Role of firearms have played over the course of American History. Welcome to the nra National Firearms museum. Im jim supica, the museum director, we will take a look at the history of americans and their firearms. We will start with the earliest precolonial days and go up through current times. We will look at the role firearms have played in terms of the settlement and expansion of america. The role firearms have played in military and sporting and personal shooting rolls. We will see the guns of champions, the guns of president s and heroes and we will see some great pieces of art. Firearms engraving on a steel canvas. The National Firearms museum is at nra headquarters in fairfax virginia. The museum has existed itself for nearly 80 years and we have been in this location for about 15. We are custodians of about 7000 firearms that have been donated to us or lent to us over the past 75 years. We have about 3000 on display here and about 1000 more at the nra National Sporting arms mu
Visit to the nras National Firearms museum in fairfax, virginia to see its collection of guns and learn about the role firearms have played over the course of American History. Welcome to the nra National Firearms museum, im jim supica Museum Director. We are going to go through the museum, take a look at the history of americans and the firearms. We will start with the earliest precolonial days go up to current times and will look at the role firearms have played in terms of the settlement and expansion of america, the rose firearms have played in military and the sporting and personal shooting rolls. Well see the guns of champions, the guns of president s and heroes and will see some great pieces of art, firearms engraving on a steel canvas. The National Firearms museum is at nra headquarter in fairfax, virginia. Now the museum has existed itself for nearly 80 years and we have been in this location for about 15. Were custodians of about 7,000 firearms that have been donated or lent
Artifacts,merican the second part of our visit to the National Firearms museum. We join the exam director in the civil war gallery. We are entering the civil war galleries of the National Firearms museum. On my left represents the union and on my left, the confederacy. We see numerous examples of the carbines the union was using. This was a time of rapid advance in firearms design. This is one of the carbines used in the raid on Harpers Ferry by john brown. One of the events that initiated the civil war. This exhibit illustrates the manufacturing might of the north. They could turn out hundreds of thousands of well fitted, well manufactured firearms. Though are ready to go to work. In the back, you see a barrel by smith and wesson from the civil war clear up to the time of world war ii. The manufacturing capability was one of the norths strengths in the civil war. The south on the other hand did not have the industrial might that the north had. As we talked earlier the new , england an
This is one of the carbines used in the raid on Harpers Ferry by john brown. One of the events that initiated the civil war. This exhibit illustrates the manufacturing might of the north. They could turn out hundreds of thousands of well fitted, well manufactured firearms. Though are ready to go to work. In the back, you see a barrel rifling, used by smith and wesson from the civil war clear up to the time of world war ii. The manufacturing capability was one of the norths strengths in the civil war. The south on the other hand did not have the industrial might that the north had. As we talked earlier, the new england and the Connecticut River valley was the home of dozens of gun manufacturers. The springfield, so many were needed by the union army that 33 different manufacturers were turning out the identical rifle for purchase by the union army. The confederates were left up to their own. They had a few places, Harpers Ferry, virginia, when they actually had possession of it. Richmon
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