the mannlicher carcano

[Anthony Marsh]

Weitzman, Boone and Craig: 7.65 Mauser.

CIA: "7.35 caliber" "reports of Mannlicher Carcano in error"

Hoover: "rifle with serial number C2766" as well as "carbine with serial number 2766"

And Fritz wouldn't care to say what evidence they had. But he was the best getter of evidence in the state of Texas if not the world.

Don't bother us with the details.

And LBJ granted Hoover his waiver May 8, 1964; and Hoover gave LBJ his report citing the lone gunman and (temporarily) "clearing" LBJ of suspicion.

In court, of course, there would not have been a case. In Europe, they knew; in the KGB, they knew.

Also:

CIA memo says the Mauser bought from Klein's.
April 1963 Klein's ad for 6.5 Carbine - 40" overall.
Oswald ordered the carbine and got the short rifle.
Italian documents indicate that different models
could have the same serial numbers.