My apology to you, Don, for my statement that I did not know of any "new ground" you had broken. In hindsight, that reads like a slight, concerning your work, and I certainly did not mean it in that way at all. I did not realize Garwood had not addressed mounted swing effort.
SRH
Stan, no offense taken in any form or fashion. Far as I know, I was first to calculate MOI at butt (mounted swing effort). Also, far as I know, I was first to present a handling "fingerprint" for individual guns by grouping weight-balance-unmounted swing effort-mounted swing effort-(sometimes) half weight radius. I surely don't claim others wouldn't have known how (this is pretty standard engineering stuff) to do it . Frankly, I care little about being first. I do care that people have truth in front of them and do not have to depend on oft repeated statements that lack a science foundation. I do not gladly suffer the part/non-truths of statements based on lack of objective information.
I'm very glad to have worked with you on understanding gun handling and will be glad to do so in the future.
DDA
