It strikes me rather odd that a balnce point is used as a reference, when there is no fulcrum. The gun is suspended by two points and rests upon another. It would seem that a gun could balance on the hingepin and weight in at 65 pounds and be virtually useless in the field. Would not weight distribution or a ratio thereof at the points the gun is held when in a shooting posture better describe what we want in what has been called balance? And, would that not change from shooter to shooter of the same gun depending upon their own personal shooting style?

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