Guns of the Week: December 15 – 19, 2014 Unloading the Myth – Two of a Kind This U.S. Rifle Model 1803 was manufactured at the Harpers Ferry Armory. It is a first type, manufactured from 1803 to 1807. About 4,000 were produced. It was the first U.S. regulation rifle. This model was used in the War […]
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 […]
Guns of the Week: November 10 – 14, 2014 German Firearms Unloading the Myth – The Designer Bag of 19th Century Military By the late nineteenth century, America and England had begun to adopt revolvers as a staple to the military, but some European Armies followed a little slower. They retained the philosophy that personal side […]
Guns of the Week: October 20 – 24, 2014 Early Firearms Laws This week’s firearms play a role in early firearms laws and regulations. The first is a gun that was originally classified by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms as a “curio or relic,” which often allowed it reprieve from certain Gun Control Act […]
Guns of the Week: October 13 – 17, 2014 Unloading the Myth – Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight During the American Civil War, the Union Knife Co. of Naugatuck, CT made pocket and folding knives. But believe it or not, they also produced a series of firearms primarily for a man named J.P. Lindsay. They […]
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 annual seminar. We were lucky to acquire a loan of 40 Remington cartridge pocket pistols. The following are three from that collection. Unloading the Myth – A “New Line” of Remington […]