[Netz]

Is that a Gatling gun?

Oswald never fired a shot (or...maybe fired one shot) but he was in the TSBD at the time just as he says he was. He may have been told to bring the rifle to the TSBD that morning, that is possible but sheriff’s initially reported the weapon as a Mauser and not a Carcano.

[Oatka]

Is that a Gatling gun?
Yep. Maybe a repro. I always get a twinge when I see one, as back in the late '50s I could have bought one for $150 (wheeled mount another $150) from Bannermans. Alas, I lived in an apartment then and had no room. "

. . . sheriff’s initially reported the weapon as a Mauser and not a Carcano. Probably an error due to unfamiliarity with foreign guns - everything was a German Mauser. I remember hearing a radio report of the shooting and the reporter said it was "a 30-30".

[Wallace T.]

Could the misidentification be a mistake? I don't know. Suffice it to say that LEOs are far more familiar with firearms types than are civilians. Also, the assassination took place only 18 years after the end of World War II. The police forces of the time were staffed to a great extent by veterans of that war. Certainly those who served in the European theater were familiar with the .