Firearms

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Historic Firearms

Follow the links below to read articles about historic firearms.

Early Texas Rangers (1823-1871)

Handguns

• 1847 Colt Walker
• 1851 Colt Navy
• 1860 Colt Army
• 1861 Colt Navy
• Colt Dragoon Revolvers

Longarms

• 1860 Henry Rifle
• Edwin Wesson Rifle, Capt. Jack Hays
• Colt revolvers with detachable shoulder stocks
• Enfield Model P 1853 Rifle-Musket

Frontier Forces/Frontier Battalion (1872-1900)

Handguns

• 1873 Colt Single Action Revolver, Ranger Cal Aten
• 1877 Colt Lightning & Thunderer
• Colt Single Action Army

Longarms

• 1873 Winchester Rifle, Ranger J. B. Gillett
• 1895 Winchester Rifle 
• 1897 Winchester Shotgun

Early 20th Century (1901-1934)

Handguns

• 1911 Colt Automatic
• 1911 Colt Pistols, Capt. M. T. Gonzaullas

Longarms

• 1921 Thompson Sub-Machine Gun, Ranger H. Purvis
• 1922 Remington 8F, Capt. Frank Hamer
• The Colt Monitor: A Rare Improved BAR

DPS Texas Rangers (1935-present)

Handguns

• 1950 Colt .38 Super, Ranger Glenn Elliott
• Colt Commander Model

Longarms

• 2006 Bushmaster M4 Rifle
• 2011 LaRue .308 Rifle

Other firearms of interest, either not in the museum collection or not on display.

• 1819 North Flintlock Pistol
• 1857 Manhattan Firearms Co. "Navy" Revolver, Capt. John B. Jones
• 1857 Whitney Arms Co. Navy Revolver
• 1858 Remington Model New Model Army
• 1860 Colt Army Richards Transition Revolver
• 1878 Smith & Wesson New Model No. 3 Revolver
• 1907 Winchester Rifle, Ranger George Chapman
• 1908 Colt Army Special
• 1950 Smith & Wesson Chiefs Special, Sgt. Rudy Flores

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