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The Galleries

  • Robert E. Petersen Collection
  • Ancient Firearms - 1350 to 1700
  • Road to American Liberty - 1700 to 1780
  • A Prospering New Republic - 1780 to 1860
  • A Nation Asunder - 1861 to 1865
  • The American West - 1850 to 1900
  • Innovation, Oddities and Competition
  • Theodore Roosevelt and Elegant Arms - 1880s to 1920s
  • World War I and Firearms Innovation
  • WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Beyond - 1940 to Present
  • For the Fun of It
    • Case 45
    • Case 46
    • Case 47
    • Case 48
  • Modern Firearms - 1950 to Present
  • Hollywood Guns

For the Fun of It

Air guns, .22 plinkers and gallery guns, and the firearms of "the fastest gun in the world", Ed McGivern.

Significant Firearms in Gallery 12:

  • Cap Pistols
  • Quackenbush Air Rifle Converts to a .22 rimfire
  • Single-Shot, Pump-Action & Bolt-Action Rifles & Shotguns
  • Ed McGivern Handguns Fourteen guns represent the largest public display of this noted Montana marksman's firearms
Case 45: Plinkers

Case 45

Plinkers!

The ubiquitous .22 rifle.

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Case 46: Fast n Fancy: Ed McGivern

Case 46

Fast 'n Fancy: Ed McGivern

Guns of the great exhibition shooter.

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Case 47: The Shooting Gallery

Case 47

The Shooting Gallery

Typical carnival gallery .22s.

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Case 48: Airguns

Case 48

Airguns

From the first BB gun through precision air guns and paintball.

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