Obscura Day 2011: Hands-On at the National Firearms Museum

Ever wanted to pet a gun or at least get close to real pieces of history?

For Obscura Day, NRA’s National Firearms Museumin Fairfax, Virginia will be offering, for the first time, a chance for some lucky folks to get hands-on with actual firearms.

Besides getting a behind-the-scenes guided tour through galleries filled with thousands of guns from a museum senior curator, there will be an opportunity for folks to actually handle historic pieces and reproductions ranging in time from the Revolutionary War onwards. Whether an M1 Garand used at D-Day or a California Gold Rush revolver, the National Firearms Museum is putting history in the hands of people.

If you’ve never held a gun before or just wondered what impact firearms have had on American history, technology and even recreation, plan to attend this first-ever event at the National Firearms Museum. Only thirty lucky participants will be part of this unique experience on April 9th.