Kyle Hestand
July 20, 2017
Early Ammunition Development
Ammunition is the most important element required for advances in firearms development. Many of the leaps in firearms development were attempted and…
June 21, 2017
Deep Diving into the Archives for Research
My research on William Mason’s toggle link prototypes into expanded into a small research project working with our archived material. That first…
June 14, 2017
William Mason’s Experimental Toggle Link Firearms
The late 19th and early 20th century saw a broad push by arms manufacturers to build self-loading firearms. In this blog post…
June 2, 2017
Right Turn at Albuquerque
Hello everyone! My name is Kyle Hestand and I am one of two summer interns at the Cody Firearms Museum (CFM). I…