What has always puzzled me is Oswald’s choice of rifle and the fact it was a scoped rifle.
Oswald was a qualified Marine rifleman. He trained on the MI-Garand, an outstanding weapon. Why would he choose an inferior Italian weapon with inferior ballistics to the M1-Garand which he knew well? His Italian weapon was scoped and bolt action thus not semi-automatic. He would need to chamber each round and then reacquire the target through the scope. He knew he would be shooting at close range and a scoped weapon makes it much harder to acquire the target quickly. Why in the hell did he not use a M1-Garand Model D. It has a side mounted scope and thus the shooter could use open sights which are superior at close range or the scope for a long range shot. It is also a semi-automatic rifle. He would have 8 quick shots before reloading. Given his familiarity with the weapon he was trained on this makes no sense.
That’s what I never figured out. You could buy surplus Garands cheap back then. He was trained on it or the M-14 version.
Because he wouldn’t want the authorities to be on the lookout for a Marine.
I’ve said this also...
The Carcano was Junk.
Oswald's body language when he said "I'm just a patsy" is angry but not worried because he knows he can prove where he was. Then they killed him.
A HAHAHAHA HA! It is to laugh. đ
Maybe he used a weapon he was familiar with.
Why would he choose an inferior Italian weapon with inferior ballistics to the M1-Garand ?
Thatâs easy. Garands, then as now, were expensive. Oswald paid twenty bucks for the Carcano. That doesnât sound like a lot today, but he was poor, and $20 was a nice chunk of change.
It wasnât a great rifle, but it was a serviceable weapon and will kill people at long distances.
M1 Garands were sold in very limited quantities (less than 5,000 from 1958-1967) and were sold only through the Director of Civilian Marksmanship program.
While you could buy practically any military surplus firearm (up through a 20mm semi auto cannon) through mail order. I read that the Carcano that Oswald used cost less than $20 and that he practiced often with it.
Because he was broke and Italian rifle was cheaper. It came with a scope. A trained shooter knew you donât take your eye off the scope while you work the action. You donât need to reaquire the target for each shot.
$10 for his Italian surplus vs several hundred for an M-1. Plus, I donât know who told you that Italian rifle was garbage. It wasnât. It was a perfectly fine weapon for what it was. Lots of hunters bought them. Not as sturdy and combat proof as the M -1, but not a piece of junk either. It didnât come with a scope⌠Oswald purchased the scope separately. Oswald bought it long before Kennedy was coming to Dallas. He bought for deer hunting, not to kill the president.
Stop wasting your money on stupid conspiracy theory books. They are just ripping you off.