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
  • Case 7
  • Case 8
  • Case 9
  • Case 10
  • Case 11
• 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
• Modern Firearms - 1950 to Present
• Hollywood Guns

The Plains Rifle

As American expansion moves into the great plains and Rockies, the guns of choice change.

• Andrew Wurfflein (Philadelphia, PA) Percussion Plains Rifle
• Ann Patrick (Liverpool, England) Percussion Double Rifle
• Ford Brothers (Goshen, OH) Percussion Target Rifle
• George Goulcher (New York, NY) "Kentucky" Percussion Long Rifle
• Henry Drepperd (Lancaster, PA) Pennsylvania/Kentucky Percussion Rifle
• J. & W. H. Moll Pennsylvania/Kentucky Percussion Long Rifle
• John Border (Bedford, PA) Pennsylvania/Kentucky Percussion Rifle
• John Domer Pennsylvania/Kentucky Percussion Pistol
• Lowe (London, England) Flintlock Long Fowler
• Nelson Delany Percussion Rifle
• Nicanor Kendall (Windsor, VT) Underhammer Percussion Rifle
• Pennsylvania Rifle Works Percussion Over-Under Combination Gun
• Pennsylvania/Kentucky Half-Stock Percussion Rifle
• Peter White Percussion Conversion Rifle
• Samuel Hawken Plains Rifle
• U.S./Elisha Pancost (Elizabeth, PA) "Kentucky" Percussion Long Rifle
• William Hawken Full Stock Percussion Conversion Rifle