The Mason Revolver During the 19th century, Winchester Repeating Arms Company and Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company frequently played with each other’s markets. One would manufacture double barrel shotguns another […]
Cody Firearms Museum Blog: Unloading the Myth
The Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West houses over 7,000 historically significant firearms with more than 15,000 firearms-related artifacts. We seek to provide every visitor – from gun aficionados, to firearms novices, to those without previous firearms experience – with a unique educational opportunity. This museum is more than just guns; firearms help inform the story of the West, the story of gun cultures, and the story of people.
Center’s Cody Firearms Museum presented firearms symposium May 21–23, 2018
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum brings firearms experts and museum professionals to Cody, Wyoming, May 21–23 for its second Arsenals of History symposium, this year […]
Women and Winchester: A Match Made in Heaven
Impact of World War I on women in the workplace In 1917 the U.S. joined World War I. A year later the first issue of the Winchester Record was published. […]
Big and exciting changes coming in Cody Firearms Museum renovation
Our Cody Firearms Museum is undergoing a full renovation! Please note: the Cody Firearms Museum reopened with a Grand Opening event on July 6, 2019. We hosted a CFM Veteran VIP […]
Timney Triggers invests in Cody Firearms Museum’s future
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is pleased to announce that Timney Triggers has pledged $500,000 toward its Cody Firearms Museum (CFM) reconstruction. The Center recently revealed its plan […]
Nation’s leading firearms museum gets extreme makeover
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West has announced that its Cody Firearms Museum is about to undergo a full-scale renovation. When complete, the renovated museum will exhibit more firearms […]
