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    • Facility RentalsThe Center is the perfect place for your next event.
    • Visiting YellowstoneYour best stop on the way to or from Yellowstone.
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    • Conservation InternshipsTraining for conservators from all over the world.
    • Pre-K ProgramsSet up a guided tour for your preschool class.
    • Field TripsInvestigate outdoor adventures for adults and children.
    • Highlights MapsDiscover collection highlights in each of our museum.
    • Games and InteractivesLearn about the collection through online interactives.
    • Lectures & FilmsPlan for future talks and view past program videos.
    • Western EssaysDelve into historical information on western topics.
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    • Clothing and Accessories
    • Gifts
    • Native American Replicas
    • Fine Art
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    • Native American Jewelry
    • Navajo Rugs
    • Pottery
    • Prints
    • Media
    • Baskets
  • Research
    • McCracken Research LibraryFind books, photos, archives, media, and more.Buffalo Bill Center of the West
    • Digital CollectionsExplore our extensive photo and manuscript collections.
    • Archival Collection List and Finding GuidesBrowse inventories of archival collections.
    • The Papers of William F. CodyDiscover scholarship on the man and the myth.
    • Fellowship ProgramContribute to new scholarship using Center collections.
    • Buffalo BillUncover in-depth information about William F. Cody.
    • Greater Yellowstone Natural HistoryLearn more about the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
    • Western ArtDelve into the lives and works of western artists.
    • Plains IndianDiscover more about Plains Indian tribes and collections.
    • FirearmsFind a firearms bibliography, glossary, and more.
    • ConservationFind out how we preserve Center collections.
    • Rights and ReproductionsLicense or reproduce images from our collections.
  • Support
    • Planned GivingLeave your legacy with a bequest or estate gift.
    • Patrons BallAttend our annual gala fundraiser.
    • MembershipBecome a supporter and receive great benefits.
    • VolunteerSupport the Center with your time and talent.
    • 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 rifle

A Legend Remade: Ithaca Tries its Hand at the Hawken

June 26, 2017 by Kirsten Belisle

Legends contain lessons, and humans are nostalgic beings. We like to look back at the past and pat ourselves on the backs for jobs well… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum, Staff
Tagged With: Cody Firearm Museum, Hawken, Ithaca, rifle

 

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

 

The Rifles of the Eight Nation Alliance

October 14, 2016 by Danny Michael

The Eight Nation Alliance consisted of the United States, British Empire, Germany, France, Austro-Hungary, Italy, Russia, and Japan. These rivals temporarily put aside their competition to… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum
Tagged With: CFM, Military History, rifle, Small Arms, Staff, technology

 

Guns of the Week: Christmas List

December 26, 2014 by Ashley Hlebinsky

Guns of the Week: Christmas Wish List December 22 – 26, 2014 This week’s Guns of the Week focuses on firearms that the Cody Firearms… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum
Tagged With: .30 caliber, battle, breech-loading, Buffalo Bill, cartridge, chamber, Christmas, cottrell, December, ferguson, firearm, flashlight, gun, gun powder, M1903, Model 1907, pedersen device, pistol, Revolver, rifle, Savage, semi-auto, soldier, Springfield, trigger guard, wish list

 

Guns of the Week: December 15 – 19

December 19, 2014 by Ashley Hlebinsky

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… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum
Tagged With: armory, Guns of the Week, harpers ferry, Hawken, historian, Jeremiah Johnson, Johnston, Lewis and Clark expedition, light machine gun, Liver-eater, manufactured, model 180, oral histories, rifle, Smithsonian, U.s., unloading the myth

 

Guns of the Week: Early Firearms Laws

October 24, 2014 by Ashley Hlebinsky

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… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum
Tagged With: .22 rimfire, .32 rimfire, 410 gauge, ATF, BATF, breech-loading, cane gun, concealable, double barrel, early firearms laws, Game Getter, Gun Control Act, Guns of the Week, gutta percha, Marble Arms, metallic cartridges, National Firearms Act, pistol, relic, Remington, rifle, single shot, skeleton stock, swagger stick, timber cruiser, trapper, trapping, unloading the myth, William Marble

 

Guns of the Week: September 15 – 19

September 19, 2014 by Ashley Hlebinsky

Guns of the Week: September 15 – 19, 2014 Unloading the Myth – You can’t Always Hit a Home Run During the Great Depression, the Remington Arms… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum
Tagged With: .22 caliber, .28 caliber, .30-06, .303, bolt action, Brownie, caliber, Colt, firearm, firing pin, Great Depression, gun, Guns of the Week, Ilion, M-1, Manhattan, Manhattan Firearms Company, Model 1917, Model 1934, Model 1935, Model 30, Mossberg, New Haven, New Jersey, New York, Newark, Norwich, O.F. Mossberg & sons, patent, pepperbox, pistol, pocket pistol, Remington, Remington Arms Company, revolving, rifle, Samuel Colt, semi-auto, semi-automatic, shotgun, shotguns, single shot, U.S. Army, unloading the myth, US Model 1903, World War I

 

Points West Online: The American Air Gun

May 1, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Air pistol, percussion cap, ca. 1875. Hawley-Snow, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection. 1988.8.951

From Points West magazine Originally published in Spring 1994 The American Air Gun: From Western Wonder to Gallery Gadget to Tot’s Toy By Howard Michael Madaus Former… Read More

Filed Under: Points West Online
Tagged With: air gun, air pistol, Cody Firearms Museum, Daisy air rifle, firearm, Lewis and Clark, Lukens, Meriwether Lewis, Points West archive, Points West online, rifle, William Clark

 

Gun Installation, Trials & Tribulations

February 27, 2014 by Ashley Hlebinsky

Good News! New guns are on display. The Colt Single Action Army that belonged to Lone Ranger actor John Hart, as well as Tom Knapp’s… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum
Tagged With: display, firearm, firearms, gun, guns, installation, Lone Ranger, rifle, shotgun, shotguns, team, Tom Knapp

 

Remembering Tom Knapp

February 7, 2014 by Ashley Hlebinsky

Throughout history, exhibition shooters have often influenced each other. For example, Ad and Plinky Topperwein, an exhibition shooting couple, inspired a young Herb Parsons, who… Read More

Filed Under: Cody Firearms Museum
Tagged With: BB Rifle, Benelli, CZ, Daisy, firearm, Herb Parsons, rifle, shotgun, Tom Knapp, Topperwein

 

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