The Galleries

• Robert E. Petersen Collection
• Ancient Firearms
• The Road to American Liberty
• Seeds of Greatness
• The Prospering New Republic
  • Case 28
  • Case 29
  • Case 30
  • Case 31
  • Case 32
  • Case 33
  • Case 34
• A Nation Asunder
• The American West
• Innovation, Oddities and Competition
• Theodore Roosevelt, Elegant Arms
• World War I and Firearms Innovation
• WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Beyond
• For the Fun of It
• Firearms Traditions for Today
• William B. Ruger Special Exhibits
• Freedom's Doorway

The Age Of Industry

The Age Of Industry: (A) Eli Whitney & Us Arms Contracts (B) Percussion System (C) Maynard Tape (D) Hall's Breechloader (E) Us M-1841 (F) Flint To Percussion (G) Remington (H) Colt (I) Ethan Allen (J) Smith & Wesson

• Colt (Paterson, NJ) Holster Model Paterson Revolver No. 5
• Colt 1839 Revolving Percussion Rifle
• Colt Paterson Percussion Revolver
• Colt Walker Revolver (counterfeit)
• Ethan Allen (Norwich, CT) Bar-Hammer Pepperbox Revolver
• Ferdi Furwith (Vienna, Austria) Tube Lock Percussion Rifle
• Joseph Manton (London, England) Percussion Fowler
• Remington (Ilion, NY) Percussion Rifle
• Rollin White Arms Co. (Lowell, MA) Single-Action Pocket Revolver
• S. H. Staudenmayer (London, England) Flintlock Pistol
• S. H. Staudenmayer Percussion Pistol
• Smith & Wesson No. 1 1st Issue revolver
• Smith & Wesson No. 1 Second Issue Single-Action Revolver
• U.S./Eli Whitney (New Haven, CT) Model 1798 Contract Flintlock Musket
• U.S./Hall Model 1819 Breechloading Flintlock Rifle
• U.S./Hall Model 1836 Breechloading Percussion Carbine
• U.S./Harpers Ferry Model 1841 "Mississippi" Percussion Rifle
• U.S./Springfield Model 1855 Percussion Pistol/Carbine
• US/Nippes Model 1840 Musket conversion