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.
