User blog comment:Xanneer/PHYSICS!/@comment-24911350-20140529232559/@comment-28257386-20140530041948

Thats another thing, how is it that Yang's shotgun gauntlets are A-ok, but mine are op? She punched several dozen mobsters in the Yellow trailer, and not once did the recoil from her weapons send her flying. Instead, they sent the enemies flying. Often very far. The only time her shotgun blasts actually had any recoil that sent her flying was when she pointed them backwards as propulsion.

Then there was the Nevermore fight when Team RWBY were all standing on the tower taking shots at the Nevermore as it fllew towards them. Blake has a pistol, Weiss' is basically a magic wand, and presumbably Ruby had her scythe blade stuck in the stone. Yang meanwhile was shooting her shotgun blasts on a flat surface with no bracers or whatever.

And another thing, you didn't acknowledge my point about the multiple times Ruby was seen shooting her weapon in its "Gun Form" and there was no recoil. The only times Ruby's weapon ever have recoil seems to be when its in Scythe mode.