Archive for Firearms Museum

NRA National Sporting Arms Museum Opens Serial Number One Guns Exhibit

The NRA National Sporting Arms Museum at the Bass Pro Shops flagship superstore is featuring the first ever Serial Number One Guns exhibit.

October 17, 2013

Petersen Family Completes Firearm Donation to NRA

The Petersen Foundation has presented the NRA National Firearms Museum with the largest firearm donation in the museum's history.

March 29, 2012

The Shrine of Gun Design

I recently returned from a trip to Odgen, Utah, that included an afternoon touring a veritable shrine for anyone interested in gun design. As museums go, the John M. Browning Firearms Museum is fairly small, the lighting is stark and the presentation rather plain. But none of that matters given the importance of what’s on display, which amounts to a family-album-intimate retrospective on Browning’s prolific and hugely influential career.

August 29, 2011

The Colt .45

The most recognized item in any Texas Ranger's wardrobe, outside his circular Silver Star badge, has to be his sidearm.

August 05, 2009

Chinese Liu Rifle

This rifle was given by a donor whose ancestor received it from Lt. General Chiang Ting-Tzu, a member of the Chinese delegation that came to America.

August 05, 2009