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.
Confessions of a Gun Historian
There’s Always Something New to Learn The Cody Firearms Museum answers thousands of visitor inquiries a year. Some people call and e-mail,…
Art Guns: Aesthetics Over Function?
Not everyone that comes to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West is a gun aficionado. We know that, and embrace the…
What good’s a Gun without a Firing Pin?
What good’s a firearm without a firing pin? Nine times out of ten the answer is, no good – especially if you…
Gun Installation, Trials & Tribulations
Good News! New guns are on display. The Colt Single Action Army that belonged to Lone Ranger actor John Hart, as well…
A True Test of Marital Trust and Love
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to feature two couples who were ahead of their…
Remembering Tom Knapp
Throughout history, exhibition shooters have often influenced each other. For example, Ad and Plinky Topperwein, an exhibition shooting couple, inspired a young…