Carbine

SteveM · 09-21-2014, 10:49 AM

Guess who?

Edward Tinker · 09-21-2014, 11:20 AM

Hemingway?

nukem556 · 09-21-2014, 11:31 AM

Kermit Roosevelt?

sheepherder · 09-21-2014, 11:57 AM

Lord Greystoke???

Norme · 09-21-2014, 11:57 AM

Indiana Jones?

Ben M. · 09-21-2014, 12:14 PM

jed clampet in the old days before the move?

kzullick · 09-21-2014, 01:00 PM

Michael Rockefeller ?

hayhugh · 09-21-2014, 01:15 PM

Juan Valdez

sheepherder · 09-21-2014, 03:36 PM

I don't know if others have noticed, but this carbine has an odd "L"-shaped metal (?) stock...

1994Stoeger · 09-21-2014, 04:06 PM

Eleanor Roosevelt.

abukafura · 09-22-2014, 10:39 AM

Che Guevera?

kurusu · 09-22-2014, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheepherder

I don't know if others have noticed, but this carbine has an odd "L"-shaped metal (?) stock...

I don't think it's an "odd stock", just a regular one. There's foliage in front of the stock that obscure it's view.

Jack Lawman · 09-22-2014, 10:54 AM

The man with the yellow hat?

nukem556 · 09-22-2014, 10:57 AM

Agreed....it's a regular stock...I still think it's a picture of Kermit Roosevelt, taken during the River of Doubt expedition with his father Teddy in 1913.

sheepherder · 09-22-2014, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kurusu

I don't think it's an "odd stock", just a regular one. There's foliage in front of the stock that obscure it's view.

Disagree. The hunter has their thumb hooked around the "L" of the butt...The "L" is upside down, with the long side on the bottom and the butt hooking upwards...Kind of an upside-down M3 wire buttstock...

Doesn't matter. Fun to fantasize...It might be Amelia Earhart...

BTW: There was a new expedition scheduled this month to that island in the Pacific where Earhart & Noonan are said to have landed...

http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/AEdescr.html

kurusu · 09-22-2014, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Disagree. The hunter has their thumb hooked around the "L" of the butt...The "L" is upside down, with the long side on the bottom and the butt hooking upwards...Kind of an upside-down M3 wire buttstock...

Doesn't matter. Fun to fantasize...It might be Amelia Earhart...

BTW: There was a new expedition scheduled this month to that island in the Pacific where Earhart & Noonan are said to have landed...

http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/AEdescr.html

Not convinced, to unclear to see the hand position and there appears to be a straight line some 4 inches bellow the shoulder to the hand. Let's just agree do disagree.

nukem556 · 09-22-2014, 07:01 PM

Well Steve????? the answer???????

SteveM · 09-22-2014, 09:48 PM

I lifted the pic from here http://video.pbs.org/video/2365313145/ @51:39

I assumed that it was a pic of Teddy since the documentary was about him and FDR but I suppose that it could have been Kermit.

I guess nukem556 gets the Kewpie Doll

(It does look like a TR hat though)

nukem556 · 09-22-2014, 10:48 PM

Thanks Steve! But I'm pretty sure it's Kermit...he was tasked with securing fresh meat for the expedition, and I've read the carbine was his choice for small and medium game. The great Theodore was by 1913, quite a portly man, much heavier than the fellow in the picture. Kermit was the hero of the expedition, saving his fathers life by sheer determination after TR suffered malaria and a serious leg infection.

(As you can tell from my avatar, I'm very much an admirer of TR.....the picture is a very early example of Photoshop, a campaign photo faked to show Teddy riding a moose....I'm sure if he had encountered one up that close, he WOULD have tried to ride it!)

kurusu · 09-23-2014, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by nukem556

The great Theodore was by 1913, quite a portly man, much heavier than the fellow in the picture. Kermit was the hero of the expedition, saving his fathers life by sheer determination after TR suffered malaria and a serious leg infection.

Agree. I guess you get the cigar.

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nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	Thanks Steve! But I'm pretty sure it's Kermit...he was tasked with securing fresh meat for the expedition, and I've read the carbine was his choice for small and medium game. The great Theodore was by 1913, quite a portly man, much heavier than the fellow in the picture. Kermit was the hero of the expedition, saving his fathers life by sheer determination after TR suffered malaria and a serious leg infection. (As you can tell from my avatar, I'm very much an admirer of TR.....the picture is a very early example of Photoshop, a campaign photo faked to show Teddy riding a moose....I'm sure if he had encountered one up that close, he WOULD have tried to ride it!) Attached Images

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09-22-2014, 10:57 AM	#14
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	Agreed....it's a regular stock...I still think it's a picture of Kermit Roosevelt, taken during the River of Doubt expedition with his father Teddy in 1913.

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09-22-2014, 09:48 PM	#18
SteveM User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,016 Thanks: 94 Thanked 275 Times in 137 Posts	I lifted the pic from here http://video.pbs.org/video/2365313145/ @51:39 I assumed that it was a pic of Teddy since the documentary was about him and FDR but I suppose that it could have been Kermit. I guess nukem556 gets the Kewpie Doll (It does look like a TR hat though)