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Originally Posted by Texas Star
Didn't Teddy Roosevelt have a Model 76, fancy, and with a half length magazine? I realize that he was better known for his later use of the M-95, including a .405 that he took to Africa. His son Kermt had one, too, and one in .30 Army , probably meaning .30-40 Krag.
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Yes, Theodore (he hated to be called Teddy) had a Model 76 in the configuration you describe. I've seen what is obviously a studio picture of TR in buckskins holding a Model 76 at port arms. Another famous 76 user was Geronimo. He turned one in when he surrendered.
Webb Hayes, son of president Rutherford B. Hayes, brought a Model 76 in caliber.50-95-300 Express to Wyoming in 1879 to hunt big game with General George Crook. The General was Rutherford's commanding officer in the Civil War. Rutherford often brought his sons to camp between campaigns. Crook took a liking to Webb and taught him hunting and fishing and woods craft. The two came to Wyoming annually until Crook died in March of 1890. The Winchester is in the collection of the Wyoming State Museum.