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Just as a note of historical context. Yamamoto made the statement after years of living in the states, and marveled at the number of shooting clubs. He tried to convince his military peers to copy the clubs, but wasn't successful. In Tokyo in the late 1930s, Yamamoto said Japan didn't have enough divisions to take Texas, what about the rest of the country? A lifelong fan of the historical American west and especially the Texas Rangers, he had visited Texas to peruse the museums and talk to cowboys. Even visited some Comanche and Kiowa Indians. He said to even think about fighting people like them on their own soil was unthinkable. Yamamoto also had a spectacular collection of American firearms, his favorite a Colt Peacemaker made in 1878. In a sense, he was a Japanese version of Robert E. Lee.
JonyRR is right, a firearm can be a work of mechanical art. My M1991A1 has the slide acid engraved with my division and brigade patches, and my combat info, medals, unit, etc., on the right side. The slide is mirror polished, and the grips are highly textured American elk. Titanium trigger basically eliminates muzzle bounce and creep. To me, the Colt and my R1100S are cut from the same cloth.
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