When I oil my guns...I oil the entire gun action and barrel because the outside of a weapon is also susceptible to rust and corrosion. Any idiot should know this.
None the less... I contend that if the rifle was dis-assembled... then naturally..even these moving parts would have been exposed and some traces of oil would have been found on the paper somewhere.
Excessive oiling of moving parts can lead to gumming and cause dirt to stick. A drop applied through a nozzle at a few key points is recommended, and some moving parts need no oil.
Qualifying rapidly for my above statement. No-- I don't drench guns in oil and I didn't suggest that...so we can cut the strawman crap. The bolt handle is one moving part that still requires light cleaning and any idiot knows that the
outside of the barrel is not a moving part.
Lt. J C Day testified that he did not find any fingerprints on the paper bag. However, the FBI miraculously did....even after it was contaminated with dust and everybody else's fingerprints.
This is qualified by this post--
Nobody knows who noticed the paper sack first. A lot of them found it there. None of them could say for certain who found it first.
Now--- where is
that stated in evidence? A sack on a broom handle was walked out the door like no one had touched it.