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Inside the Smithsonian Gun Room, aka the National Firearms Collection – VIDEO

Better known as the Smithsonian’s Gun Room, what is officially known as the National Firearms Collection is an assemblage of more than 7,000 firearms dating back centuries.

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Australian Museums’ Guns face Destruction

The Australian legislature passed new regulations which require destruction of 70 percent of firearms in the Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum.

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Nation’s Leading Firearms Museum Gets Extreme Makeover

When complete, the renovated museum will exhibit more firearms than currently on display and feature a more interpretive experience for all museum visitors.

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Skull of WWI soldier headed back to Australian Army

The skull was that of the Australian Army’s Pvt. Thomas Hurdis and still bears a bullet lodged above his left eye socket.

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This Week on Shooting USA: Classic 1911s Compete

It’s classic pistol competition as more than 400 USPSA members compete at the USPSA Single Stack Nationals. Plus, we go inside the little-known Berman Museum with a peculiar history, in Alabama.

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Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium to Open September 21

Johnny Morris announced the all-new Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium will celebrate its grand opening on September 21.

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Classic 1911s Compete on Shooting USA

It’s classic pistol competition as Colonel Jeff Cooper first created the combat sport, the Single Stack Nationals. Plus we go inside the Berman Museum with 8,000 weapons collected by an American spy.

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Cody Firearms Museum Tells Story of WWII Rescue of Lipizzaners With Operation Cowboy

It’s a story right out of the Old West: Stolen horses. Risk-taking. Retrieve horses. Return horses...Except, this story happened in the waning days of World War II—and it wasn’t the Wild West.....

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U.S. Marshals Museum Adds to Collection

The U.S. Marshals Museum announced today that it has added over 25% to its existing collection with a recent loan from the U.S. Marshals Service.

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True West Taps Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum as #3 Western Museum

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum has placed in True West magazine’s annual list of Top Ten Western Museums for 2016. The museum is ranked third in that group.

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An Original Henry Repeating Rifle & the Iron Brigade – Guns for Great Causes

While Henry rifles were not issued officially in the Iron Brigade, members of that unit purchased their own Henrys to use in combat. Louis Quinius of Company B of the 66th Wisconsin Infantry.....

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