I remember when I was a kid there was a series of books by an author named C.B. Colby. I would venture to guess they were the most checked out books by the young fellows in my classroom. They had all kinds of weapons and stuff in them. Which was pretty cool at the time. Going back and researching it now, it appears C.B. had a pretty deep library of books to his credit.
I've not heard of that author, not that I can recall anyway. Growing up I was into Tolkien.