Cody Firearms Museum
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Official Twitter for the Cody Firearms Museum. We house 7k firearms and 30k artifacts from the 1400s to the present. Each one has a story to tell.
Cody, Wyoming
Joined January 2014
Happy Halloween from the Cody Firearms Museum to our friend Jonathan Ferguson!.@GameSpot .@Royal_Armouries
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Did you know that Maxim wasn't the only early silencer manufacturer? This 1914 drawing from Hopkins & Allen shows a "false muzzle" for the "Noiseless" variant of their 922 single shot rifle.
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Last Call! Head to the link to back our funded! project to reprint the original volumes of ARMAX. This 1917 Winchester poster was the cover image for Volume V and happens to be one of the rarest known Winchester posters.
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RT @armaxjournal: And we are FUNDED! The remastered editions of Armax Vols. I–VI will be printed. If you were waiting for a little more cer….
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New full-colour editions of the original six volumes of Armax: the Journal of Contemporary Arms, remastered to a modern standard.
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We've been asked literally once how to take apart our Winchester Automatic Rifle. Good news, disassembly guide coming soon so that you can take apart yours at home.
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RT @Real_CandRsenal: Reprinting Armax with Danny Michael from the Cody Firearms Museum.#armax #codyfirearmsmuseum @….
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The Liberator Shotgun stands as one of Winchester's more unusual projects. Similar in concept to the Liberator pistol of WWII fame, the four barrel shotgun was meant to be an inexpensive firearm to equip those without firearms already. It was even briefly considered as a
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RT @armaxjournal: Are you an existing subscriber? If so, boy, do we have a great free upgrade to the Kickstarter for you! Check it out:. ht….
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New full-colour editions of the original six volumes of Armax: the Journal of Contemporary Arms, remastered to a modern standard.
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Do you like reading about interesting firearms that aren't frequently written about? Good news! The Kickstarter for reprints of the original 1987-1996 run of Armax is now live at Head to the link to back the project. This Winchester Light Rifle is one
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Anyone know why Winchester had a smoothbore M14? No seriously, we're asking. The bore measures .395 at the muzzle.
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Winchester made nearly 175 million rounds of 7.62x54r during WWI and this set of tools and gauges was the master reference set for the whole contract.
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Big news! We're pleased to announce an upcoming Kickstarter to reprint the original run of @armaxjournal with our publisher @HeliosPress. Head to to get notifications and be ready for launch day on May 22nd! . obv we picked the Burton for promo.
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A lever-action flintlock from 1683. Signed "Dorrtlo" and dated on the breech, this rifle uses the trigger guard as a lever to rotate the breech after each firearm and pick up powder and a new projectile from internal magazines.
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Did you get a boring card today? Here's a cooler one. From the original card inventory of the Winchester collection detailing a prototype that Winchester took to the Russian government in WWI.
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Remember, the best way to see interesting old firearms like these is to buy an admission ticket, become a member, or follow us on social media. The views from balloons are much worse. #iykyk
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The term punt gun is sometimes used for any large shotgun, but it is a class unto itself. The spent casing on the right was made by Greener who also made punt guns for market hunting waterfowl. The paper hull 12 gauge on the left is for scale.
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RT @historicfirearm: Queen Elizabeth II firing the final shot of the Regular Army Skill at Arms Meeting, July 1993. #RIP .
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