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    • Field TripsInvestigate outdoor adventures for adults and children.
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    • Patrons BallAttend our annual gala fundraiser.
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    • Our next raffle car: a 1967 Pontiac GTOBuy your tickets online for this amazing prize!
    • Give TodayMake a donation to programs and operations.
    • Why I SupportSee what motivates donors to give to the Center.
    • We have a winner for the car raffle for 2019Winner: from Lusk, Wyoming, with ticket #0553
    • Raptor ExperienceHelp provide care for our avian friends.
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Home > Archives for Colt

Colt’s Colt?

August 29, 2017 by Michaela Jones

Cased Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolvers attributed to Colonel Colt.

This article—authored by former curator Richard Rattenbury—was originally featured in a 1981 Buffalo Bill Center of the West newsletter. Colonel Samuel Colt passed from the… Read More

Filed Under: Centennial, Staff
Tagged With: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Centennial, Centennial Celebration, Colt, Samuel Colt

 

Role Reversal: Colt’s Rifle and Winchester’s Revolver

December 2, 2016 by Danny Michael

When you go to the local gun shop or sporting goods store these days you can find a dizzying array of brands and corporate logos… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum
Tagged With: 19th century, CFM, Colt, firearms, Revolver, rifle, Staff, Winchester

 

Powder Hour: Evolution of Firearms

July 21, 2016 by Rebecca Hoback

W. F. Cody, Deringer, Percussion Cap, 1.69.1800

Early Ignition Systems Since the introduction of black powder around 1250, cultures have been finding ways to create and improve firearms. The very first firearms that… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum, Staff
Tagged With: American Revolutionary War, Brown Bess, Civil War, Cody Firearms Museum, Colt, Deringer, flintlock, hand cannon, Leonardo da Vinci, matchlock, percussion, Springfield Model 1840, wheellock

 

Firearms Records: Winchester Gun Show

July 19, 2016 by Rebecca Hoback

Winchester Gun Show

On July 7-10, I worked at the 41st Annual Winchester Gun Show sponsored by the Winchester Arms Collectors Association as part of my internship here… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum, Staff
Tagged With: 1860 Henry, 41st Annual Winchester Gun Show, Cody Firearms Records Office, Colt, new york times, sioux, Springfield, Winchester, winchester 1873, Winchester Arms Collectors Association

 

Powder Hour Blog – Colt Model 1860 Army versus Colt Model 1861 Navy

July 7, 2016 by Rebecca Hoback

Colt Model 1860 Army

Samuel Colt and Colt Manufacturing are very familiar names when it comes to firearms and their history. They are responsible for making some of the… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum, Staff
Tagged With: American Indian Wars, Army 1860, Civil War, Cody Firearms Museum, Colt, Navy 1861

 

Internship of a Lifetime

June 9, 2016 by Rebecca Hoback

Hey guys! My name is Rebecca Hoback and this summer I will be the Cody Firearms Museum Intern, as well as the Firearms Records Intern… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum, Staff
Tagged With: Bat Masterson, Cody Firearms Musem, Cody Firearms Records Office, Colt, Model 1873

 

What Guns Are Missing?

April 16, 2015 by Nancy McClure

The Cody Firearms Museum's former entrance. See the new look at the renovated museum's July 6 Grand Opening.

What Guns Are Missing? The large gun fan is iconic to the Cody Firearms Museum. For the next few years before the reinstallation, we wanted… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum
Tagged With: Colt, Hawken, Henry, Merwin Hulbert, Sharps, Smith & Wesson, Spencer, Winchester

 

Guns of the Week: German Firearms

November 14, 2014 by Ashley Hlebinsky

Guns of the Week: November 10 – 14, 2014 German Firearms Unloading the Myth – The Designer Bag of 19th Century Military By the late nineteenth… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum
Tagged With: .58 caliber, 19th century, 6-shot, America, armies, army, cartridge, celebrity, Colt, designer bag, England, Europe, firearm, German Model 1879 Revolver, German Revolving Rifle, Guns of the Week, military, November, rank, Revolver, side arm, Single Action, spent cartridges, unloading the myth

 

Guns of the Week: Remington-Smoot

October 4, 2014 by Ashley Hlebinsky

Guns of the Week: September 29 – October 3, 2014 Remington-Smoot Revolvers Last week, the Cody Firearms Museum hosted the Remington Society of America for their… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum
Tagged With: .30 rimfire short, .32, .38, 5-shot, barrel, cartridge, chambered, Civil War, Cody Firearms Museum, Colt, concealment, E. Remington & Sons, ejector, First Maryland Infantry, FNH, Guns of the Week, Lunchbox Special, metallic cartridge, New Line Remington, New Model, Patent Number, pocket pistols, Remington, Remington Society of America, Remington-Smoot, Revolver, revolving recoil shield, rimfire, September, Smoot, Smoot's Patent, Springfield Armory, unloading the myth, westward expansion

 

Guns of the Week: September 22 – 26

September 26, 2014 by Ashley Hlebinsky

Guns of the Week: September 22 – 26, 2014 Unloading the Myth – What’s in a Name? This manufacturer is certainly not the first that has gone through… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum
Tagged With: .22, .41, 5-shot, Bacon Manufacturing Company, black powder, bored-through cylinder, breech, breech-loader, Brooklyn, caliber, Civil War, Colt, Continental arms, Converse, derringer, Diamonds, Ethan Allen, firearm, gun, Guns of the Week, Hopkins, Ladies Companion, Manhattan Firearms Company, manufacturer, metallic cartridge, Moore's Patent, National Arms Company, National Firearms Company, patent, patent infringement, pepperbox, pistol, Pocket Revolver, President Grant, Revolver, rimfire, Rollin White, Rollin White Arms Co., single shot, Smith & Wesson, supply and demand, unloading the myth

 

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