A trip to the NRA Museum in Springfield, MO

[duelist1954]

Recently I had the opportunity to visit the new satellite location of the NRA’s National Firearms Museum. It is located in Bass Pro’s headquarters store in Springfield, Missouri. The museum has an outstanding collection of military, sporting and personal defense firearms spanning history from the late Middle Ages to the present. This video has just a small sample of the collection on display.

I mostly filmed nineteenth century revolvers, both cap & ball and cartridge guns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKtJBzmeYCE

 

[Noz]

Make sure you have a few hours to spend. It's not a "walk through" museum. I was fascinated by the Lewis and Clark air rifle.

 

[4v50 Gary]

We actually don't know which girandoni is the Lewis & Clark airgun. There is one at the Virginia Military Institute that may be the right gun. What needs to be done is to have the gun disassembled and the mainspring examined. The one with the replacement spring is it. However, if both have replaced springs, then it's up in the air again.

 

[J-Bar]

My feelings are hurt. I guess you forgot that I had offered you dinner the next time you were in Springfield....

Glad you enjoyed the museum though. It is a treasure.

 

[Wayne-O]

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it, as I do all your videos.

 

[BowerR64]

Yeah that was cool thanks for sharing

 

[futurerider103]

My dad does construction and helped build it and much of rest of the building on baas pro for the paat 19 years. I was there on opening day and a few times since being that I live in springfield. Very nice museum. I especially like the benchrest section

 

[tigeroldlone]

Thanks for the info, duelist 1954. I guess I have been living under a rock. I live in the Ozarks and didn't even know this was here. Now I just need to go see it.