Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-69.66.169.227-20130802171349/@comment-41.132.116.174-20130911214335

BenRG wrote: BRTE500 wrote: Something I want to point out, when in scythe mode all the weight is at the end of the barrel. Kudos to whoever gets what I mean. Yeah, I noticed this a long time ago. If you take the trigger group and pistol grip as the main balance point for the weapon, I'd say more than 80% of the mass of Crescent Rose (the scythe blade assembly, firing mechanism and bolt action) is forward of that point. That weapon is seriously front-heavy. Unless there is an enormous counter-weight in the shoulder butt, Ruby will eventually strain her back trying to keep the front up when firing on rifle mode. That must be why she uses the scythe blade as a monopod to balance the front of the weapon whenever she can. Surely the front heavy nature makes it more effective as a scythe?