NRA Museum 1903A4

[jgaynor]

Me Too! I was born in Alexandria and as a kid DC was my stomping ground

Then undoubtedly you were familiar with Interarms and Potomac Arms aka Ye Old Hunter aka Hunters Haven) down on the waterfront.

Regards,

Jim

[Weasel]

Then undoubtedly you were familiar with Interarms and Potomac Arms aka Ye Old Hunter aka Hunters Haven) down on the waterfront.

Regards,



Jim

Been there done that many times. Liked that practice bomb hanging from the ceiling in the stairway.

[CPC]

I have never heard of the snake either (I have been a Army weapons history buff for some time), but I also agree with Darreld regarding donations. I am not familiar with the operations of the NRA but I am familiar with the Army museum system and know many items were donated to the Army that will never see the light of day unless you are somehow allowed behind the curtain viewing. They only have so much space and unless the item belonged to a celeb or determined important person (MOH. etc), there is little chance that it will make it out of the archives.. The Army has a few choice Springfield's, not necessarily in original condition but of important variations that the general public is unaware of not at the Springfield museum. For example Carlisle used to have a 1903 serial no 0000 display board that came out of RIA or somewhere (heckaman collection) that I don't think has been on display. They have some weapons that were covered in GCA articles, etc. but most of the items, uniforms, and accoutrements will not be displayed.