Cody Firearms Museum
The Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West houses over 7,000 historically significant firearms with more than 30,000 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.
Engraving History
The Messages and Pictures of Engraving When looking through records, engraving separates one firearm from another by giving each firearm unique attributes….
Safety First! Educational Firearms as Teaching Tools
Hands-on educational firearms program Lock, Stock, & Barrel combines history and safety in an interactive program at the Cody Firearms Museum. Part…
The Forgotten Winchester: Make Your Own Tall Tale
The Great Basin Winchester ’73 The hot topic of the past few days here at the Cody Firearms Museum has been the…
Discovering a Firearm’s Story
A Journey Through the Records As a intern in the Cody Firearms Records Office, I don’t work with actual firearms. Instead, I…
Fast Fanning Firearms: Leave it to the Pros
One of the fastest and slickest looking techniques to fire a revolver has been made extremely popular due to its common depiction…
The Firearms Dealers of Yesterday
So I went to Abercrombie and Fitch to buy a gun… Today, a phrase like this generates quite a bit of confusion….