Guns of the Week: November 17 – 21, 2014 The Winchester Museum to the Cody Firearms Museum PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE Unloading the Myth – The Past The Cody Firearms Museum got its start as the Winchester Museum. In 1975, the Olin Corporation loaned the Winchester Arms Collection, a collection of more than 4,000 firearms as well as […]
Guns of the Week: November 10 – 14, 2014 German Firearms Unloading the Myth – The Designer Bag of 19th Century Military By the late nineteenth century, America and England had begun to adopt revolvers as a staple to the military, but some European Armies followed a little slower. They retained the philosophy that personal side […]
Guns of the Week: November 3 – 7, 2014 Schuetzenfest! Unloading the Myth – Target Shooting and Beer (In that Order!) The Cody Firearms Museum is home to the Coors Collection of antique Stevens and Maynard Rifles. All of the rifles were built between the middle and the end of the nineteenth century when Schuetzen shooting was […]
Guns of the Week: October 27 – 31, 2014 Air Guns Unloading the Myth – Perception is Often Reality Is it a bird? Is it a Plane? Is it a Tommy Gun? No! It’s an Air Gun Take a look at this gun. At first glance, many may think it a machine gun, specifically a Thompson. Because […]
Guns of the Week: October 20 – 24, 2014 Early Firearms Laws This week’s firearms play a role in early firearms laws and regulations. The first is a gun that was originally classified by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms as a “curio or relic,” which often allowed it reprieve from certain Gun Control Act […]
Guns of the Week: October 13 – 17, 2014 Unloading the Myth – Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight During the American Civil War, the Union Knife Co. of Naugatuck, CT made pocket and folding knives. But believe it or not, they also produced a series of firearms primarily for a man named J.P. Lindsay. They […]