James Doolittle was a general during World War II. He became famous for his raid on Tokyo in 1942 just after Pearl Harbor was bombed. Danny Michael, the assistant curator of the Cody Firearms Museum, said the United States wanted to retaliate, so Doolittle led an air raid. A lot of his crew were captured […]
The Cody Firearms Museum has a machine rifle gun from the early part of the last century that was ahead of its time in looks and functionality. The Burton Machine Rifle was made by Frank Burton, a Winchester engineer, in 1916 or 17. Otherwise, there is no other documentation of the gun. Danny Michael, the […]
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum brings international firearms experts and museum professionals to Cody, Wyoming, for a July firearms symposium, Arsenals of History: Firearms and Museums in the 21st Century. The two-day event takes place immediately after the Winchester Arms Collectors Association Annual Show in Cody. The two-day symposium opens July […]