Mossberg MB 42 used to train American and Great Britain troops

Fairfax, Virginia - Donations arrived at the National Firearms Museum every day. Whether shipped in via crate or carried in a case, hardly a day goes by without something new being added to the collection. The man who meets most of those donations is Senior Curator Doug Wicklund.

"We got a pretty good one in today," said Wicklund. "A very nice gun made up in New Haven, Connecticut. Straight from Mossberg."

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NRA Museum Curator's display Guns of Teddy Roosevelt at the Martinsburg Gun Show

Martinsburg, West Virginia - Four hours ago, the Martinsburg Gun Show opened their doors for business. With more than two hundred tables of guns, ammo, antiques and Gatling Guns, the show is sure to thrill the thousands of firearm enthusiast expected to attend this weekend. One table sure to garner a great deal of excitement is the one manned by Philip Schreier, Senior Curator of the NRA National Firearms Museum.

"We brought something special for the good people of West Virginia," said Schreier. "The guns of a President."

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Fairfax, Virginia - Rifles, pistols and shotguns from across the centuries can be found throughout the halls of the National Firearms Museum. Colonial muskets, six-shooters from the Old West, and now, thanks to a recent donation, a World War II era Mauser Training Rifle.

"The gentleman who donated this wonderful Mauser tells us that his combat engineer group found two of these stowed in cosmoline," said Doug Wicklund, Senior Curator for the NRA National Firearms Museum. "It's interesting in that the German commercial proofs suggest it was probably from around 1935."

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Western Hemisphere Military leaders experience American History at the NRA

Fairfax, Virginia - Thousands of people make their way through the National Firearms Museum every year. The come in all shapes and sizes. Individuals, families and an interesting assortment of groups. When large enough, groups are usually provided with a guided tour of the museum ... much like the one received by representatives from the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) last year.

Created during World War II, the Inter-American Defense Board provides "member states with technical and educational advice and consultancy services on matters related to military and defense issues in the Hemisphere." The Washington, DC based operations welcomes everyone from Canada to Columbia. ... more on the Inter-American Defense Board's visit to the NRA Museum...

Austro-Hungarian Roth-Steyr pistol recovered at Battle of the Bulge

Fairfax, Virginia - According to officials at the National Firearms Museum, roughly 99.99% of the guns in their collection are the product of donations. Some are the latest in firearm technology, some are novelty items and some are relics of days gone by. An example of the latter, is the Roth-Steyr M1907 8mm pistol donated by an Ohio family.

"It's a fantastic example of where great stuff comes in from members who want to pass along history," said Senior Curator Doug Wicklund.

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Gun collection gets even bigger with a World War II era oversized Browning Automatic training rifle

That was all Senior Curator Doug Wicklund had to say. Something big. I had no idea it would be something so humongously big.

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Sharing history by way of a Family's Hawken Rifle on NRAblog Rewind

Back in 2010, right around Thanksgiving, the Dieckmann family of Kansas presented the curators of the National Firearms Museum with one of their heirlooms ... an 1850s era Hawken Plains Rifle.

Here's what happened:

Fairfax, Virginia - A rare Hawken rifle is joining a display at the NRA's National Firearms Museum. Inside the The Prospering New Republic gallery, the rifle will find it's place inside the case that depicts a scene in the Hawken family's famed frontier gunshop.

Even among these galleries of historic firearms, this new addition stands out. The gun is a family heirloom dating back generations to when it was purchased by Florenz Dieckmann from the Hawken gunmakers in 1850s St. Louis. Dieckmann went on to fight in the Civil War for the Union forces, and lived in Union, Missouri. The gun was passed down from father to son, time and again, all the way to his great-great-grandson David Dieckmann.

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Elephant Rifles and Hollywood Guns going to Nation's Gun Show

Fairfax, Virginia - The Nation's Gun Show takes over the Dulles Expo Center for one weekend every couple of months. As luck would have it, one of those weekends is this very weekend. And seeing as how the Expo Center is right down the road from the National Firearms Museum, the Museum staff decided to take a few special guns for display.

Here's the list:

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Clint Eastwood's .44 Magnum Smith & Wesson on NRANews

Fairfax, Virginia - Are you feeling lucky, punk?

Well if you're tuned in tonight for Curator's Corner you will be, because that's where you're going to get close up and personal with Dirty Harry's Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum Model 29 revolver. At the time of filming, back in 1971, it was the most powerful handgun in the world.

Unlike previous Dirty Harry segments on NRANews, this one has a twist.

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