a great deal of human behavior can be explained and best understood by referencing habits...or as i like to state it...inertia.

down south there is a folk saying...that marks a person's expression when confronted with something new..."like a calf looking at a new gate"...

i have enjoyed the presentation of beautiful and historic guns that have graced these pages...guns that many of us have no access to - or understanding of, beyond the most rudimentary...and i thank you for your willingness to share...


"it's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards."
lewis carroll, Alice in Wonderland