Lynn said, The picture Bill drew is of the node placed at the muzzle.None of the modeling shown so far has the node at the muzzle.In all of the pictures the node is 2-3 inches from the muzzle.
Lynn, Lynn, Lynn, in my very first post, the second picture is exactly what Bill drew in P. S. and in this forum. Maybe you are blind! But in any case you aren't paying attention. The node at the muzzle with a tuner is shown in my second post. Now, maybe Bill did also draw a picture like this somewhere, but all the "modeling" in this thread is just like what Bill has pictured. I don't think Bill has done anything we haven't shown in this thread.
We also don't see the anti-node anywhere near the muzzle in any of the modeling.
This is insane! What are you looking at? Everyone that has shown the vibration pattern shows the "antinode" at the muzzle! I give up, I guess you're going to come back at me and say, Yeh, but it isn't what I call the antinode. No, more likely you will come back with, Yeh, but that isn't what Bill calls an antinode.
The area just before and just after the anti-node is the slowest area in the barrels vibration pattern.If you add a weight ahead of the muzzle and dampen the amplitude it appears wider just like in Bills picture
This isn't insane, it's just stupid. You are just using words with out a hint as to their correct meaning. I guess however since it is so screwy, I can't be sure I can really interpret what you are trying to say. The area I think you are describing is actually traveling the fastest, not slowest.....sometimes! You see there is no point traveling with constant velocity (except the nodes which have zero velocity) At any instant you will find any point you want, and it will be traveling faster, or slower, than any other point. That's "scientific" gibberish and I know you will ignore it!
Now, as to "the amplitude being wider". That's like saying as you get older, your height gets wider???? Boy, I have to admit I just never saw Bill's picture iwith a wide amplitude.