Guns of the Week: November 3 – 7, 2014 Schuetzenfest! Unloading the Myth – Target Shooting and Beer (In that Order!) The Cody Firearms Museum is home to the Coors Collection of antique Stevens and Maynard Rifles. All of the rifles were built between the middle and the end of the nineteenth century when Schuetzen shooting was […]
From Points West magazineOriginally published in Spring 2008 When “the man who never missed his mark” missed By Sandra K. Sagala In a series of historic newspaper stories, Sandy Sagala discovered the dangers of the popular shooting exhibitions of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Here she paints a picture of the risk to performers […]
*This blog focuses on some but not all of the differentiations between modern sporting rifles and assault rifles.* You’ve heard “assault weapon” in the news. It’s a scary way to refer to the black gun. The word “assault” often causes a misunderstanding about what is semi-automatic and what is fully automatic. A semi-automatic firearm releases only one […]
A hundred shooters make their way to Cody, Wyoming, August 7 – 9, 2014, for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s 21st Annual Buffalo Bill Invitational Shootout. Held in cooperation with the Cody Shooting Complex, the Shootout benefits the Cody Firearms Museum at the Center of the West. The Shootout is a 350-target shoot […]