...I'll just segue into a little history.A whole bunch of years ago, a fine, bouncing, baby boy came into the world on this date. Yup -- today is The Armorer's Birthday.And he had so much fun bouncing, he decided to go all retro and get ball-shaped again.Fortunately, I can outrun him long enough to distract him with a shiny --Hey, John, lookee what I found -- The Great Dardanelles Bombard!The first artillery piece the gunners could honestly answer the question "What are you doing?" with "Just screwing around with the gun."Yup -- the powder chamber screws onto the projectile chamber....
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Jul 29 2011, 06:16 AM
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Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..