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It's a replica, which to me makes it highly unlikely it will sell for the $7500 price tag. What would the real McCoy sell for?
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The aesthetics are certainly not widely accepted, but there are numerous writings about TR being extremely particular about how a rifle he used was stocked. True enough, but if you have read "African Game Trails" it did not seem to help his shooting much.
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True enough, but if you have read "African Game Trails" it did not seem to help his shooting much.
What I hear is they were lucky ammunition was cheap. 
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Many of the well known outdoor characters and authors were spray and pray sportsman. From a modern easy chair, cringe worthy, but even if it were fiction, it's the only way to get an idea about long gone times. Roosevelt's hunting trips were quite a bit longer in duration and rougher around the edges than I could ever pretend to imagine.
What I can image is that many safe queens of today, might not quite stand up to the conditions. I think the wear on the finish of the Kermit rifle says that it spent most of its time in a scabbard, but if it could only talk. I'm not interested, but if I ever shouldered that rifle, it wouldn't surprise me if I didn't like the fit or feel, but?
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It's a replica, which to me makes it highly unlikely it will sell for the $7500 price tag. What would the real McCoy sell for? Without an original, or similar provenance gun to judge, no way to know.
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A few years back I was invited to a couple of the annual game dinners at The Campfire Club in Chappaqua, NY.
They have a few 1903's and SxS's in the display cases and their provenance escapes me but wouldn't surprise me if one belonged to TR, he was an early member.
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What would the real McCoy sell for?
Without an original, or similar provenance gun to judge, no way to know. Given the current turmoil in our nation and the dulling of Teddy's luster, in a year or so, people might be saying, "Teddy WHO?" Very Sad.
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A few years back I was invited to a couple of the annual game dinners at The Campfire Club in Chappaqua, NY.
They have a few 1903's and SxS's in the display cases and their provenance escapes me but wouldn't surprise me if one belonged to TR, he was an early member. Thought you might enjoy seeing this. It was an example made at the request of the President of A&F many years Ago. 
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I see the TR rifle was passed. Not surprising. IMO it had about $1000 going for it and only that because of the G&H name, (I may be being generous), certainly not the action and/or terrible stock design
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Wonder how high the bidding went on this clone rifle? If we knew, then we'd at least have an idea what two people thought it was worth.
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