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westernartgirlThe New Colt Gallery: The Care and Feeding of Historic Guns
Richard Moll, chief conservator at the Autry, recently gave me a glimpse into what’s involved in readying historic guns for display in the Greg Martin Colt Gallery, which reopened to the public on July 23, 2011. This is about much more than just cleaning them and putting them back together. Moll talked about working with … Read more
The New Colt Gallery: The Revolver, a Gun That Made History
Updated May 2, 2012 — One of the biggest attractions during the Autry’s Day of the Cowboy and the Cowgirl celebration on July 23, 2011, was the reopening of the Greg Martin Colt Gallery, which had been closed since March for redesign. And it told one of the coolest technological stories of the 19th century: … Read more
The New Colt Gallery: The Return of the Gatling Gun
Updated October 21 – Among the rarest pieces in the Greg Martin Colt Gallery at the Autry, which features guns made by Samuel Colt’s company and opened on July 23, 2011, is a Colt-manufactured Gatling gun, the predecessor to the machine gun that originally was patented in 1861 by Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling. On display is … Read more
