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Ct,I,Yft,Pooke& the Case of the Disappearing Mauser THE DEALEY PLAZA ECHO \j 6 I 45 — 7101 IPV 1 ct,i,yft,pooke& action rifle with telescopic sight. According to their Warren Commission testimonies, neither of these two men handled the weapon The Case of the but Weitzman stated to the Warren Commission that he described it as looking like a 7.65 Mauser.(1) It was later described as a 6.5 mm Mannlicher Carcano of Italian manufacture. This discrepancy in identification gave rise to various Disappearing theories over the next thirty years. Some said that there were two rifles found on the sixth floor, others that there had been a switch of weapons. Few of the critics were prepared to accept the possibility of a simple Mauser mistake. Very quickly present at the discovery site were Deputy Sheriff Luke THE RESEARCH DOCUMENTED by Mooney, Lt Carl Day, R L below began, as much of my work Chris Mills Studebaker and Captain Will Fritz. does, by accident. During the past two The bolt mechanism was operated by years I have been instrumental in Fritz and he ejected one live round assisting various members of Dealey their, five-inch barrel, original state. from the chamber, making four Plaza UK to obtain examples of Several Mannlicher Carcanos have rounds in total . One live round and deactivated firearms associated with also been found and put to good use three empty shell casings which had the JFK Assassination. This, I hasten as demo models at group meetings. been found earlier by the window.(2) to add, is not because I am some sort It was at one such meeting that the of arms dealer, or even that I am an Was it Likely? Chairman of Dealey Plaza UK, authority on weapons. but simply due Richard Livingstone, voiced his One of the first questions to be asked to my geographic location. My home in this instance is "Was it likely that a interest in obtaining a Mauser similar town of Nottingham. and the to the one allegedly found on the sixth conspirator/assassin would leave a Midlands area of England in 'general, floor of the TSBD after the Kennedy second weapon hidden in the TSB D?" is known for its many weapons assassination Firstly if one accepts that Oswald was dealers. This may be due in part to its in some way a 'Patsy' as he claimed industrial heritage but probably has On the surface this did not seem too to be, then someone went to a lot of mom to do with the siting of the Royal difficult a task. After all Mausers were trouble to link both Oswald to the Ordnance Factory on the outskirts of presumably more common, and weapon and the weapon to the crime. the city (not the sort of place you want indeed a better all round weapon, than If this is seen as a conspiracy and not to live next to in the event of a pre- the Carcano. My initial questioning a "lone nut" scenario, then it was emptive nuclear strike - thank God the of a local arms dealer quickly altered planned and executed well, witnessed Cold War is over). my perspective. by the fact that no-one has yet been Firearms regulations being far stricter The rifle found on the sixth floor had successfully prosecuted for it. What in Britain than in the US, all the been initially identified, not just as a reason could there be for leaving a weapons I have obtained have been Mauser, but specifically as a 7.65 mm second weapon on the sixth floor? deactivated. By far the easiest of these calibre Mauser and this description That it was left by accident or panic to come by areexamples of the .38 persisted for many hours. seems unlikely. Anyone who had Smith & Wesson Victory Model At 1.22 pm Deputy Sheriff Eugene arranged the planting of both the Revolver with which Oswald Boone accompanied by Deputy Carcano in the TSBD and a bullet at allegedly despatched Officer J D Constable Seymour Weitzman found, Parkland Hospital was hardly likely Tippit. These are quite common in hidden between some boxes, a bolt to have botched the job having a 30 THE. DEALEY PLAZA ECHO rogue Mauser left lying around and public opinion would force a US saw the rifle he described? Did such screaming conspiracy to the first invasion of Cuba (This would explain a model even exist? There were member of Dallas' finest to stumble the initial charge that Oswald several 7.65 m models made and I across it. This would seem to leave "assassinated the President of the have physically examined examples only two options. United States as part of an of all of these. International Communist 1) Deliberate planting of a second Belgian weapon Conspiracy") It is possible that, accepting this scenario, Johnson and The first was the Belgian Fabrique What reason could there be for his advisers feared a global conflict Nationale Fusil FN-Mauser Rifle leaving obvious evidence of would ensue should this knowledge 7.65 FN. This weapon is indeed a conspiracy for the police to find? One become public. A cover up may have Mauser and was first produced in immediately springs to mind. If there been instigated to prevent this, thus Belgium in 1889. It was made in two was a Mauser found, it must have the existence of a second weapon had versions, rifle and carbine (carabine). been intended that the fact of to be denied. I quickly dismissed the rifle as being conspiracy became public knowledge 2) Mistaken Identity a ringer for the Mannlicher as it has very quickly. This raises the a 51 inch total length. compared to Is it conceivable that the Carcano was, possibility of two conspiracies; one the Italian weapon's 40 inches. The initially, wrongly identified and that to kill the President using shooters FN Rifle's length would instantly for several hours the mistake from the TSB D and grassy knoll (and give away its early production date possibly other sites), the second - to remained unrectified? and would render it unable to be cover up the first. Mauser was, and is, a German confused with any later production In this scenario, one weapon, the company but it allows many other Mauser or Italian Carcano. An 11 Carcano, that was definitely linked to countries to produce "Mauser" inch difference in overall length a pro-Castro, communist weapons under licence. Mausers have would surely be an indication to any sympathiserwould be left. A bullet been made in their various forms knowledgeable observer of its age would be planted that linked the crime since the late nineteenth century.(3) (certainly well before WWII). (4) to the weapon. A second weapon, Because of Weitztrnan's specific Its sister weapon, the carbine is untraceable, would also be discovered description of the calibre, my research simply a shorter version of the rifle thus indicating a conspiracy not a lone concentrated on 7.65mm Mausers, and was originally intended for use assassin scenario. This would be done but included an examination of any by cavalry. This firearm is in the hope that the blame would be other likely candidates in the Mauser superficially similar to the laid firmly at the door of Fidel Castro stable . Was it even possible that Craig Mannlicher-Carcano Model 1938 6.5 mm (Oswald's alleged weapon). Its length matches the Italian weapon to within an inch or so. The bolt arm bends downward, again similar to the Carcano and unlike most other Mausers (including the rifle mentioned above, which has a straight bolt arm), and most importantly, the Belgian Carbine has a box magazine below the stock, in front of the trigger guard which mimics the alleged Fig 1.The Belgian Fabrique Nationale Fusil FN-Mauser Carbine 7.65 murder weapon. It 31 but this had prominent Arabic engraving on it which would have been easily recognisable. (7) Examining the Warren Commission testimonies of all those who were either present at the finding of the weapon, or arrived within a very short time, it would seem that the responsibility for identification Fig. 2. 1891 Carbine The Argentine Model (correctly or not) rests with Deputy Constable Seymour Weitzman. must be said that it also has features similarity ceases at the business end Officers Boone, Mooney, Studebaker, which are most dissimilar to a of the gun. Whereas the Carcano's Day and Fritz all deny identifying the Carcano. The FN - flail Carbine woodwork finishes a couple of inches rifle whilst Weitzman offers that he 7.65mm has a sleeved barrel, meaning short of the end of the barrel, the said "it looks like a 7.65 Mauser".(8) that the barrel of the gun is, effectively woodwork on the Argentine weapon Let's examine that statement. The first a tube within a tube. This was extends to its full length (6) thing that it implies is that Weitzman designed so that if the wooden stock There was one other 7.65 Mauser had seen a 7.65mm Mauser before, of the gun should warp due to damp weapon which was similar to the otherwise how would he know what conditions, the accuracy of the Argentine Carbine, a Turkish Model, a 7.65mm Mauser looked like? We weapon would not be affected. The overall visual effect of this design feature is to give a noticeably fatter barrel. (5) Argentine The only other 7.65 Mauser that comes close to fitting the bill is the Argentine Model 1891 Carbine (Fig. 2). Once again this is the shorter Cavalry version of the 1891 Argentine Mauser 7.65 Rifle.
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