Afraid I'll Have to disagree with the gun dynamics part of this statement. The gun making trade failed pretty miserably at understanding gun handling dynamics.
Following is the science of the issue.
Weight is measured with a weight scale and is felt in lift, hold, and carry.
Balance (the teeter-totter kind, not the magical kind that sums up handling in one factor but can't be measured or defined) is the point of the gun where it will balance over a fulcrum, pencil, or finger. It determines how the weight is divided between the hands.
Swing effort is an expression for moment of inertia about some point of the gun. Center of gravity/balance point is the lowest effort for any given gun. It indicates the effort required to point the gun in a different direction when not mounted; for convenience referred to as unmounted swing effort. If the the butt is assumed to be the pivot point then we have an expression for mounted swing effort.
A calculation involving the gun's weight and the unmounted swing effort produces a fifth factor called half weight radius which is an expression of the gun's compactness.
The above five factors characterize individual gun's handling. Weight, balance, and unmounted swing effort are easily measured. Mounted swing effort and half weight radius are easily calculated from the first three.
I have measured and compared a large enough sample of sidelocks and boxlocks to state that action type is of trivial concern as related to handling.
Questions or opinions?
DDA
Last edited by Rocketman; 07/24/20 12:01 AM.
