Photo- 0ne of the old time gun collectors.

[rangerider7]

[J Miller]

A water cooled machine gun over the arch, cool.

Those old milk shake machines look like chrome plated R2D2s.

Joe

[Ben_Rumson]

Can't argy about the water cooled MG.. but the R2s look more like coffee makers to me...makes more sense too

[J Miller]

Ben,

You could be and probably are right. The one on the right has a cup or something at it's center that reminded me of an old milkshake machine.

Joe

[gamekeeper]

Photo of the Hotel.

http://www.cardcow.com/228980/hotel-mas ... -oklahoma/

No two Guns alike!

[Nate Kiowa Jones]

That's in Claremore OK, on Route 66, my wife's home town. The guns are now located in a new facility.
The JM Davis Museum the largest private gun collection in the world

He was quit a collector. I've been there several times and usually spend all day. One of the neatest exhibits is an early 1800's gun maker shop. Besides a hand operated drill press with a big rock as a counter weight it has a wooden rifling bench. They also have a small collection of parade saddles and beer steins.

[Tumbleweeds II]

I didn't know about the new building. Guess I haven't been there lately enough.

Davis had a little money, back when guns were cheap, and he had a deal with the Tulsa PD. He had everything from Lugers to Colt SAA .32-20s that had been taken away from bad boys.

[alamogunr]

Guns magazine had a big article on Mr. Davis and his collection back in the 50's. It was almost more than a small town high school boy could get his mind around. I was in OKC on business around 10-12 years ago and drove up to Tulsa to visit my brother. Since I had the whole day, I drove thru to Claremore to see the museum. At that time they only had about half the collection on display. I had never seen so many guns and other related artifacts in one place. I do remember one display of nooses used to hang various outlaws. I would like to go again sometime. Maybe I'll get out to the Tulsa gun show next year and take a side trip.

John
W.TN