Most people know Abercrombie and Fitch as a clothing store. But Ashley Hlebinsky, the curator emeritus of the Cody Firearms Museums, said it started out much differently. “What they don’t […]
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Renovated Firearm Museum Wants To Add Context To Gun History
On Saturday July 6, the newly renovated Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West will reopen its doors to the public. It’s long been home to one of the largest […]
The Yanks Are Coming: The Great War and Winchester Repeating Arms
The eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, for a century now we have worn poppies, lighted lanterns, and recited such solemn lyrics as Flanders’s Field, all […]
Guns of Lewis and Clark
When the Corps of Discovery made its epic journey across the North American continent and back their firearms were an essential part of the trip. And while historians generally know […]
T.C. Johnson’s Bolt Action Experiments
One of the most widely produced rifles in America during World War One was the P14 Enfield and the M1917. Designers based these guns on the same prewar British design […]
Winchester Goes to War
This year, 2017, is the centennial of the United States joining World War One. But while the U.S. government did not join the war until April 1917, companies like Winchester […]
