"... -- BTW, - didn't you say you've fired the Carcano? Did you forget the clip falls out after the last round was chambered?" Did I say otherwise? >:)
Many European pre-WWI military rifles operate the same way even if they're not exactly Mannlicher heritage, like the French 1886 Lebel.
Again, if the clip was defective, that might only prevent it's exit from the magazine well clip ejection port. You say that it won't reliably feed ammunition. I disagree.
Have you got any idea how the clip may have been bent? Although I think that we're not entirely certain that the sheet metal scope mount itself wasn't knocked out of alignment when it was dropped between boxes at the TSBD when Oswald fled the sniper's nest, can we say for certain that the clip was actually bent as your link purports it to be?
Here's the clip seen in the upper left corner under C2766:
Oswalds rifle [found with the clip still in it] did not eject its clip, - proof that the clip was damaged, - and damaged/bent clips do not feed ammo reliably.
If that's true,
Kid, it's true. - Read the article, and you will find that the clip drops out the bottom of the action when the last cartridge is chambered.
-- BTW, - didn't you say you've fired the Carcano? Did you forget the clip falls out after the last round was chambered?
Did I say otherwise? >:)
I guess I thought you were agreeing with those here who claimed that it ejected from the top
Many European pre-WWI military rifles operate the same way even if they're not exactly Mannlicher heritage, like the French 1886 Lebel.
Again, if the clip was defective, that might only prevent it's exit from the magazine well clip ejection port. You say that it won't reliably feed ammunition. I disagree.
Well, the experts in the article go into some detail about why a defective clip won't feed properly, so I don't need to.
Have you got any idea how the clip may have been bent?
No, - do you?
Although I think that we're not entirely certain that the sheet metal scope mount itself wasn't knocked out of alignment when it was dropped between boxes at the TSBD when Oswald fled the sniper's nest, can we say for certain that the clip was actually bent as your link purports it to be?
The fact that it did not drop out of the rifle after the 4th round was chambered makes it defective, correct?