I'm sorry Charles..... The Tape that was used to lift the palm print was not 2 inches wide. That much should be obvious to you because the print was allegedly lifted from a carcano barrel that is 5/8 (.625) inches in diameter....Which means the circumference is 1.963 inches ( 2 inches). The print was reported to be approximately 3/4 inch ( .750 ) in diameter. .A print that was 750 inches in diameter on a barrel with a circumference of 2 inches would cover 38% of the barrels circumference. IOW the print would have wrapped over 1/3 of the way around the barrel...
If detective Day had placed a piece of 2 inchwide tape on that it would have surrounded the barrel. The official tale says that the print was on the bottom of the barrel The bottom of the barrel cannot be more than 1/2 inch ( each side would also be 1/2 inche anthe top section would also be 1/2 inch for a total of 2 inches) So why the hell would Day place a piece of tape around the barrel when the print was on the BOTTOM of the barrel?
Professor, the print cannot be "750 inches in diameter". Geeeze. The print takes up about 3/4 of the tape width, which is 3/4" for your 1" tape theory and 1 1/2" for my 2" tape theory. Have you even looked at the amount of print on the lift?
So lots of the palmprint showing on the barrel before disassembly. Now look below. See, I wrapped a two-inch-scale tape clear around the barrel, align the two linear features with the bayonet lug marks (the theory is that the lug marks stay on the barrel after the lug is moved out of the way) and showed the amount of the print visible on the assembled rifle.