The unwillingness of nuts like Martin and John I. to accept that Marina saw a rifle in the blanket despite her clear testimony on that point is a classic example of their dishonest and contrarian approach to this case.
You cherry-pick whatever it is you want to believe without considering all the evidence. Ruth Paine was there translating for Marina when the police were there and she said that Marina saw a part of a wooden stock that she
took to be a rifle. Just because Marina assumed something, that doesn't make it actually true. There are loads of examples of Marina claiming things that aren't true. Just because Marina thought there was a rifle in that blanket in late September / early October, that doesn't mean that there actually
was a rifle in that blanket, and it
certainly doesn't mean that there was a Mannlicher Carcano with serial number C2766 in that blanket.
[Richard's usual insults and strawman arguments deleted as irrelevant]