It always looked ‘’suspecious’’ to me how quick the FBI is to say only 1 guy was involved. Remember McVey? Also I heard Mike Reagan say he was quite young at the time but from what heard of the grown ups say about it, they thought his father set it up to myrtar him. Later a caller refered to Mikes’ comments and he denied saying any such thing. Also if you were writing a novel and had the main character using a Carcano, or being framed with one, your publisher would tell you to change that since readers wouldn’t go for it. There were plenty of good commercial weapons availiable, some not too expensive, and you could order one out of Sears or Wards.
Most likely explanation is that there was a rush-to-judgment by the FBI, but they got it right anyway. Like my buddy said about OJ Simpson: The LAPD framed a guilty man.
Give me five old Carcanos similar to Oswalds and I’ll get five-inch groups out of at least four of them at double the distance of Oswald’s longest shot. And I’ll use an off-brand scope just like Oswald. I would bet I’ll get a two-inch group with at least one.
Of course gun expert Oliver Stone sez the Carcano was designed not to kill people.