Just noticed this part. I thought that one was put to rest. :wink:
How much contribution from the hand/arm to you think it's possible to add in an extreme case of a rock hard grip? I'd think not enough to make a difference. In my truck analogy it might be considerable if the masses were close to they same and the truck was under full power. Hardly an elastic collision going on in a vehicular accident. But in a cue-CB impact I would think the impulse would be mostly over by the time the CB could possible "feel" the structures of the hand.