These days small bore high velocity cartridges abound, and new ones keep pushing the limits of cartridge performance. The 1890s weren’t that different. The introduction of smokeless powder in the 1880s revolutionized cartridge development. The US Army, and many other militaries, began to move away from large bore calibers like .45-70. The US Army adopted […]
Prior to the Civil War, the US Army sought ways to alter its existing muzzle loading arms into breech loaders. The Army had even been rather forward thinking when it adopted the Hall rifle in 1819, but the Hall had its own problems, and in the four decades between the adoption of the Hall and the […]
Colonel Isaac Newton Lewis, a U.S. Army officer, developed the light machine gun named after him in the years prior to World War I. Lewis attempted to get his design for a machine gun adopted by the U.S. Army, but failed. General William Crozier, then Chief of Ordnance, usually receives most of the blame for the […]
The Eight Nation Alliance consisted of the United States, British Empire, Germany, France, Austro-Hungary, Italy, Russia, and Japan. These rivals temporarily put aside their competition to defeat a threat to all of their interests. Each nation had adopted different standard issue rifles for their armies, and the weapons their soldiers carried were a showcase of available […]
Hello! My name is Danny Michael and I am the new Assistant Curator of the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. I am extremely excited to be a part of such a prestigious institution, and for the opportunity to work with the wonderful staff and the amazing collection here. Before […]
Guns of the Week: November 17 – 21, 2014 The Winchester Museum to the Cody Firearms Museum PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE Unloading the Myth – The Past The Cody Firearms Museum got its start as the Winchester Museum. In 1975, the Olin Corporation loaned the Winchester Arms Collection, a collection of more than 4,000 firearms as well as […]