Roger Craig

[Walt Cakebread]

Funny how the little Mauser bud blossomed BEFORE the Carcano bud--------------------all the DPD talk 11/22 was of a Mauser. You've gotten the switcheroo back to front

Nope!....  The carcano existed even though the dumbasses didn't know what it was....( While still in the TSBD before taking the carcano ( see photos) to police headquarters ,Day scribbled that the rifle was a 6.5mm LEVER ACTION rifle.   They dumbasses guessed that it was a mauser....   Even as late as midnight when they were typing up the evidence list they listed the rifle as a 6.5mm Italian make rifle.   

[Dan O'meara]

You've probably seen this before but the bit at the end where everyone is reporting a Mauser is interesting.

[Alan Ford]

ATF Agent Frank Ellsworth claimed the Carcano was found on a floor lower than the 6th floor

[Dan O'meara]

This is from a clip of Day dusting the Carcano.
Am I right to say the clip is not in the rifle:

[Walt Cakebread]

You've probably seen this before but the bit at the end where everyone is reporting a Mauser is interesting.

The Alyea film clip that you've posted is not the best copy of that film clip....However....Open your eyes and LOOK at the rifle seen at the 1:50 point of the film.    Now ask yourself if that is a Mannlicher Carcano.

Also notice the configuration of the boxes where the rifle was picked up from in the early frames of the film...Do those boxes look anything like the configuration of the boxes in the official DPD in situ photo???

[Walt Cakebread]

This is from a clip of Day dusting the Carcano.
Am I right to say the clip is not in the rifle:

Am I right to say the clip is not in the rifle:



Only you can determine that, Dan.  But can you explain what that light colored slice of "something" in the ejection port is ?

[Walt Cakebread]

You've probably seen this before but the bit at the end where everyone is reporting a Mauser is interesting.

You've probably seen this before

Yes I have, and this is a poor copy of the Alyea film....

[Dan O'meara]

Am I right to say the clip is not in the rifle:



Only you can determine that, Dan.  But can you explain what that light colored slice of "something" in the ejection port is ?

"Only you can determine that, Dan."

Unlike you Walt, I don't own any Carcanos so it would be nice to get the opinion of someone in the know rather than a cryptic remark. I'll try it differently:

Is the clip such a different colour that it appears as a dark rectangle when in place?
Or does the dark rectangle (where I assume the clip goes) mean the clip is not in?
Does the Carcano eject the clip after it empties?
Your expert opinion is being sought.