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In Waco last week. Had to go to the museum. That was my treat from wife after having done the Joanna and Chip thing.
More than a few firearms. Of the hundreds there I never heard a single shot fired nor any violence was committed by a single gun.
Recommended.
Here is a sampling from their collection.

First a Walker. I loved this. Kids, and interested adults too, can disassemble/assemble a real firearm. Next to this were three cabled Walkers, fully assembled, on stands of different heights that could be handled by anyone from 5yrs old up. A 10yr old kid with his grandad was there, he fell in love with them.
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Next the original 1851 Navy, holster, and mold from a Reb soldier and Ranger.
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Then the evolution on Colt revolvers from BP to smokeless unmentionables.
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Finally a hodpodge of, if I remember correctly, mostly BP arms from The Revolution to the 1860’s
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I’ve never been there, but I sure would like to go. The Texas Ranger Museum has a great website, too, with a lot of historic firearms shown and described.

I think the revolver with the cables, in the first photo, is a Paterson rather than a Walker, but they are both cool weapons, and making them accessible for people to not only handle but to take apart and reassemble is wonderful.

Out of the guns shown, I think my favorite is probably that long rifle in the display case in the last photo. I understand a lot of Tennessee rifles ended up in Texas, and this rifle looks like it might be one of them. Reading Elmer Kelton’s Sons of Texas trilogy, about a Tennessee family who moved to Texas before the Revolution, is what got me back into muzzleloading after a long hiatus.

Thanks for posting! These are great pictures.

Notchy Bob
 
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