Where did the Carcano clip come from and who put it back in the rifle

[David Josephs]

Found this great diagram years ago... thanks to Richard as it easily shows how the rifle works.

When the last round was chambered yet not fired the clip is supposed to stay.
When Fritz/Day unchambers the last round the clip SHOULD fall out.






The clip is only mentioned in a note written by Day later on. If the clip fell out when the barrel was opened... there is nomention of it and no photos of the clip within the TSBD or anywhere else for that matter except for the assumption that the rifle in Day's hands has a clip protruding from the magazine..



Mr. LATONA. I w[B]as not successful in developing any prints at all on the weapon. [/B]I also had one of the firearms examiners dismantle the weapon and I processed the complete weapon, all parts, everything else. And no latent prints of value were developed.
Mr. EISENBERG. Does that include the clip?
Mr. LATONA. That included the clip, that included the bolt, it included the underside of the barrel which is covered by the stock.












To date there is no evidence to show how or where the clip came from... as I understand it "SMI" is the manufacturer. In the alphabetic notebooks of the evidence (Dallas box 6 folder 2 file 2) there is no listing of a CLIP or any CLIP mentioned with the "Rifle" entry... BUT, there is a clip that was taken with Wesley's rifle

http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/18/1825-055.gif

does anyone have a photo of this rifle entered as evidence? or the clip more importantly?

I'd think this could this be where the clip comes from yet the Day letter he says his secretary typed was supposedly from the afternoon of the 22nd... so that may not be even a good guess... if we can believe Day and the provenance of this note. It did not appear in the rifle when found yet since the bolt may not have been worked before the TSBD Day rifle images were taken, the clip would be up in the magazine...

Not a soul tells of the clip popping out and hitting the floor when ejecting the last round...