Last week Smith & Wesson announced a potential name change. Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation would like to change its names to American Outdoor Brands Corporation. Although the company wishes […]
A Caliber Too Far: The Lee Navy
These days small bore high velocity cartridges abound, and new ones keep pushing the limits of cartridge performance. The 1890s weren’t that different. The introduction of smokeless powder in the […]
A Breechloader, the Civil War, and A Lawsuit: The Morse Carbine
Prior to the Civil War, the US Army sought ways to alter its existing muzzle loading arms into breech loaders. The Army had even been rather forward thinking when it adopted […]
The Lewis Gun Goes to Europe
Colonel Isaac Newton Lewis, a U.S. Army officer, developed the light machine gun named after him in the years prior to World War I. Lewis attempted to get his design […]
The Rifles of the Eight Nation Alliance
The Eight Nation Alliance consisted of the United States, British Empire, Germany, France, Austro-Hungary, Italy, Russia, and Japan. These rivals temporarily put aside their competition to defeat a threat to all […]
Introduction
Hello! My name is Danny Michael and I am the new Assistant Curator of the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. I am extremely excited […]
