They numbers and letters look the same. The white highlighting is a little deceiving.
The other picture you can see the stamp on the receiver of the rifle in both pictures.
The bullet and bullet fragments were matched to the rifle found on the sixth floor. You believe the assassin still used a carcano but it was just a different carcano?
They numbers and letters look the same. The white highlighting is a little deceiving. Yes, I believe that you are right. The major problem with the theory of stamping another barrel with the number C 2766 and fitting that barrel to a Carcano to create a forgery is the fact that the forgers would need the original rifle at hand so they could place each character in precisely the correct position on the new barrel. And if they had the original in their hands ......Then why create a forgery???
The bullet and bullet fragments were matched to the rifle found on the sixth floor. I know that the FBI "CLAIMED" that the unbelievable, nearly pristine, bullet ( CE 399) was fired through the barrel of the carcano with the serial number C2766 ....And that is possible true....BUT there is no way to determine WHEN that projectile was fired from C 2766.
And anybody who believes that the small fragments could be matched to the barrel of any specific gun is an ignorant damned fool.