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Originally Posted by Tog_
I asked my dad about this and he bought am M-1 Garand from Cline's (same place Oswald got his) in 1961. He paid $79 for the rifle and 600 rounds. By nearly any measure, the Garand was a better rifle. It's only real limitation was the requirement of using the 8 round clip. It was an internal clip and the rifle could not be used without it. After the 8th round was fired, the clip was ejected out the top of the rifle.
Until the Gun Control act of 1968, I think any person was free to buy a gun through any catalog. After 68, people were were required to go though a licenced dealer.
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Thanks for that.
So, had money not been a limitation (the Carcanno was, what, sub-$20 in 1963?), Oswald (or his handlers, which is what I'm discussing elsewhere) could have got an M1. Actually, it was the M1 I was wondering about...thanks!
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Originally Posted by Sam5
I have a copy of the same advertisement in the same issue of the American Rifleman that Oswald ordered his rifle out of. That particular offer was the lowest priced used military rifle in that issue of the magazine. Oswald was cheap.
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You answered another question I had...thanks!
I suspected it was bought by Oswald because it was cheap, and the rifle itself was pretty decent for the job he intended it for.
We'd covered the type of bullet and how it didn't tumble.
I found some data from a site covering firearms wounds that said the Carcanno required something in the region of 50cm of flesh before it would start tumbling.
This did bring up a question about the head hit, though, with someone else saying the bullet would not have caused the damage or broken up. Am I right in assuming that the skull would have been rather effective at blunting the bullet? I mean, there's a photo from the Warren Commission showing several Carcanno rounds that had been tested, with the "pristine" one by them for comparison. The one on the far right had been shot direct into a cadavers wrist and its front had clearly shattered...presumably the skull would have had an even worse effect on one?
Anyway...thanks for the info everyone!