Lt. J. C. Day and Det Robert Studebaker both testified the photos were taken before the rifle was moved.
Here's Studebaker Exhibit C
Let's have a look at the photos.....and focus our attention on the rifle as it is seen in the photos...
Boone testified that this was the positioning of the boxes as found:
Here's Studebaker Exhibit C
Hmmmm.... It appears that someone has cut off the butt of the rifle in Stubaker Exhibit C ... That's weird!... Or maybe someone has added the butt in the official government approved in situ photo....Now why would they do that??