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New for 2007
Kirkpatrick's T-CC holster.
• Narrow profile
• Double straps for stability
• Reinforced opening
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Available for the HK P2000 and USP Compact
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as he pursued boat thieves 200 miles in the dead of a Dakota winter to bring them and the boat back.
Theodore Roosevelt was a forward looking individual always keeping up with the most recent firearms developments. When the .30-30 arrived in 1895 he quickly acquired one and with its new smokeless powder loading considered it excellent for longrange hunting of antelope. Reading of his hunting adventures gives us a completely different picture of hunting read book which chronicles the African Safari of TR and his son Kermit in 1909-10. Perhaps TR's most famous rifle is his "Big Medicine" which was a Winchester Model 1895 chambered in .405 Winchester. TR and his son took three such rifles to Africa as well as a fourth one chambered in .30-40 Krag. They also took advantage of the most modern rifle available at that time, the 1903 Springfield in .30-06 as TR said, "stocked and sighted to suit myself." While he was still president several of TR's friends around the world upon hearing of his planned trip to Africa presented him with a special rifle, "In
"Theodore Roosevelt accomplished so much in his lifetime it is questionable if he ever had time to sleep. He left a rich legacy in print covering his own life as a hunter and explorer.
As busy as he was as president he still managed to put his family first and it was not unusual for him to keep dignitaries waiting while he played with his children."
then compared to today.
Remember, TR had very poor eyesight, rifles were equipped with iron sights, and shots were taken at several hundred yards. With today's equipment, most hunters pride themselves on 1-shot kills. This was rare in TR's hunting from the 1880s right up through his trip to Africa after he left the White House in 1908. It was not unusual for it to take several shots to bring down an animal. The feeling in the 19th century was simply if a bullet connected the animal would be pursued usually on horseback until it was finally taken.
You simply must read Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter to get a full picture of what a complete hunter Theodore Roosevelt really was. He was a hunter before he ranched in the Dakotas and he hunted all over the country after he returned to public life. Not only was he a true conservationist, he was also an environmentalist in the real sense of the word. As president he set aside vast areas for national parks. In 1887, which was long before the Rough Riders and his presidency, TR founded the Boone and Crockett Club to encourage conservation of big game and to recognize the best trophies taken of American animals.
African Game Trails is another must-
recognition of his services on behalf of the preservation of species by means of national parks and forest reserves, and by other means." That rifle was a doublebarreled 500-.450 Holland & Holland.
Every hunter dreams of traveling to Africa. I was fortunate enough to make such a trip in 1994, although I took less than a dozen animals. Theodore and Kermit maintained very careful records which show they took a total of 512 trophies, 50 of which were birds, with TR accounting for 296 and Kermit, 216. That is an awful lot of shooting and animals taken! TR said of this, "Kermit and I kept about a dozen trophies for ourselves; otherwise we shot nothing that was not used either as a museum specimen or for meat — usually for both purposes."
I began collecting books by and about Theodore Roosevelt more than 50 years ago and they currently take up about 9' of bookshelves. I can't imagine what my life would have been like if TR had not help set me on the right path. Virtually every shooter today is connected to TR. In September 1944 his granddaughter married a young fellow by the name of Alexander. Five years later Alexander partnered with his friend Bill to form Sturm, Ruger. The Roosevelt Legacy continues! f?I7H
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