founded in 1911-2020
- once located at 5 Centre Market Place
- The four foot long revolver (a replica) that long hung in above the store has been sold to someone who makes gun sculptures and will get relocated to Los Angeles.
John Jovino Gun Shop
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Camp Perry
over 300 acres
opened in 1906
located on the shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio
- 1906 original land purchased
- 1907 Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP)
- 1907 and the NRA-sponsored National Rifle Matches
- May 1, 1908 officially named the Camp Perry
named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry - 1909 evolved into a permanent camp
- July 13, 1911 flagpole was erected
- During World War I, Camp Perry served as a training center for Army officers and marksmanship instructors
- 1918 area adjacent the Erie Army Depot for artillery ordnance storage
- 1918 Small Arms Firing School opened
- During the Second World War, Camp Perry served as a POW camp for German and Italian prisoners
- 210 rifle positions
- 20 revolver positions
- 1964 Erie Army Depot closed
- June 24, 1998 a tornado damaged several buildings on the grounds
Camp Perry
1000 Lawrence Road, Bld 600
Port Clinton, OH 43452-9578
Rock Island Arsenal Museum
1,200 firearms on display
Opened July 4, 1905
Rock Island, Illinois
The Rock Island Arsenal Museum is located on the Rock Island Arsenal, an island in the Mississippi River near Rock Island, Illinois. The museum’s collection includes over 1,500 weapons and related artifacts, as well as historical documents, photographs, and other materials related to the history of the Rock Island Arsenal and the military in general.
The museum traces its history back to the late 19th century, when the Arsenal was still an active military installation. In 1905, a small museum was established on the Arsenal to display weapons and other artifacts, and this museum gradually expanded over the years.
Today, the Rock Island Arsenal Museum is open to the public and admission is free. Visitors can explore exhibits on the history of the Arsenal, including displays on the weapons and equipment produced there, the role of the Arsenal in various conflicts, and the daily life of soldiers and civilians who lived and worked on the island.
In addition to its exhibits, the museum offers educational programs for students and adults, including guided tours, lectures, and workshops. The museum is also home to a research library and archives, which contains a wealth of historical materials related to the Arsenal and the military.
- 2nd oldest U.S. Army Museum (West Point is 1st)
- 946-acre
- FREE to visit
- Open Tuesday – Saturday / noon to 4 pmA
Rock Island Arsenal Museum
1 Rock Island Arsenal
Building 60
Rock Island, IL 61299-5000
(309) 782-5021
http://www.arsenalhistoricalsociety.org/museum/
Wadsworth Atheneum – Colt’s Firearms Collection
66 guns, 12 on display
Created in 1905
Hartford, Connecticut
- Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Collection
- 1905 Samuel Colt’s wife Elizabeth Colt donated his personal gun collection and memorabilia
- Colt’s personal collection of firearms, edged weapons, and armor from around the world
- the wooden model carved by Colt aboard ship in his youth that led him to the design of the perfect revolver
- rare pre-1830 revolving guns studied by Colt
- Colt prototypes
- Fine production guns made at the Colt Factory
- Gifts from czars, princes, and sultans
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 278-2670
E.H.J. Colt Collection links:
Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Collection
https://bennicholson.com/guns/Wadsworth-Atheneum-E-H-J-Colt-Firearms-Collection.html
Nunnemacher Arms Collection
3,500 guns, 150 on display
- 1901 Built
- 1928 Metschl catalog has an account of the collection in storage
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Public Museum
natural and human history museum
Firearms are shown without labels as tools and objects of technology
https://bennicholson.com/guns/Milwaukee-Public-Museum-Nunnemacher-Arms-Collection.html
Three Points Public Shooting Range
created in 1896
- 1896 Tucson Rifle Club was first organized
- 1919 chartered by the National Rifle Association
- Originally on a tract of land that is now the site of Pima College West
- 1967 Three Points Public Shooting Range
- 1968 held the first State High Power Rifle Silhouette Championships
- held the first National High Power Rifle Silhouette Championships
- held the first National Championships for Pistol Silhouette
- April 12, 1969 Three Points Public Shooting Range was officially dedicated
- 1969 Milt Hood received the NRA’s National Service Award in recognition of his work in building the Three Points Public Shooting Range
- Tucson Rifle Club
Tucson Rifle Club, Inc.
Three Points Public Shooting Range
18300 West Ajo Highway
Tucson, AZ 85735-9729
Gettysburg National Military Park Museum
100+? on display
Created in 1895
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- focused on the three-day Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
- November 19, 1863 dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery
- March 1864 cemetery was completed
- 1864 Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association created
- 1870 to 1873 bodies of 3,393 Confederate dead were sent to home cemeteries
- 1872 U.S. War Department took Control of the site
- 1895 Gettysburg National Military Park was established
– 800 acres and 300 monuments - 1933 Control of the Park to the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
– 1,400 monuments and markers
Pre-History
- 1929 Dr. William J. Chewning 100,000 Civil War artifact collection
opened National Battlefield Museum in Fredericksburg, Virginia - 1929-1937 private museum
- 1938 Sold to Julius T. Richards
- May 8, 1938 2nd ” National Battlefield Museum” built on the Manassas, VA battlefield
- then into storage
- 1945 3rd ” National Battlefield Museum” re-built in Vicksburg, Mississippi
4005 Washington Street - 1960 now called the “National Civil War Museum” sat along the Suwannee River in Old Town, Florida
- June 15, 1961 Richards sold his collection to Rosensteel
- 1921, George D. Rosensteel, IV opened the Gettysburg National Museum
Taneytown Road, across from Gettysburg National Cemetery - June 15, 1961 bought Richard’s collection
- 1967 new steward was the National Park Service
- 1971 Family sold the collection
89,000 artifacts and the museum building passed into the hands of the government
1195 Baltimore Pike
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: (717) 334-1124
Sea Girt Range
148 acres
used from 1889 – 1907
Sea Girt, New Jersey
- built in 1889
- 22 targets
– Army canvas type with oval rings - two 1000-yard firing points
- revolver matches
- Schuetzen matches
- Museum located on the grounds at Sea Girt
- 60 Miles from New York City, NY
- maintained by the New Jersey State Rifle Association
- The marine bouys marking the boundary of the Sea Girt range are still there
- September 1903 the first National Matches with 1,000 competitors
- 1907 NRA national championships moved to Camp Perry, OH for more room
Smithsonian Museum – National Firearms Collection
7,000 guns (150 on display)
1876 Created
Smithsonian, Washington, DC
- 1876 National Museum of American History established the National Firearms Collection in Washington, DC
- America’s historic firearms:
patent models, military projects, key examples of production arms, guns of historic figures, exhibition guns and presentation guns - 1988 dismantled and put in storage
- stored in the ‘Gun Room’ within the National Museum of American History
- only accessible to scholars and dignitaries
- 1% (64 guns) of the collection is on loan to the Cody Firearms Museum (But you can not film it)
https://bennicholson.com/guns/National-Firearms-Collection-of-the-Smithsonian.html
Schuetzen Park
32 acres
opened in 1872 – 1935
North Bergen, New Jersey
- 1872, the United Schützen Association opened a park
- on the site of Wright family Mansion
- 1894 bought by Plattduetsche Volksfest Vereen organization
- “Schuetzen” is German for “shooter”
- 600 ft rifle ranges
- 1935 Shooting at site ended
