Seen above is the 35 year old, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt firing and handling a Springfield M1903 at the Marine Corps’ rifle range at Winthrop, Maryland in 1917. The photographs were taken during a range demonstration of some of the US Military’s small arms currently in service for top brass and politicians
http://historicalfirearms.info/post/745 ... -1903-seen
Neat stuff. Despite being a photo-op he appears to know his stuff.