Theodore Roosevelt's Smith & Wesson Revolver

Seldom do guns belonging to U.S. presidents come to auction, and scarcer still are those belonging to men as historically significant and captivating as Theodore Roosevelt.
This superb, factory engraved Smith & Wesson is a rarity in its own right, but its iron clad provenance to Roosevelt sets it in a whole new stratosphere. It was shipped the very same day that TR left the East Coast en route to San Antonio to take his place with the famed Rough Riders.
This Smith & Wesson No. 3 New Model revolver is a national treasure, and has the condition, embellishment, history, and rarity every bit befitting such a piece. It's now ready to take its place as the cornerstone in a new collection.
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[@MomentsInTrading]

I’ve been subscribed for a couple of years now and this is in the top 3 of guns I would like to own if I had the means that you’ve auctioned.

[@Isaihernandez777]

81k price I’m calling it.

[@robinblackmoor8732]

@@Isaihernandez777 You are way off my friend, way off. Not even close. Former President Theodore Roosevelt's Smith & Wesson New Model No. 3 Single Action Revolver sold for $910,625 during the first day of Rock Island Auction Company's (RIAC) December Premier Auction.

[@Isaihernandez777]

@@robinblackmoor8732 lol way off.

[@robinblackmoor8732]

@@Isaihernandez777 according to Price is Right rules, I would have lost. I would have predicted a million dollars. I would have been over. That still seems low. in the video they said it was one of maybe 3 or 4 made in the caliber that model. owned by on of America's best presidents. A million seems low.

[@Isaihernandez777]

@@robinblackmoor8732 agreed!

[@Snuffy03]

It's too bad we don't have leaders the caliber of TR these days.

[@donbrynelsen2157]

That's for sure!

[@monitor1862]

Totally agree!!

[@todddudacoff1042]

They’re all the same, there was just no internet. Ego is a prerequisite, there’s never been an altruistic politician. Ever before America

[@Snuffy03]

@@todddudacoff1042 I agree. ALL politicians have an agenda which usually does not include the welfare of the people. I do think that TR was one of the guys who believed in no nonsense and that he believed that the USA was the greatest nation in the world, as do I. In my 70 years 14 presidents have been in office. I served in the USMC under 4 of them.

[@juliandelreal38]

What about biden? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BeardMan01]

Teddy was one of the hardest men to have ever led this country. That man didn't F around.

[@paleoph6168]

Cool, didn't know that Teddy had a S&W (and a top break New Model No. 3 chambered in .38 Long Colt? Cool!), especially when the revolver most associated with him is the Colt SAA, as shown in the 1997 miniseries Rough Riders and a special edition Colt 1873 made by Uberti named "Teddy".

[@STEVEOMEMES]

Thanks RIA and Joel Thanks too !!! We really need Teddy today.

[@aandykf]

What a gun! Great video!

[@treyh0079]

Awesome presentation! Beautiful piece!

[@00shawn]

the best video I've seen in a very long time. I'm glad I subscribed last week

[@danpatch4751]

The born adventurers were tough as nails

[@SlickSixguns]

Nice revolver

[@RockIslandAuctionCompany]

Thanks. TR thought so too!

[@larryadams2184]

This man is the real deal. A true patriot. Bully . forever missed

[@fredklein724]

My hero!

[@80cardcolumn]

The S&W info begins at 5:53.

[@00shawn]

yep

[@davidvoight4679]

I am affiliated with Independent as well as an highly environmental views. I am a Cold War veteran and I really admire Teddy Roosevelt's courage and I also admire Elizabeth Cheney's courage as well. In the Air Force my favorite was my Smith and Wesson 38 service revolver!

[@Soldierboy54b]

I guess we just found Liz Cheney's burner KZbin account.

[@Jeff-sl8xz]

How anybody in there right frame of mind can stand lizard Cheney is a baffling mystery to me

[@olddirtbiker5088]

It has been determined that the explosion of the Maine was an accident, not the result of any action by the Spaniards. But very convenient for us Americans in 1898. Roosevelt was a great man but had the usual flaws of US colonialism of the time. He was certainly a champion of National Parks. I have visited his Sagamore Hill estate several times, not to be missed if you are on Long Island.

[@ltdc426]

A fun gun.

[@shmoriy]

That’s gorgeous

[@00shawn]

yep. even the well-known well loved teddy bear is named because of that well-known well-loved president

[@paulsimmons5726]

No heel spurs here! An honest man who never accepted less than his own personal best efforts! After George Washington, TR is best example of what a public servant should be among the US presidents! Bully, simply bully!

[@donbrynelsen2157]

Why was it auctioned off? I believe it would have been part of the weapons collection at Sagamore Hill.

[@ChileMiPais]

Because, money is far above a memory.

[@Coweta_Curios]

THATS BULLY!

[@leroybishop2245]

😳👍🙏❤️🇺🇸

[@ranchrods1]

fantastically delivered, exceptionally well researched.... the only thing you are missing... is the distinct lack of a beard.... #bringbackthebeard # notright #theresadisturbanceintheforce....

[@RockIslandAuctionCompany]

😄 I'm still conflicted about it as well.

[@eliotreader8220]

@@RockIslandAuctionCompany way is TR's gun in such good nick after all these years? I am guessing he or his family looked after it well

[@1982asd]

nicely worked piece, probably engraved afterwards, but the grip is too small compared to the size of the revolver In American circles, it is certainly worth a lot, in European eyes it is a few thousand €

[@454FatJack]

Small grip much nicer as a carry peace. Not so much target shoothing

[@1982asd]

@@454FatJack The balance of the weapon is therefore not good, if the grip is thin and the barrel is long or the revolver itself is heavy or the caliber is large, then the small grip is very disadvantageous Of course, this is an old revolver, the standards were different then, but it is not suitable from a military point of view

[@BROTRRer]

Best I can do is $100

[@ltdc426]

110

[@Manfred-cf9rn]

$200..+ My grandfather's Treasure map of the Gen. Yamashita's Treasures in the Philippines ..😊👍

[@amievil3697]

Teddy Bear

[@freeholdtacticalmed]

I wonder what it sold for…

[@grayrider1861]

$910,625 just looked it up.

[@ericgarringer6911]

The .38LC has gotta be one of the worst service pistol cartridges ever

[@richardmarts2432]

I love TR but history shows he never went up San Juan Hill. Instead he lead his men up an adjacent hill

[@Gator-357]

Came to see and hear about the gun, not for a history lesson

[@mikepette4422]

Perilously close european influence...thats pretty funny. As Spain wasn't just on the decline and had been for 200 years but was in fact almost extinct as a power. Barely rated a 2nd rate European power and filled with turmoil and revolutionary fervour. The ease with which the US beat Spain shows how far they fell from their days as a real power just less than 100 years before. Nevertheless, the thorn had to be removed !

[@mikepette4422]

If only FDR were as great Teddy R

[@triclopsgamer5934]

Bully. Just Bully.

[@browngreen933]

I can understand wanting Cuba for the USA. But the Spanish-American War gave us far flung colonial possessions making us just like Spain!

[@cosmicatrophy4648]

I wish they'd get Joel back

[@donnkelley6823]

I wish they'd bring Ian back......

[@jordcarter2359]

All that lovely talk and dressing up only to turn around and ask 'how much!?' Yuch, Americans,. preserve your history, don't sell it to greedy private owners.

[@Omnihil777]

Where are those politicians today, eh? Oh, and btw: Teddy Roosevelt never would've shaved. Why did you? Mistake. Let it grow back. FAST! Please. So we can welcome you back in the club of "Tasting-the-soup-of-yesterdays-today-men"

[@pepevaldes1463]

The Cuban interference by the United States 🇺🇸 in Cuba was not needed, the Cuban Macheteros already had pushed the Spanish Army into the Havana area and they were ready to to take it. Same time the Filipinos were wanting the American expeditionary forces out of the Philippines. In Cuba we have a different view.

[@Jay_Hall]

pepe, free speech, let us be sure to KEEP IT!!

[@RockIslandAuctionCompany]

It was a contentious issue for Americans at that time as well, until the "yellow journalism" stirred up a lot of anti-Spanish public sentiment