Bounty, the Carcano Oswald used was noted for its unreliability in BATTLE CONDITIONS, (i.e.: full of mud, dirty, etc.) I don’t think conditions in the Book Depository were quite as harsh as your typical Italian slit trench.

Conspiracy theorists dismiss the Carcano because it doesn’t fit their notions of what a well-funded assassin would use. But it is exactly the type of weapon that a lone nut-job like Oswald would be able to afford. He probably chose the cheapest rifle in the entire catalog. I mean, did you expect him to spring for a Weatherby?

The fact is, a Carcano was found at the scene. Not a Winchester Model 70. Not a Remington 720. Not a fancy engraved English double rifle. I think it is odd that finding what one would logically expect to find somehow provides more evidence of a coverup.

But that’s the way it always is with conspiracy theories.

Regards, Vince