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The New Colt Gallery: The Care and Feeding of Historic Guns

Posted by luckygrrr on August 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The John F. Kennedy presentation gun in close-up. The engraved letters JFK are just visible (Photo by Tessie Borden)

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

Filed under Conversations, Featured · Tagged with Civil War, Colt, Colt .45, firearms, Gatling gun, historic guns, Indian wars, machine gun, Mexican-American War, rare guns, revolver, Samuel Colt, taming the West, U.S. Army, Western guns

The New Colt Gallery: The Return of the Gatling Gun

Posted by luckygrrr on July 15, 2011 · 1 Comment

The Colt 1893 Buldog Gatling gun, being readied for exhibition (Autry Collections Photo)

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

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