Well, there is a story.
When I was young, I owned a machine gun, with deadly accuracy at anything upto about a metre
As I got older, I traded that in for a revolver; not quite the distance, or the accuracy but still very reliable.
Now, in middle age, all I have is an old blunderbuss. It takes about half an hour to load and rarely shoots much past the end on the muzzle.
Although, every now and then; when the sun is shining and the grass is growing and everything is right with the world, all things come together in a special way. It is usually when I am with the gorgeous Sasha Mei that I relive the old days of my youth and again attain distances and volumes that were but a memory. Oh Sasha, Sasha, wherefore art thou, Sasha?