#CodyFirearmsMuseum

The Cody Firearms Museum, located at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, is an icon. This incredible museum houses what they advertise as “the most comprehensive collection of American firearms in the world.” With the current count of more than 7000 guns and some 30,000 gun-related artifacts, this bold claim is well warranted. The museum is not publicly funded but is supported in part by admission tickets, tours and events, and membership options. Recently, GunBroker.com teamed up with Ruger’s Custom Shop, artist Paul Lantuch and Baron Engraving, and Rangehot photographer Hunter Elliott to further support this important institution. These entities collaborated to offer an auction benefiting the museum, for a gorgeous one-of-a-kind .45LC Ruger revolver, dubbed the “Jade Vaquero”. Check out the Jade Vaquero’s auction page here for details, and to see how much it sold for, and see below for a copy of GunBroker’s announcement for more.

I met VK Integrated Systems at the last SHOT Show last January. They make a smart stock, called the SIOS-C, that connects to ATAK. Well, they recently donated two of their prototype firearms, the NGSW-R and NGSW-AR to the Cody Firearms Museum.

Armax: the Journal of Contemporary Arms has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the reprinting of the original volumes of the journal. The project is looking to fund new full-colour editions of the original six volumes of the journal which will be remastered to a modern standard.

The Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has announced that their respected Arsenals of History Symposium returns this year following a COVID-19 hiatus. The Symposium was established back in 2017 and features speakers from around the world and focuses on firearms history, museum practice, and ongoing research within the field.

Henry Repeating Arms are well known for their special edition rifles and raising money for great causes. Their latest is a fundraising drive, in partnership with Baron Engraving and Davidson’s Inc. for the Cody Firearms Museum in Cody, Wyoming. The Cody Firearms Museum Collectors Series from Henry offers a way to support a great museum and get a beautiful piece of craftsmanship at the same time. Over on GunBroker Henry are auctioning a one-of-a-kind custom engraved New Original Henry Rifle in .44-40 WCF. Bidding will close on Flag Day, Tuesday June 14, 2022.

Davidson’s have announced an an exclusive limited run of Henry rifles to support the Cody Firearms Museum. There will be just 300 of the .44-40 New Original Henry rifles available, with the first rifle auctioned off. The rifle’s engraving is inspired by the ornate work of 19th century master engraver Louis Daniel Nimschke.

If you’re looking for something to take your mind off of the craziness that is 2020 then the Cody Firearms Museum may have the event just for you. While there looks to be the second round of lockdowns on the horizon for some of us, the historians at the Cody Firearms Museum will be hosting the online Arsenals of History Virtual Summit event on November 14th between 10am and 5pm EDT.

What’s your oldest Form 1 and what does it cover? Well, earlier this week the Cody Firearms Museum in Cody, Wyoming recently found their oldest Form 1, the physical form itself, and it is just over 85 years old. Filed in Arizona by Mr. R.F. Chatfield-Taylor to cover a short barrelled rifle which is now part of their collection.

The Cody Firearms Museum has just released a free, printable, firearms-related coloring book for all ages.  The coloring book consists of several historical firearms, a Winchester-made wrench, several promotional posters and a box of ammunition all hand illustrated! Each picture is accompanied by information briefly explaining the picture.

The Johnson rifle has one of the most recognisable profiles of any World War Two rifle. It’s undoubtedly one of the 20th century’s most interesting military rifles, in terms of both design and history. I recently had the chance to take a look at an early production example, part of the Cody Firearms Museum‘s amazing collection. Serial number R-14, Johnson’s military rifles were initially designated the Type R – for rotary magazine, has an extremely rare optional extra that you never see on later production Johnson rifles.

The second day of the Arsenals of History Symposium held at the Cody Firearms Museum brought about new discussions that ranged from developing a common lexicon to categorize small arms terms to how do museums work with guns in video games and drawing visitors in through that medium.

This year the Cody Firearms Museum hosted the third annual Kurt Swanson Bucholz Arsenals of History Symposium in Cody, Wyoming. We saw the gathering of many historians, researchers, and representatives from a wide range of museums throughout the world. All congregating together to discuss such topics as to how we research and interpret firearms history to looking forward in the digital age with how to classify small arms lexicons and even incorporating video games into the museum experience.

We here at TFB have been following the progress of the $12-million refurbishment of the Cody Firearms Museum in Cody, Wyoming since the major project began. We’re excited to see what the finished renovation looks like and the museum is finally due to open fully with a grand opening even on 6th July.

The Cody Firearms Museum, at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, in Cody, Wyoming is celebrating the upcoming opening of their newly refurbished museum with a special one-of-a-kind engraved Henry Rifle. The rifle is currently up for auction on GunBroker and has already reached an impressive $25,000. And no, this isn’t an installment of our ever-popular Hot Gat or Fudd Crap series.

The Cody Firearms Museum have partnered with Henry Repeating Arms to introduce a limited edition run of collectible rifles, the Collector’s Series. The new series will feature rifles ‘inspired by prized pieces’ in the museum’s collection.