Original Bob’s Shooting Range

Posted on May 11, 2008 by gwebs

2008 – 2020

It is with great sadness that we notify you Original Bob’s Shooting Range is now permanently closed and will not reopen due to obvious reasons.
We would like to thank everyone that has been part of our journey for the last 31 years. With its ups and downs we would not trade the memories we have gained and stories we have shared for anything. I would also like to thank Bob’s staff from most recent to the dinosaurs from our earliest years. Without your hard work, dedication and professionalism we would have never become the go to shop for so many of our patrons. Farewell to all thank you for so many great years and never give up the fight!!!!
Sincerely,
Carl, Aaron, Steve, Justin and of course the one and only ORIGINAL BOB OG!!!!

owner is Bob Bernstein
The former business located at this site was known as “Bob Tactical”

Original Bob’s Shooting Range

SALISBURY, MA (978) 499-4867
90 Lafayette Road Salisbury, MA 01952
SEABROOK, NH (603) 814-4148
256 Lafayette Rd. Seabrook, NH 03874

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Smith & Wesson Gallery of Firearms History – Wood Museum

Posted on May 17, 1995 by gwebs

1,600 guns (150 on display)

Created in 1995

Springfield, MA

2,000 sq. feet
15 cases
1995 & 1998, Smith & Wesson donated the factory reference & prototype collection of
1,462 firearms to create the Smith & Wesson Gallery of Firearms History
supplemented by donations from collectors
more than 400,000 Smith & Wesson documents

Smith & Wesson Gallery of Firearms History

https://bennicholson.com/guns/Wood-Museum-of-Springfield-History-Smith-&-Wesson-Gallery-of-Firearms-History.html

Springfield Armory National Historic Site

Posted on May 18, 1978 by gwebs

10,000 guns (1,500 on display)

1978 Springfield Armory National Historic Site opens

Springfield, MA

1794-1968

Long-barreled muskets of 1795
Springfield Model 1816
M1861
Krag-Jorgenson
Erskine Allin’s M1873 Trapdoor
Bolt action 1903 Springfield
M1 Garand
M14
M60 machine gun
Firearms donated by Presidents:
Kennedy, Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and Wilson
Many prototypes
Cutaway ‘skeletonized’ guns for instruction

1777 George Washington approves the site & establishes the Arsenal
1787 Shays’ Rebellion happens at the armory
1794 First national armory began manufacturing muskets
– 40 employees
– produced a few hundred 1795 Flintlock Muskets each year
1798 Watershops established on Mill River (to provide water power)
1818 the first replicating machines
1819 the first Blanchard Lathe
1843 “The Arsenal at Springfield” poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1862 Harpers Ferry armory is destroyed (Springfield is the only manufacturer)
1892 Krag-Jorgensen rifle is adopted
1903 Springfield M1903 rifle goes into service
1919-1953 John Garand was employed at the Springfield Armory until his retirement
1936 M1 Garand introduced (3.7 million produced)
1940 Main Arsenal (the current museum) Building 104 is completed
– for mass production of the M1 Garand
1941 John Garand gets Meritorious Civilian Service Award
During World War II, over 14,000 workers
– many women were the WOW, Women Ordnance Workers
April 1968 Factory closes
1974 Designated a National Historic Site
1978 Springfield Armory National Historic Site opens
the world’s largest collection of historic American military firearms
Year-round public programs, exhibits, and special events
Benton Small Arms Museum
Springfield Armory Historic Library
Armory Memorabilia Collection