Placement of Artillery sight

nukem556 · 02-06-2012, 02:11 PM

Ben.....sadly Roosevelt's Carbine has gone missing, presumably stolen by persons unknown. There is a picture in the Geortz/Sturgess "Pistole Parabellum" of TR's son Kermit
carrying it through the jungle during their epic South American expedition. It can be seen to have the early non-ramped front sight and the rear tangent mounted sight.

As a side point, the expedition was a mammoth undertaking, a grand and dangerous adventure ( see the 3rd book in Edmund Morris' great biography of TR) . Kermit proved himself worthy of his great father, and probably was the only reason TR survived the ordeal.

02-06-2012, 02:11 PM	#10
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	Ben.....sadly Roosevelt's Carbine has gone missing, presumably stolen by persons unknown. There is a picture in the Geortz/Sturgess "Pistole Parabellum" of TR's son Kermit carrying it through the jungle during their epic South American expedition. It can be seen to have the early non-ramped front sight and the rear tangent mounted sight. As a side point, the expedition was a mammoth undertaking, a grand and dangerous adventure ( see the 3rd book in Edmund Morris' great biography of TR) . Kermit proved himself worthy of his great father, and probably was the only reason TR survived the ordeal.