Better get your bids in, guys!

[Bobshouse]

Wasn't it one of Teddy's personal favorites, might have my presidents mixed up. I know one was very fond of it.

Back when Presidents were Presidents...none of that knock a little ball in a hole with a stick stuff.

[CPTKILLER]

Cool but too rich for my blood!

[jeepster09]

Wow thanks for posting....it would be cool to find old treasure!

[AJBert]

It's my understanding that it was. He hunted Africa with one chambered in .405WCF that he called "Big Medicine".
This article from American Rifleman states he took a .30-40 Model 1895 to Cuba with the Rough Riders:
https://www.americanrifleman.org/art...hester-rifles/
Regards
Greg

I pretty sure the troops used Springfield Armory 1896's or 98's down in Cuba in .30-40 Krag but didn't know Roosevelt brought his own 1895. It was after this "conflict" that the Army deemed the .30-40 wasn't quite suitable and thus the .30-06 was born. The US gov't then sold many of the surplus SA's to the public and most of them were sporterized for hunting. I happen to have one that had been sporterized many years before I acquired it and I can attest it is a great deer gun but I would hesitate to use it on elk. If I'm not mistaken the .30-30 has better ballistics as far as knock down power.

I am going off my memory on all of this so there may be an error or two. If so I apologize.