L Brown,

I'm pretty confident about Nikko burning down and will check on the date. I'm still learning who's who in the gun business here. The two Japanese I know who are REALLY knowledgeable, so I have a lot of questions for them. The challenge is getting together - we only see each other once a month or so and never have enough time to talk AND shoot - and only one of them speaks English.

Sincerely,
Patrick