In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mirco Wahab wrote: >Thus spoke Chris Mattern (on 2006-09-27 19:09): >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mirco Wahab wrote: >>> >>>When the Samurai of medieval Japan were confronted >>>with new 'battlefield language', e.g. early Shotguns, >> >> "early Shotguns" :D. Your mastery of the history of >> firearms overwhelms me. > >You want a fight? With a muzzle-loaded gun? >Three shots for everybody -- 5 minutes time? > >BTW: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket) > The date of the origin of muskets remains > unknown, but they are mentioned as early as > the late 15th century, and they were primarily > designed for use by infantry. Muskets became > obsolete by the middle of the 19th century, > as rifles superseded them. >
Muskets are not shotguns. -- Christopher Mattern "Which one you figure tracked us?" "The ugly one, sir." "...Could you be more specific?" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list