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.
Museum Minute: The Palm Protector Pistol
In the early 1900s, a new concealable pistol was created. The Palm Protector Pistol was a double action revolver, but Danny Michael,…
Museum Minute: The .50 Caliber Bolt Action
During World War I, while John Browning was working on a heavy machine gun that would use a .50 caliber cartridge, Cody…
Museum Minute: A Bounty Hunter
Tom Tobin was a mountain man and bounty hunter in the late 1800s in Southern Colorado. He is most known for killing…
Museum Minute: General James Doolittle
James Doolittle was a general during World War II. He became famous for his raid on Tokyo in 1942 just after Pearl…
Museum Minute: A Rifle Ahead of Its Time
The Cody Firearms Museum has a machine rifle gun from the early part of the last century that was ahead of its…
Museum Minute: The Colt Texas Paterson
The Cody Firearms Museum has a pretty unique Colt Texas Paterson. The revolver is a repeating firearm with a revolving cylinder with…