got a new book.... 'the illustrated encyclopedia of guns'

[musclehead]

gun history fact of the day;

in fuedal Japan in the days of the matchlocks the weapons were of different caliber, size, length, and styles. they were classed by the different shooting schools where the gun makers taught and worked.

records suggest that there may have been as many as 250 schools in the 18th century. shooting or houjyutu was classed as a martial art along with techniques like karate.

another fact in, and there goes a memory from of your childhood 

[The Anvil]

I've sometimes heard of this book being published under the title: The Holy Book of AWESOME.

[musclehead]

I gotta admit, it's pretty cool