The Buffalo Bill Center of the West has learned that it is a recipient of a “Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections” grant from the National Endowment… Read More
Author Laura Trevelyan shares Winchester family lecture
As the great-great-great-granddaughter of Oliver Winchester, author Laura Trevelyan knows a thing or two about the Winchesters—the family and the guns. On Thursday, May 18… Read More
Treasures from Our West: Winchester factory lintel
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2010 Stone lintel from the Winchester factory In 1975, the Winchester Arms Collection arrived at the then-named… Read More
Treasures from Our West: Bacon pocket revolver
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2015 Thomas K. Bacon pocket model revolver Thomas K. Bacon was associated with many companies throughout his… Read More
Treasures from Our West: Springfield officer’s rifle
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Winter 2010 Rarity can be defined in terms of quantity or quality. Something found infrequently, or scarce numerically,… Read More
Treasures from Our West: George Armstrong Custer target rifle
Originally published in Points West in Fall 2010 Target rifle that belonged to George Armstrong Custer Although he did not take it with him on… Read More
Treasures from Our West: watermelon patch gun
So many of our visitors are intrigued by this percussion trap gun that they often telephone or write to our firearms staff asking for a… Read More
Treasures from Our West: American air pistol
Air guns fire projectiles by means of compressed air or other gas, unlike a firearm which burns a propellant. In the days of muzzle-loaders, air… Read More
The Cody Firearms Museum — Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
The Cody Firearms Museum — Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow The Cody Firearms Museum, in its current state, is only 24 years old! But our roots… Read More
Treasures from Our West: cased percussion pistols
In the 1830s, Henry Deringer Jr. (1806 – 1868) developed a small pocket pistol. Because it was so tiny, it became a popular concealed-carry handgun… Read More
