60 Seconds in the National Firearms Museum

The favorite hunting rifle of President Theodore Roosevelt was a Winchester Model 1895 lever-action rifle in .405 caliber. It was this rifle that accompanied the former commander in chief on a 1910 safari in Africa, as well as Roosevelt’s 1915 expedition to Brazil to find the source of the Amazon River. Roosevelt used his .405 to hunt moose, bear and elk stateside, too.

Join National Firearms Museum senior curator Phil Schreier as he takes a look at the gun that Roosevelt dubbed, “Big Medicine for Lions.” Roosevelt’s Model 1895 is on display everyday in the Beretta Gallery of the National Firearms Museum.

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Roosevelt was not looking for the source of the Amazon. He was traveling down the "River of Doubt" to see where it went and where it emptied into the Amazon. He started in the heart of Brazil near the mouth of the River of Doubt. From Larry Coon on Friday, December 17, 2010 7:48 PM

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