So much great detail here... I will respond in more depth later. But real quick, another feud even I remember was a period, maybe in the early '90s, when Ross was having an in print dispute in G&A with Bob Milek. I believe it had to do with Bob advocating zeroing hunting rifles to MPBR and Ross advocating basically a 200 yard zero for most modern hunting rifles. I will have to research it a little more and I'll report back.
Ross made me want to do a lot of things as a shooter, but I have to credit Bob Milek for my predilection for insulated tan vests, plaid shirts, and giving the camera smug looks while standing next to shot-up targets with a Remington XP-100. He pretty much owned that niche!
