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Was the rifle used to kill JFK an Italian Mannlicher Carcano or an 1898 scoped Mauser?
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John Eremic
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Unfortunately, this is one of the many conflicting stories that people rely on as proof that either Oswald was the lone gunman or whether there was conspiracy that is really inconclusive. The rifle that was shown to the public was the 6.55 Carcano, the 3 shells found were 6.55mm. The bullets and bullet fragments found were from a 6.55mm. However, the Initial law enforcement officers claimed to have found a “Mauser” rifle on the 6th floor. The most common Mauser would be the Mauser98 which fires a 7.92 mm round. No Mauser rifles were ever displayed to the public. To my knowledge, there were no
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PICTURE: Black and white newspaper photo that I lightened, enhanced and coloured showing something resembling a second rifle scope tucked into Lt. JC Day's trousers as he Carrie's Carcano rifle with telescopic scope attached.
Hard to tell, probably both and more rifles is my summation based on the actual extent of injuries upon the president's body.
Let's do a bit of a roll call, so many bullets, so many trajectories, varying degrees of injuries
At Parkland Memorial hospital no autopsy was allowed because the Secret Service stole the president's body from the hospital, Earl F. Rose, Dallas County
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Chad Nagle
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There is no credible evidence to support the argument that a 6.5mm Mannlicher-Carcano rifle fired the shot that killed President Kennedy. The evidence and crime scene were tampered with, and the autopsy was a sham. The kill shot to President Kennedy hit him in the head, and fragments identified as having been found inside his skull were insufficient to conclusively determine that only one type of ammo was located. X-rays were notoriously inadequate. There is evidence that other wounds suffered by JFK and Gov. Connally were caused by 6.5mm Mannlicher-Carcano ammo, but not Kennedy’s fatal wound.
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Jim Morrison
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It could have been a host of rifles, but it definitely wasn’t an Italian Mannlicher Carcano.
The fatal head shot came from the front. That said, one just has to look at the CE399 Pristine Bullet, which the Warren Commission claimed caused all the other non fatal wounds of the two men in the assassination limo. This Magic Bullet broke bones yet came out as if it had been fired in a FBI test lab.
Now the bullets according to Warren Commission were all fired from the same rifle with the same type of bullets, which were full metal jacketed.
The fatal head shot had a frangible bullet, essentially a bu
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Derek Mullings
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There were quite a few rifles trained on JFK in Dealey that afternoon. ‘William Seymour’ fired from somewhere in or from the roof of the School Book Depository using a Mauser. He may have hit the president in the back during the first volley of shooting, I forgot the name of the walkie-talkie radio control man. (Christman?)
It is my belief that ‘William Seymour’ was also involved in the murder of Tippett; drew attention to himself at the firing range and caused a disturbance at the car showroom (Oswald couldn’t drive).
Jack Lawrence fired the headshot during the second volley. I have no idea whi
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Phil Silverman
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By 2022, we should know it was a rifle w an explosive bullet , from his right front .
Oswald’s antique had a faulty scope and was a bolt - action . Not conducive to such an action
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Bobby Hess
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From the available evidence, it was a Mannlicher Carcano of Italian manufacture.
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