10: You can't operate a Mannlicher Carcano as a single shot rifle
Not sure what that means but the FBI test shooter testified at the HSCA hearings that with CE-2766 you could not retract the bolt without moving your face away from the scope or the bolt would smack you in the eye. Not exactly a snipers smoothest move.
When he testified before the WC, FBI "expert" Robert Frazier was comparing the carcano to a Springfield 30.06 and said that the Carcano can be loaded with a single cartridge and fired as a single shot rifle.... Just like a 30.06.
Well I'm here to tell you that so called "EXPERT" was FOS!..... The Carcano CANNOT be fired as a single shot rifle simply by dropping a live cartridge into the breech and closing the bolt in preparation for firing a single shot. You would have no problem dropping the cartridge into the breech, but you would not be able to close and LATCH the bolt.... The design of the rifle prevents the bolt closure....
The Carcano CAN be used as a single shot rifle but it must be loaded in a different manner than the Springfield .......
Robert Frazier the "EXPERT" also said that the Carcano can be loaded with SEVEN cartridges..... The Carcano is a six shot rifle, and it CANNOT be loaded with seven cartridges.