A lot of people here like to read of Teddy Roosevelt and his exploits so I thought I'd pass along this...
Some time ago my son bought me a copy of the book Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris. I've only been able to read part of it but I also just found the book on CD at my local library. This is the second of two books written by Morris about TR.
He talks about Teddy's favorite .40-90 Winchester. Saying it had bite marks on it from an encounter with a mountain lion years ago. I just found it interesting, it seems that Teddy had something for the .40 cals. He also liked the .405. I'm wondering if it was the .40 cal or the leverguns that he liked so much.
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Levergun History
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What he really wanted was a Glock, but they didn't make them back then...Rusty wrote:He also liked the .405. I'm wondering if it was the .40 cal or the leverguns that he liked so much.
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kimwcook
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...Doh!...Bully, bully I say.What he really wanted was a Glock, but they didn't make them back then...What he really wanted was a Glock, but they didn't make them back then...Rusty wrote:He also liked the .405. I'm wondering if it was the .40 cal or the leverguns that he liked so much.
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It seems his favorite term was DEEELIGHTED!
If you're gonna be stupid ya gotta be tough-
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
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That has to be a typo; there never was a ".40-90 Winchester" cartridge. .40-90 Ballard and Sharps, or .45-90 WCF. I do know that Roosevelt liked the .50-95 Winchester Express in the 1876 Model. 
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I believe that was suppose to be 45-90 Winchester as Teddy even goies into loading for it in his books. If I remember right he used Orange Lightning semi smokless powder.
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T.R. is the patriant saint of levergunners. too bad we no longer have leaders of his caliber.
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Thanks Mike, I was wondering about that. The caliber didn't sound right to me either, but not being the Winchester expert some of you folks are I didn't want to question it. 45-90 sounds a lot better.
If you're gonna be stupid ya gotta be tough-
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
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Pathfinder09
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Teddy Roosevelt has always been my hero. I've read several books by him. Hunting the Grizzly and The Wilderness Hunter just to name two. Both of these books give a great portrail of what it was like to ranch and hunt in the late 18th century.
He was an avid hunter, yet if it was not for him much of the protected land and wilderness areas that is left in this country would not be here. The tree huggers should take a lesson from that. No one in the history of this country has done more to preserve wilderness or wildlife as he did. Just My $.02.
He was an avid hunter, yet if it was not for him much of the protected land and wilderness areas that is left in this country would not be here. The tree huggers should take a lesson from that. No one in the history of this country has done more to preserve wilderness or wildlife as he did. Just My $.02.
