

I don't think it would. Think, a normal compensator doesn't push the blank gun down when it is fired, why would a reverse one push it up.

Originally Posted by gunguy01

Actors faking recoil (limp wrist) is not a good thing as they absorb some of the pressure which could cause the gun to jam, also actors can't count, so they fake a recoil and "click" that looks bad.
I took a ballistic course in the army and if I remember correctly, recoil is caused by the projectile leaving the muzzle, that would be stage 15, stage 1 is primer igniting.

Sadly most actors can't do that crap right. I wish I was an actor, I know how to count and to fake recoil so it looks real. . I remember watching "Wyatt Earp" and Kevin Costner faked recoil on an empty chamber.

And of course, Newton's law (2nd or 3rd...) is that every reaction has an opposite and equal reaction, so recoil is pretty clearly the result of the bullet being shot from the gun. Blanks don't push out a bullet, so there isn't much or any recoil.