The folks at the NRA National Firearms Museum are always up to something, and this weekend is no exception.

Assistant Curator Matthew Sharpe will set up camp in Westminster, Maryland tomorrow for the Great American Hunting & Outdoor Show, the first of its kind. He will display three famous firearms from the Museum's collection for the first day of the three-day show.

Senior Curator Doug Wicklund will take over and cover the Museum's exhibit Saturday and Sunday.

Below, read a little about these special guns, as written by Wicklund, who is pictured at right:

Hunters Three: Eisenhower, Roosevelt and Selleck

Among the many treasures that reside in the NRA’s National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia are several hunting arms associated with famous individuals.

Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States and five-star general during WWII, was a 1911 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. After serving two terms as President, Eisenhower retired to his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where he frequently used this Winchester Model 21 20 gauge shotgun, a gift of Robert Woodruff, the President of Coca-Cola. The shotgun was later donated to the National Firearms Museum by the Eisenhower family.

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was known for his many achievements as a naturalist, explorer, hunter, author, and soldier as much as any office he held as a politician. While in office, he signed into being enabling legislation for many of the National Parks and National Forests now enjoyed by millions each year. One of his favorite hunting arms was this .450 caliber Fred Adolph double rifle, an arm he used on several safaris and later presented to one of his American hunting guides, whose family presented it to the museum collection. Fitted with the finest Krupp steel barrels, this double rifle was once featured on the cover of Adolph’s business catalogs and a photograph of it proudly resided in the front window of Adolph’s gunshop in Rochester, New York for many years.

Tom Selleck, actor, screenwriter, and producer as well as member of the NRA Board of Directors, is perhaps best known for his portrayal of private investigator Thomas Magnum over eight television seasons on CBS. His film role as western sharpshooter Matthew Quigley in “Quigley Down Under,” captured the imagination of American arms collectors, whose orders to the Shiloh Sharps company in Big Timber, Montana resulted in a production backlog for nearly a decade after the film first was released in 1990. In 2002, along with several other arms he had used in western films, this .45-110 rifle, one of three made for use on screen, was given to the National Firearms Museum collection.

Thanks, Doug! NRAblog looks forward to catching up with you at the Show.

If you can't make the show, drop by the NRA National Firearms Museum any day -- the Museum is open daily at 11250 Waples Mill Road in Fairfax, Virginia. Admission is free and for more information email nfmstaff@nrahq.org or call (703) 267-1602.