Lee Harvey Oswald's Rifle

[@dillonc7955]

If this becomes a series, an episode on the gun that Gavrillo Princip used to kill Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary would be a good follow up episode I think.

[@bad74maverick1]

The .380 Browning 1910 is a neat and fun little gun for sure!

[@Anothercoverlover62]

Good call

[@ragnarragnarsson3128]

Yes, please. FN/Browning 1910 in 380 I believe it was.

[@rabbi120348]

Took the words right off my keyboard.

[@bradleyg7498]

My first thought aswell

[@jeffreyharris3440]

My mentor at a former job is a very dear friend, and as a life long resident of Dallas Texas, he loved to tell me stories of the town I just moved to. He said that a few decades ago he met an employee of the Texas Department of Education, who just so happened to work on the fifth story of the Texas Schoolbook Depository building. Yes, his office was directly under "that window". My friend asked him what it was like to work there. The employee said, "It's awful. Imagine working at your desk, standing up to take a break, and every time you look out the window, about a dozen strangers are pointing at you."

[@RandomDudeOne]

There was an employee of the depository, Harold Norman, watching the Presidential motorcade go by from that very window. He not only heard the three shots fired, but heard the bolt action of the rifle between the shots.

[@janm2473]

Well, I don't know about you, but I think the place should be demolished....The city most likely imagines that income is generated by tourists from that awful day....perhaps a small plaque in a new, smallish park would suffice. What say you, Jeff?

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@RandomDudeOne If I remember right Mr. Norman said he also heard the ejected brass hitting the floor above him.

[@user6008]

@@RandomDudeOne He also stated the last two shots were almost simultaneous, and couldn't say for sure where exactly both shots were fired from.

[@RandomDudeOne]

@@user6008 Where can I see that statement? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance. Edit: I went back and watched the video where Mr. Norman described what he heard. The video is on KZbin, it's called 'Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?', at 1:23:18 in the video he describes clearly hearing 3 separate shots fired from the window above. "Boom...click click......Boom.......click click.......Boom.......click click.........was how he described it.

[@emmgeevideo]

Just when I thought Mark Felton couldn't get any better, he comes out with this. He is a worldwide treasure.

[@y_ffordd]

A SE England treasure

[@sirloin8745]

@@y_ffordd ​ you think it was Lee Harvey Oswald that planted that rifle?

[@BaikalTii]

that's ridiculous. he did not correctly identify the origin of the scope and did not even bother to research how much ammunition Oswald purchased. poorly researched. he's just a grifter.

[@XwpisONOMA]

If you think that perpetuating the Harvey Oswald myth is "getting better" then my apologies but I feel sorry for you all.

[@emmgeevideo]

@@XwpisONOMA Why do people thing Oswald was a patsy? Maybe he wasn't the lone gunman, but he sure as hell was in the conspiracy if there was one.

[@mauricewascom658]

Thanks, Mr. Felton !!! 👍🏼😊

[@graysonwilliams4826]

If this is a new series, I’m very excited.

[@bobhill3941]

Me too.

[@nickknepper6417]

Not me

[@evanray8413]

Nah its episode 1 of 1. Lol

[@michaeldunham3385]

@@nickknepper6417 why?

[@CHlEFFIN]

@@michaeldunham3385 no reason - he’s simply the anonymous cybernetic contrarian. It’s best to not acknowledge their existence.

[@IsThisYourKing]

Mark Felton: the gift that keeps on giving. Thank you sir

[@b2tall239]

Almost.....you get 1st runner-up.

[@tone399]

@@b2tall239 Mark THE MAN WHO KEEPS ON GIVING - cmon guys, the format IS not that hard :D Ps. I am Just having fun with utmost respect for people involved. Dont bother.

[@Mr.Mouse1234]

Mark Felton continues to be THE MAN

[@orestodomundo6652]

How about Ric Flair 😂

[@dixinbuttz44]

same comment everytime

[@b2tall239]

Nice, but you have to work on it a bit.....

[@MothaLuva]

What? You thought he might make a gender change because of YOU ?

[@tone399]

Ha, awesome. I thought I was alone! Thank you Mr. FELTON.

[@cathydoyle8804]

I likee the way you tell histories stories !No romancing or anything like! Thank you for all the research and hard work on your videos! Keep them coming!

[@user6008]

Disinformation is what this is as JFK wasn't killed by Oswald, regardless of the fact that Lee Was responsible for the death of the 35th president.

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

New series on my favourite history history Channel? Yes please!

[@unr74]

As I recall, the scope on the Carcano was not a WWll Italian scope , rather a one from a company in Hollywood, California. I believe I read that in the Warren Commission Report. The S&W Victory revolver was reworked into snub nose configuration post WWll. I think they originally had a 4” barrel. They were still on the surplus market as late as the 1980s . Note; they were chambered for .38 S&W, not .38 Special. In mid-1963 surplus WWll rifles were everywhere. $15 could buy you a Carcano, Mauser,Enfield SMLE or an M-1 carbine. Ah, the good old days.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Victory models were made in both calibers.

[@unr74]

@@WALTERBROADDUS thanks, I didn’t know that.

[@hubertwalters4300]

@@WALTERBROADDUS True,the .38S&W was made for the British under the lend lease program,they had a 5 inch barrel,the .38 Special with a 4 inch barrel was made for the US forces.

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

The Carcano had to have the scope remounted so that the target could be seen in the scope at 70 yards! Personally i like to see the target in the scope IN THE MIDDLE OF CROSS HAIRS at any time but apparently he dint think it was needed to see the target he was shooting at! 🤦‍♂🤣

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

@@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 where did you get that from?

[@Cody_Cigar]

This is a fantastic idea for a series! From Vasily Blokhins Pistol to the derringer that killed Lincoln, there's a lot of infamous weapons with very interesting stories.

[@statementleaver8095]

Hmm. Lincoln....Killed in Kennedy Continental Kennedy killed in Lincoln Continental 🤔🤔🤔🧐🧐👀👀🙊🙊

[@davidbowman2716]

Vasily had a brief case with german guns.

[@rubiconnn]

I'd like to see one about Gaddafi's pistol.

[@Fosi94]

A man of knowledge I see.

[@Philobiblion]

Another amazing production by Mark Felton. An habitual abuser of KZbin, I watch way more YT in my retirement than I ever did television when I was employed. What I find astounding are the tight production values of every Felton Production. He nails his topic and usually in around ten minutes. An impatient and peevish person, I have seen (but not watched) many videos about very mundane subjects that hang in there for 13, 15, 19 minutes, all to explain how to get a wine stain out of one's shirt, or how to tie a knot that one can untie in three seconds. The economy of these videos, that doesn't play to the bottom feeders, but constantly tests the viewer who has been paying attention, by framing topics in ways that stimulate the the pedestrian history buff, but that also satisfy the professional historian. Thank you, Mark Felton. You are the best teacher I have ever encountered, and I was a university librarian and administrator for 43 years, and my speciality is at the opposite end of Mark Felton's deserved position as a brilliant thought-provoker and explainer. I could expand on any subject concerning academic administration, ad infinitum.

[@bevinboulder5039]

The things you find out you never knew about events that you lived through during your life is astounding! Thank you Dr. Felton.

[@thephaze3]

Infamous Weapons.. way to grab my attention again Mark. Please continue this series, and am stunned to see the growth your channel has experienced the last year or two. Hope you're living the good life!

[@deadhorse1391]

The 4-power telescope, made by Ordnance Optics, had been attached to the rifle by a gunsmith at Klein's Sporting Goods , was made in Japan and wasn’t an Italian scope

[@caroltenge5147]

I remember those Kleins ads. Hunters Lodge too..

[@777SFINN777]

So the gov. just so happened to find Oswald and just so happened to place him as the shooter. The gov. didn't want to give the weapons up for examination by a third party none gov. agency, the gov. imprisoned the man who killed Ozy and he died in prison. Wow. just wow.

[@maean7410]

@@777SFINN777 conspiracy cels SEETHING at TRUE AND HONEST government chads

[@777SFINN777]

@Mae An so such thing as "federal chads". If you can't see that this is suspect as all hell then Idk whT else to say to you. Not that winning you over is imperative or anything.

[@robertbanks8870]

@@777SFINN777 It was also reported (on the Boiling Frog IIRC) that Ruby had died of pancreatic cancer. At autopsy his organs were found riddled witn cancer, except oddly his pancreas. Apparently the "conspiracy" theory supposed that he had been injected with cancerious cells while awaiting trial. He never made it to trial.

[@phonicwheel933]

Interesting video. Thanks for posting Mark. Just a couple of points: At 2:58 the video says that, "the rifle was found at the sniper's nest". The rifle was actually found between some boxes on the sixth floor near the top of the stairs at the north west corner of the TSBD, diagonally opposite the sniper's nest. At 3:37 the video says that, "Oswald was not found in the book depositary building". While climbing the north west stairs with the TSBD supervisor, Roy Truly, policeman, Marrion Baker, spotted Oswald standing in the doorway of the second floor lunchroom facing into the lunchroom. Baker aimed his gun at Oswald and told him to come forward. When Truly confirmed that Oswald was an employee, both Baker and Truly continued up the stairs to search the TSBD. Oswald then entered the back door of the clerical office, on the second floor, where he was seen by Jeraldean Reid. He crossed the office leaving via the office front door and went down the south east stairs to exit the TSBD at the front entrance. He was carrying an unopened bottle of coke.

[@2Tubist]

It was a Dr. Pepper

[@phonicwheel933]

@@2Tubist Oswald did prefer Dr. Pepper, but from the Warren Commission report, page 6: _Within about 1 minute after his encounter with Baker and Truly, Oswald was seen passing through the second-floor offices. In his hand was a full "Coke" bottle which he had purchased from a vending machine [on the west wall] in the lunchroom [on the second floor]._

[@AaronMark-ns8df]

You are correct. Well done.

[@phonicwheel933]

@@AaronMark-ns8df Thanks

[@CPAndy-x5x]

A Dallas policeman interviewed said that when a roll call was done just after lunch (after the shooting) Oswald was the only employee missing. (Did he leave with his "curtain rods?")

[@EnduringFoliage]

I'd start a TV broadcasting company just to give Dr Felton his own station

[@deadeyeduncan5022]

Why move from the internet to a dying media though?

[@jsldj]

He should at least have a streaming channel on Pluto TV!

[@MIMALECKIPL]

@@deadeyeduncan5022 TV is not so much dying. Is more heading towards VOD and Interactive.

[@rvre]

@@MIMALECKIPL no it's indeed dying.

[@tomhenry897]

TBS started as a UHF Can do a lot with a Low power UHF like get on cable, sell to other UHFs etc

[@bobhill3941]

This series is going to be great.

[@anthonysoprano7066]

Great idea for a series Dr Felton. People appreciate greatly the work you put out 🙏

[@retiredguyadventures6211]

Back in the early and mid 60's I was a teenager and used to deer hunt with my father and uncles in Pennsylvania. They did not have a lot of extra money to buy new guns, and since most of them were WW2 vets, they bought and hunted with old WW2 bolt action rifles. My aunt actually hunted with an old Italian 6.5 rifle that was just like Oswald's rifle. I remember those days when you could buy a M1 Garand for $89.95. Same gun today will start at over $2000.00...

[@ericschneider8524]

1963 an ounce of gold was two hundred dollars. Today it's two thousand. The fed has destroyed the dollar.

[@NashonHanselman]

I'm guessing you tried to shoot some of those bolt action rifles to see how fast you could shoot three shots?

[@Northeastbaseball]

It's not as long as one would think. A little practice and one can work the bolt fairly well.

[@EugeneLorey]

Picture is fake, head out of proportion to the body.

[@davewallace8219]

The chin...is not oswalds​@@EugeneLorey

[@lukeskywalker1840]

This really belongs on television. The quality of production is insane.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Not so much!

[@aaronz7056]

Not true, blatantly so.

[@melchior2678]

Insane? You mean insanely well done?

[@WarBrickproductions]

Yes New Mark Felton

[@michaelchristensen5421]

The US FBI recently re classified all information on this for another 25 or 50 years. This tells me someone in the detail is still alive and they are protecting them.

[@kennethtomaszewski3795]

The driver did it

[@proudveteran4696]

This tells me that a revolution would commence with the truth, our corrupt govt can’t be believed

[@michaelchristensen5421]

@Proud Veteran KITDFOHS, our government is so bad right now with all the lies. It has progressively gotten worse over the last 30 years. I haven't watched US news sources for 17 years now, so I can get the known facts and unbiased opinion. Not false lies to spun a narrative that our news has become so great at doing

[@aloeisthestuff9622]

The US wont survive another 25-50.

[@halenherndon1218]

Listen to the blowback podcast season 2 covering the CIA’s relationship with the Kennedy’s through his term and their distaste for him after the bay of pigs and operation mongoose. It will make your hair stand up

[@premierhoner614]

I can't help it, but I just love this intro music. Very interesting stories you provide to us. Thank you very much Mark for all your efforts.. May we see much more of your fascinating videos........

[@bigdaddydaddy3203]

Me too that music is bad ass when I hear it say oh ole Mark is at it again👍🏼

[@ARIXANDRE]

What a fantastic idea for a series, Dr. Felton. I'm already eager for the next episodes!

[@y_ffordd]

This is a series? I thought its a one off.

[@firefighter5437]

Dr Felton’s worldly knowledge is truly amazing. Thank you for being the modern day history channel. Without talking about aliens.

[@doorswhofan]

The scope was actually manufactured in Japan and imported into the US via a company in Hollywood, CA. called Ordnance Optics. It was actually a 4 X 18 scope designed for a .22 caliber rimfire rifle and was not at all suited to the 6.5 mm Carcano. The scope mount was also of Japanese manufacture, but was originally designed under a contract from the Chilean government for Mauser sniper rifles their army had in its possession. Klein's in Chicago was likely able to get these extra components on the cheap, and simply move them out the door for a few extra dollars above basic retail for the Carcano and turn a profit. But from any kind of a knowledgeable perspective, neither the scope nor the mount were really suited to the rifle in question.

[@JBliehall]

True, except that tests by the US Army and the FBI proved the MC was more than capable in killing JFK. The final shot was only 86 yards.

[@lauchlanguddy1004]

@@JBliehall worst shot in the army and best shots , with lots of practice just managed it.

[@828enigma6]

FBI initial tests indicated the scope was badly misaligned to the rifle and Oswald couldn't have struck Kennedy with it. This misalignment could have been caused by the police sloppy handling of evidence. It's also entirely possible Oswald knew the scope was badly misaligned and used the iron sights instead. At the distance he is believed to have fired from, lethal hits were entirely possible. 86 yards is not a long distance for a practiced rifleman.

[@rodgerrodger1839]

Thanks for answering a few questions for me. I've read in many publications that the scope " itself" was a cheap Japanese knock-off with very low power, as you said. We went to the book depository and it's very interesting to visit it for yourself. I don't know how much target shooting or hunting you do ( I target shoot, I'm not big on killing animals), then you'll know how difficult it is to hit a moving target at 80 yds. Especially with a cheap low power scope, and you're under a staggering amount of stress and pressure and terrified of what's going to happen to you afterward. How often did Oswald practice? Who sighted in the scope and at what distance? They also mention the gun being disassembled at one point. By whom? When? If you have a chance to go to the book depository, go. It really is a fascinating and unsettling look at our history up close. It's a tear jerker. Thank you very much for your input. Stay safe in this mad world.

[@CraigOpperman-e5z]

​@@828enigma6you can c look early see the head shot to the right of JFK's temple as an entrance shot in the zspruder film.Had it actually came from behind, Kennedy would have moved forward and there would have been a huge exit wound to the front of f his head.

[@duanetrivett750]

Good video Mark.

[@itZsparkiii]

Fascinating new topic! Most people knows the basic history of major events but learning about what happened to specific items used within the events is so interesting.

[@scout3058]

I used to work a security job in Glenarden, MD. The building that stored these items (and many others) was part of our patrol area. One of the lobby guards and I became friends and he took me in the storage area once, to show me around. He showed me box these were in, and he opened it so I could see them. I didn't get to touch them, though. The building used to stand at the SW corner of Evarts St and Brightseat Rd, across from the Landover mall. I think there's a gas station or liquor store on that site now.

[@brianarbenz7206]

Good thing you didn't get to touch them. Your finger prints someday being found by one of the many crusading investigators could get you snared in the next conspiracy theory! 😏

[@scout3058]

@brianarbenz7206 Imagine that headline: "US Marine born 7 years after assassination of JFK gave Oswald rifle. DOD linked directly to murder in Dealy Plaza." 😆😆😆

[@brianarbenz7206]

@@scout3058 Some of the conspiracy believers would have gotten around that inconvenient fact. They'd claim a faked birth record, your chin being different in one picture than in another, or you name it.

[@aa2339]

It really looks like there was some glitch in the time space continuum that day.

[@mv0gel]

oh my god Mark Felton and the JKF incident! Couldnt ask for more! Brazilian fan here.

[@sanctifiedandsaved5298]

Only one correction - the rifle was not discovered by the alleged snipers nest, it was found between boxes by the stairwell descending to the lower flows of the Texas State Book Depository building - this was an excellent documentation of this historical weapon.

[@jethro1963]

I was going to say the same thing, the gun was not found at the sniper's nest.

[@QED_]

Right . . .

[@QED_]

There are actually multiple errors in this video. For example, he keeps referring to Oswalds handgun as a "pistol" . . . when it's a revolver. This makes me question the reliability of all of his videos . . .

[@dmytro732]

@@QED_ revolvers are often referred to as pistols in British English

[@aknightwhosaysni2475]

@@QED_ My God man, give him a break, everyone makes little mistakes. Yet it makes you question his validity?? Besides, you should research for yourself and don't take anything anyone says as gospel

[@jackfis1]

fun fact regarding the photo of the forensic officer holding the rifle above his head. The individual was simply bringing the rifle to the basement to hand it over to the FBI, when coming out of the elevator (or stairs?) he faced a horde of journalists waiting for an update from police so he raised the weapon up to prevent anyone from touching it. So he was not "showing off" as many thought...

[@kazkazimierz1742]

If it's the photo I am thinking of, that rifle has a different sling configuratiion.

[@jackfis1]

@@kazkazimierz1742 The rifle the police seized from from the library where the shooting took place

[@radar0412]

Good thing he held Oswald's rifle up so nobody could contaminate it. Somebody might have contaminated Oswald's fingerprints which were clearly on the Carcano rifle!

[@kazkazimierz1742]

@@radar0412 It was a palm print. The FBI found no prints on the gun. T he palm print showed up after a couple of Dallas cops took the gun to the funeral home where LHOs body was kept. According to the funeral home owner they cops put the palm print on the gun there.

[@stealthhumor]

@Jeepus Chrysler You've watched "Full Metal Jacket" too many times.

[@DavidFraser007]

I'm going to love this new series, one of the most intriguing assassinations in history. It happened during my lifetime.

[@stephenclemence5856]

But you'll never know what actually happened

[@user6008]

@@stephenclemence5856 Actually some of are aware of the truth, which is why the cover up exists.

[@tombarnes1871]

A well researched documentary!!

[@still_guns]

Hi Mark. I love your content. Would you ever consider telling the story of the last remaining German A7V tank, Mephisto?

[@browngreen933]

Almost certainly the Oswald rifle telescopic scope was NOT WW2 Italian made as claimed. Rather it was a 4x made in Japan "Ordnance Optics" (also "Hollywood") scope. It even says that on the display at 5:55. This is gonna be a great series!

[@kellykeefe3610]

There is no way the scope pictured was a military scope.

[@bobholtzmann]

The scope on the rifle wasn't sighted. The Army Lab had to shim it in order to do ballistic tests for the Warren Commission..

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

@@bobholtzmann The fact that the 'scope wasn't zeroed-in was what first led to my understanding that Oswald was the shooter after all...

[@bobholtzmann]

​@@tooleyheadbang4239 The Army lab reported they needed 3 shims for the sight to line up with the target. This fact alone would tell us about whether this was the weapon of the shooter.

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

@@bobholtzmann It would certainly tell us why his first shot missed.

[@chesspiece81]

As someone who grew up and have shot guns my entire life and would consider myself a much better than average shooter. It would be extremely difficult to get off 3 shots off with a bolt action rifle, much less 3 shots in a high stress situation like that. Like Mark, I'm not saying he did or didn't do it, but it would be an extremely difficult shot to make.

[@aaronz7056]

Oswald scored 18 out of 20 in rapid fire at targets 200 yards away in the Marines, and he had 8-9 seconds in the assassination.

[@jwg9338]

@@aaronz7056 Sounds like the perfect fall guy...

[@franclin0]

​@@aaronz7056exactly, also 8 to 9 seconds to get off 2 shots, not 3. As you know, 1st shot starts the clock, it's not already running. How anyone can't see how easy it would be for a former marine sharpshooter to get off 2 shots in 8 to 9 seconds, is beyond me.

[@aaronz7056]

@@jwg9338 In that case we look forward to you explaining how the people framing this fall guy knew: - he would show up at the Paine house Nov. 21, otherwise they can't pretend he smuggled the rifle - he wouldn't simply stand out on the sidewalk during the parade - nobody would ever find any bullets or fragments that don't match to his gun - the guy planting a bogus bullet at the hospital within one hour of the shooting has any idea a bullet needs planting at all or that he's not simply planting one bullet into evidence too many and blowing the whole plot - Oswald would immediately flee the plaza - Oswald would help frame himself getting ID'd by nearly a dozen witnesses as the man seen shooting a cop and fleeing - he would get caught red-handed trying to shoot a second cop - he would lie to police and refuse to cooperate with any investigator - he would refuse help from the President of the Dallas Bar Association during their interview - he would act so smug and placid he would even convince his own brother he was guilty - he would make no attempt to blurt out anything about any conspiracy and instead would just shrug a hollow, rambling reply when asked on live TV, "Did you shoot the President?" - they can safely count on scores and scores of witnesses, ballistics experts, police, FBI, Secret Service, military personnel, doctors, x-ray technicians, photographers, Oswald family members, whole commissions, etc., to obey illegal orders to commit grave crimes and bend over backwards making themselves all loyal accessories to murder and treason...

[@jimwarrong]

Who sighted in the scope? If Owald, when and where. I doubt it was done by the Italian refurbishers.

[@MichaelPelestano-it4ym]

Great to see Mark really come into his own Great historian

[@theleeunit1189]

The scope mounted on Oswald's rifle was a 4 X Ordnance Optics Inc. Hollywood CA 010 Japan. Not an Italian WW2 Military scope as stated in this video.

[@fredmullison4246]

Yep, was gonna post this. Question; was Ordnance Optics the importer for the 4x18 scope which was made in Japan?.....OO was not the manufacturer I'm guessing.

[@raypurchase801]

...so the Japanese helped to kill JFK? And Hollywood assisted? Wow! (Silly joke.)

[@QED_]

There are actually multiple errors in this video. For example, he keeps referring to Oswalds handgun as a "pistol" . . . when it's a revolver. This makes me question the reliability of all of his videos . . .

[@danjohnston3422]

@@QED_ In fairness, mate - that's not a distinction a ton of people would make. I'm a gun nerd and I differentiate between pistols and revolvers, but not everyone does. Seems a slim reed upon which to hang a broad scepticism regarding Dr. Felton's entire work...

[@QED_]

@@danjohnston3422 Sure . . . but here it's relevant because multiple cartridges were found next to Tippit's body. So "Oswald" shot Tippit . . . then stopped to eject each of the shells from the revolver (not pistol) so that police could find them later (?)

[@johnryan8546]

Interesting segment Mark, thanks. Surplus weapons have always had some nostalgia to me

[@gradyhernandez4699]

It was an Argentina Mauser one report said

[@garyyoung9085]

Lees Scope on his Carcano was an Ordinance optics of Hollywood scope made in Japan!!! The mount was a cheap sheet metal commercial item. It wasnt an Italian military telecopic sight. A trivial point in a great video though Dr Mark , keep them flowing

[@davo2003hd]

Bingo! Thank you pointing that out.

[@bryantblake1877]

I had a Brescia 6.5 Carcano carbine, WWII bring back w/o scope, which I always thought was the same type rifle used in the Kennedy assasination. But, after watching your video I realize the Kennedy rifle was actually more a rifle length weapon than mine. While I have personal opinions on the circumstances of the shooting, one will never change. Marine riflemen are well known for their marksmanship but regardless of their skills I could never be convinced a rifle like I owned, even using a scope, could have made the shot(s) that killed President Kennedy. The rifle shown in your video, doable in the hands of very well trained shooter, with a lot of luck. Another of your well researched and prepared videos, Dr. Felton!

[@Jmr-o5e]

Why “with a lot of luck”? The shooting took 8.3 seconds, maximum distance was 80 yards with a 4x scope on a target moving just 11mph and in a mostly straight line away from shooter. A totally do-able shot.

[@marioacevedo5077]

Great episode but I'm disappointed that you didn't mention the other man allegedly murdered that day by Oswald, Dallas police officer J D Tippet. Hopefully in future episodes you'll discuss the FN1910 used by Gavrilo Princip to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, the guns used by the police in the ambush of Bonnie and Clyde, and the dueling pistols that resulted in the shooting death of Alexander Hamilton.

[@courtneygreenhill8935]

Well I can answer that even tho u probably don't want me too....He wasn't the PRESIDENT!!! and he didn't kill him with that gun ...

[@addmix]

If he should've mentioned that, he should have mentioned that JFK was assassinated with help from the CIA.

[@slowturtle6745]

I like the "allegedly". The CIA approves this video.

[@JorgeMendez-kn5ql]

@@slowturtle6745 There never was an official investigation into the Tippit murder. Various eyewitness accounts (and an improbable sequence of events) contradict the "official" narrative.

[@martysmith5260]

You are right. J.D. Tippet is not to be forgotten. But let's drop the "allegedly. " No one is going to sue you for slander or libel.

[@Br0nzeBar0n]

Absolutely love the theme song

[@kennethrouse7942]

Thank you for another most interesting and informative video, Dr. Felton. Author Stephen Hunter wrote a novel where the hero proved that Oswald was a lone assassin. Now then, he added a lengthy appendix at the end where he speaks of actually inspecting the Carcano and Tasco scope supplied with it. He stated that the fit of the scope to the rifle was so bad that the seller included a metal shim for placing between the scope mount and the receiver of the rifle. This shim was missing when Hunter examined it. He opined that it was one thing if it had become lost over time. If it was never there to begin with, "someone got away with murder." 🤔

[@coryhoggatt7691]

Not quite. The scope and mount were not made for the rifle, the mount was simply screwed into the side of the stock by the seller. When the FBI test fired it, they found that the impact of the rounds was outside the view of the scope. It was they who added shims to make the scope functional for further tests.

[@aaronz7056]

Oswald did it, everything points right at it.

[@hawaiisidecar]

Well done, Mark.

[@firstcynic92]

Interesting. You could also do episodes on John Wilkes Booth's derringer and Gavrilo Princip's FN 1910.

[@nonamesplease6288]

How about Guiteau's British Bulldog and Czolgasz's Iver Johnson revolvers?

[@WestSideGorilla1980]

Good idea

[@johnkesich8696]

"Oswald was not found at the TSBD"?! The first officer on the scene and Oswald's supervisor passed him in the lunchroom on their way upstairs.

[@mrderp1292]

You ought to do a video on the Beretta model 1934 that killed Gandhi sometime.

[@MarkFeltonProductions]

Of course

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

CORRECTION: Paul Groody, the Funeral Home Director who prepared Oswald's body, Testified On Camera, that as he was preparing Oswald's body late one night, Agents showed up and insisted on some Alone Time with Oswalds body. After this Groody had to clean off Ink from Oswald's hands and it was obvious that Oswald's Fingerprints had been Lifted. Previously the Government had NO FINGERPRINTS being found on the Rifle, but within days of this Incident it was announced that a previously Clean Rifle now had a Palm Print from Oswald on it!! You do the Math on that one! You run into so many of these Twists and Turns on 90 Percent of what the Government has told us when you honestly look into the Evidence of the JFK Assassination!

[@ronniebishop2496]

Hahahaha 😅yes

[@jetcat132]

Thank you Oliver Stone. Printing a dead suspect was standard procedure in order to insure that the body was the person in question. Not a big deal. And the prints? Guess what? Lt. Day of the DPD found a palm print on the underside of the barrel after disassembling the rifle the evening of 11/22/63, and he also photographed a print on the trigger housing at the same time. Both belonged to Oswald. The FBI took possession of the Carcano late that night but were unable to locate the prints because Day had already worked the rifle over. It wasn’t until the next day that they found out about the prints Day had pulled. There was nothing diabolical involved. You may go back to your viewing of JFK now.

[@ronniebishop2496]

@@jetcat132 You mean that Oswald really did shoot Kennedy?

[@jetcat132]

@@ronniebishop2496 Absolutely

[@ronniebishop2496]

@@jetcat132 So many questions just keep coming up. If it was just Oswald wouldn’t it had been over, like Booth who killed Lincoln

[@chvfd687]

As usual sir YOU'VE NAILED IT! Looking forward to this becoming a series hopefully. One I'd like to see would be the "palm squeeze" type of pistol used in the assassination of President William McKinley.

[@mrderp1292]

The pistol was a surplus Smith and Wesson .38 caliber "Victory Model" (military version of the Model 10) that had been cut down to a snub nose. Thousands of these things were sold as surplus to gun stores and sporting goods after the war and given to gunsmiths for modifications to then be sold on the civilian market. You see them messed up in all kinds of ways - cut down barrels, nickel plating, cheap plastic "pearl handle" grips, etc. It's getting quite hard to find these things in just regular surplus condition anymore. They came with a gray parkerized finish, 4" or 5" barrel, plain smooth wood grips, and a lanyard loop of the bottom of the grip frame.

[@bad74maverick1]

I've got one with a two inch barrel and front sight moved back. British Proofs and a British re-armored stamp. Either for armored use of pilot use. Later FTR'd at one point. Retains its parkerization with some wear. Was my first carry gun. Victory models also had V prefix before the serial number.

[@derekp2674]

@@bad74maverick1 We had eight ex-British service ones in our Revolver and Pistol Club when I was at uni. Four had been 'targetised' and were worn out after heavy use. The other four were in unmodified service specification and lightly used. The best of those locked up really nicely and would shoot 1" groups at 25 yards.

[@bad74maverick1]

@@derekp2674 Man I wish mine would do that! I'm glad it hit center mass at 50 feet lol. I have a spare surplus barrel I thought about taking it back to factory but it was FTR'd that way, so the Brits left the modification after the rebuild. Part of its history I guess.

[@rickn8or]

Another the not-often-mentioned modification was boring the cylinder through to convert the .38 S&W (U.S., British equivalent .38-200) to .38 Special. Both the .38 S&W and the .38-200 were slightly larger in diameter, so shooting the .38 Special resulted in bulged cases and difficult extraction, along with sloppy accuracy. BTW, weren't the cartridge cases found at the Tipppit murder scene .380s? Seem strange that Oswald would shoot Officer Tippett with a revolver, reload and dump the spent cartridges, then hustle down to the theater.

[@derekp2674]

@@bad74maverick1 At uni we also had a Browning Hipower with German acceptance marks. It was so badly worn that it would rarely get more than 2 out of 10 shots on target at 25 yards.

[@hellskitchen10036]

I recreated a Carcano exactly as Oswald 's. Right down to every detail in the 70's, even the cheap japanese scope. Fired at 3 different targets, in succession in the same time frame, distance and angles and was able to recreate his to every detail. I was in high school when JFK was killed and was obsessed to find out if it could be done...it could. The Carcano is not a cheap crappy rifle, it was made with quality and expertise workmanship, not what was reported at the time. Never underestimate a marine with a rifle.

[@allensteiner1]

There is a video on this type of rifle by Forgotten Weapons. It's one of the best rifles ever made, very accurate, precise weapon. It was sold cheaply in the US at the time so it was easy to say Oswald used a sub par rifle and claim there were other shooters.

[@coryhoggatt7691]

It was a reasonably precise rifle. Totally irrelevant to accuracy. Unless you know where to point the barrel in space to cause the round to go where you want it to you won’t hit the target. They don’t teach you how to do that in boot camp.

[@hellskitchen10036]

@@allensteiner1 I bought the carcano from the used milsup bin for 49.99 at an army & navy store in jersey when I came back from nam. Ran a few patches though it, formed a sight mount from a piece of sheet metal and screwed it into the receiver. but I get it ,people just couldn't believe that some schlubb could take out the most popular president in american history, so now we have conspiracy theories. ...but it is what it is. (I was a pretty tough kid in 1963 but I still cried like a baby for days.)

[@ronniebishop2496]

That’s funny, no other experts were able to make those shots.

[@bangochupchup]

I noticed the Marlin 336C in the newspaper ad. My dad bought one for me in 1975. My first deer rifle.

[@tonyk1584]

I have been in the Texas Book Depository building and looked out that window. I have also been in Ford's Theater in D.C. Both places are in their own way very eerie.

[@randallmarsh1187]

Yes, so have I. For those claiming the shot was next to impossible they really need to go to the book depository. The shots were very, very easy and most boys in school back in that day and age could have made those shots. The only question I had was why did he not take the shot when the limousine was coming straight towards him and passed right under the window rather than wait until it turned and was headed away.

[@johnfrancis2215]

@@randallmarsh1187 what about the guys seen with rifles near the grassy knoll, Oswald was a stool pigeon

[@randallmarsh1187]

@@johnfrancis2215 I have not seen or heard anything corroborated about people on the grassy knoll with weapons. Suffice it to say that given any situation there will always be people who claim to have seen something.......until they have to swear under oath, witness the whole Don the Con election BS! I agree Oswald was a clown who could have been swayed very easily, but that doesn't mean he didn't do it.

[@Jmr-o5e]

@@johnfrancis2215 no guy was seen with rifles on the grassy knoll. And oswald was clearly shooting his gun. Wake up.

[@midway512]

At 2:54 you refer to the Carcano as an "Italian infantry carbine fitted with a World War II Italian Army telescopic sight" when the scope was actually an inexpensive Japanese-made commercial 4x18 telescopic sight that was imported into the USA by a company called Ordnance Optics, Inc. in Hollywood, California. Klein's Sporting Goods bought the scopes & mounts from Ordnance Optics & then installed them on Mausers & Carcanos.

[@codaalive5076]

Good catch, he would have hard time hitting anything so fast with wwii scope. Japanese wasn't much better beside not being set correctly. Strange event.

[@sanderson9338]

​@@codaalive5076 simo hayha a world war 2 sniper laughs at you. Why couldnt a weapon from then fire fast and accurate. Ever heard of the M1 Garand the Lee Endield or mauser 98 and they were bolt action

[@codaalive5076]

@@sanderson9338 Try taking 3 shots with bolt action rifle in ~5,6 seconds with very little aiming, you might be very surprised.... I agree bolt action rifles are very precise, probably still more than semi auto. Simo was specialist for iron sights, great shooter for sure.

[@philsurtees]

@@codaalive5076 Well, I can't shoot, but I've seen people who can, in conditions set up to mimic Dealy Plaza, and they were able to do it easily, with the same weapon.

[@codaalive5076]

@@philsurtees No you didn't because they can't produce the magic bullet. I know people who could probably shoot a person with at that conditions using iron sights but no one using that bad scope. They claim 3 shots in 5,5s with magic bullet and wtc 7...

[@justinallen6934]

Thank you for the awesome video Dr. Felton! Like many Americans, I’ve always wondered the truth to the JFK assassination. In my opinion, this is the point in American history where people really began to question the governments validity.

[@Fosi94]

Sames as 9 11. The gov did it.

[@user6008]

JFK's assassination was solved in 1992. Read Bonar Menninger's book - Mortal Error- The shot that killed JFK.

[@lila2028]

Fascinating!

[@davidmoss4280]

Oswald’s Mannlicher Carcano rifle wasn’t found in the snipers nest, it was partly hidden amongst boxes near the lift and staircase diagonally opposite to the snipers nest on the 6th floor of the Texas School Depository Building on Elm Street Dealey Plaza.

[@rufus-h4h]

The "alleged" snipers nest.

[@davidmoss4280]

@@rufus-h4h It was obviously the snipers nest, plenty of evidence, spent cartridges, critical witnesses, Howard Brennan unmistakably saw the shooter, Harold Norman and his work colleagues right below the shooter unmistakably heard the shots from above. Some people don’t like the truth, indoctrinated with conspiracy theories.

[@aujay]

@@rufus-h4h Most probably not a protective or a snipers next, but rather a random positioning of boxes which were stacked due to Roy Truly (T.B.D Supervisor) and his crew of workers were also involved in plywood flooring of the 6th level. So you would imagine many boxes would need to be moved and or stacked out of the way for said replacement of the flooring boards. Now, as Oswald worked on a number of floors including the 6th, it could be one of the main reasons that Dallas Police, who dusted for prints on those boxes would be an almost pointless process, as Oswald most probably moved a number of these boxes during his day to day work duties or if he assisted with the flooring work.

[@davidmoss4280]

@@aujay This was definitely the snipers nest and there are a number of reasons for this which are. 5 x witnesses saw a person/rifle at the window, including the most crucial eye witness Howard Brennan, Harold Norman was right below on the 5th floor and he felt the dust on his head and heard the casings hitting the floor.The boxes were strategically placed next to the window away from the pile of stacked boxes that bordered the room. The shell casings and empty rifle bag (which had blanket fibres from Ruth Paine’s garage) was in the snipers nest, and Oswald’s prints were on the boxes (which you would expect) but in a place not typical for handling.The amount of evidence that shows this was the snipers nest is astounding but some people just don’t want to believe.

[@51brianh]

@@davidmoss4280 Have you ever read Howard Brennan's testimony? He failed to identify LHO at that sham ' Line-up" 5 hours after the assassination and even after seeing LHO on TV! All the rest of your post is pure Warren Commission poppycock.

[@RJStone1983]

Great episode

[@Mark-wx8lp]

Seeing an M1 Garand for 90 bucks in the paper is the real story here.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

You have to work an inflation ratio to see what $90 would amount to today. $90 for a Garand sounds cheap however Garands were always expensive, hence $90 for a Garand from Kleins vs. $20 for a Carcano with a scope.

[@matteowatteo1296]

Oswald took the job at the book depository on Oct 15th. Long before the motorcade route was made known to the public.

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

They changed the parade route to go in front of the depository

[@davewallace8219]

​@@BrianSmith-yq7ystrue!

[@red9man2130]

Mark that scope on the Carcano was NOT Italian Military issue but a Tasco Scope (commercial usa made). Furthermore the "news" reports at the time FIRST stated the Rifle found was a MAUSER.

[@derekp2674]

The 1st rule of journalism is 'never let facts get in the way of a good story'.

[@jacopofolin6400]

Well considering newsing outlets werent (and aren't) realy Expert on weapons (like when they Said that Bradley are tanks) they could have Just confused, the carcano isn't that much different from a mouser

[@maubunky1]

no not tasco, it was stamped orndance optics hollywood ca 4x18 made in japan 010, etc, as stated by other commentors.

[@JorgeMendez-kn5ql]

@@jacopofolin6400 It was actually a firearms expert who identified it as a Mauser. He was the one who informed the media.

[@andywindes4968]

@@maubunky1 I believe that manufacturer was Tasco, or later became Tasco. It's a piece of junk either way.

[@josephbloggs6455]

Absolute legend of a rifle, never known another to curve bullets so well.

[@misfitsailor]

No curve needed, Connally's jump seat was lower than JFK's. People just assume that all the seats in the limo were at the same level, so the "magic bullet" BS was born.

[@josephbloggs6455]

@@misfitsailor Well I feel like an idiot now haha. But thanks, always nice to learn something new.

[@PaperthinProtestant]

@@misfitsailor found the cia agent

[@JorgeMendez-kn5ql]

@@misfitsailor The "magic bullet bs" was the theory proposed by Arlen Specter, only after a stray bullet was found to have impact a bystander by the name of James Tague. It was concocted to corroborate the predetermined conclusion of a "lone nut"; a "lone nut", mind you, who maintained very intimate relationships with various members (or contacts) of the intelligence community, one of whom was even a close friend of the Bouvier family. By the way, Connally stated that he was not impacted by the same bullet that struck President Kennedy, and the throat wound was originally described as a wound of entry. When debating the "magic bullet", it's not about whether such a scenario is conceivable, but about whether there is sufficient evidence to support it in this case. Ultimately, there is not.

[@lordgarion514]

@@misfitsailor True, but it's literally impossible for a bullet from Oswald's gun to blow Kennedy's brains and bone fragments all over the trunk. Which is exactly where they were.....

[@philroe2363]

When the government says “this is the rifle that did it,” and then says “no one is allowed to look at it though” …. We have a problem.

[@CPAndy-x5x]

That's not true. It was evidence and was being protected from fingerprint contamination. It was later auctioned. How old are you? Are you new to this?

[@philroe2363]

@@CPAndy-x5x how old are you? Because you don’t have clue what you are talking about. Literally NONE of the many rifles attributed to LHO “assassinating” JFK have ever been positively ID as actually belonging to LHO. NO ONE has ever proven that "A. Hidell" was LHO. Neither of The freakin’ rifles in the sixth floor museum or the National archives match the photos of the obviously heavily doctored “backyard rifle” OR the photo of the rifle allegedly “found” by the DPD the day of the shooting. All three have different sling mounting positions. The TRUTH is, NO ONE knows what kind of weapon actually delivered the fatal shot to JFK, as NOTHING other than fragments of bullets were recovered at either Parkland OR during the autopsy. Maybe you should back off on the caffeine just a wee bit.

[@BeefT-Sq]

No, we don't. "(a)The Mannlicher-Carcano 6.5-millimeter Italian rifle from which the shots were fired was owned by and in the possession of Oswald. (b)Oswald carried this rifle into the Depository Building on the morning of November 22, 1963. (c)Oswald, at the time of the assassination, was present at the window from which the shots were fired. (d)Shortly after the assassination, the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle belonging to Oswald was found partially hidden between some cartons on the sixth floor and the improvised paper bag in which Oswald brought the rifle to the Depository was found dose by the window from which the shots were fired. (e)Based on testimony of the experts and their analysis of films of the assassination, the Commission has concluded that a rifleman of Lee Harvey Oswald's capabilities could have fired the shots from the rifle used in the assassination within the elapsed time of the shooting. The Commission has concluded further that Oswald possessed the capability with a rifle which enabled him to commit the assassination." -Warren Report P.19 .-

[@philroe2363]

@@BeefT-Sq LMAO!!!… The Warren Commission… now THERE is a reliable source!!! … too funny!!

[@philroe2363]

@@CPAndy-x5x apparently you can’t even watch the video, where it is clearly pointed out that the rifle is held in the national archives and came directly from the FBI, and NO ONE has ever been allowed to inspect it outside of the federal government. How old are you anyway?

[@majorkursk780]

Very nice to have a completely different topic to educate people with. Nice job!

[@2pugman]

Two things: One was that the FBI said that within 24 hours they knew who sold Oswald the rifle. #2 was the pristine unfired bullet head that was laying on the gurney.

[@EsromFF]

Oswald was properly the luckiest sniper ever. Not many assassins have the luxury of having their victim drive by their workplace.....

[@edgarnewberry-cw4ld]

As a life long shooter I can see many things wrong with the official account. Who would choose a 6.5 carcano for this job? 303 Lee Enfield rifles were available for around the same money. The jungle carbine with its superior ballistics and accuracy would have been a better choice. The excellent iron sights on the 303 carbine would have negated the need for that pathetic 4x15 Japanese scope. Kennedy's brains blown all over the trunk of the limousine tells everyone the shot came from the front right. Over 50 witnesses reported a shot from the top of the fence on the grassy knowl. No way there was one shooter.

[@PokrRat777]

Wow, this was fascinating. As a law student and lifelong history nerd, I loved this video and would love to see more episodes like this.

[@davidgreen40]

Mark, WRT the speed of the three shots, remember it isn’t 3 shots in 6 seconds (6 seconds for round numbers) it is two shots in 6 seconds. Shot One is at time stamp 0:00, for it starts the festivities. Shot Two requires the bolt be cycled, sights aligned, and the trigger pulled. Shot Three requires cycling the action sight alignment, pulling the trigger, and this shot stops the clock at six seconds.

[@johnthomas7038]

Worth pointing-out that the scope was misaligned - the Carcano rifle was not designed to work with a telescopic sight. Using the sight, the shooter should have missed with all shots, hence the FBI assumed that the shooter used the open iron sights and ignored the telescope.. To check the scope, the FBI ordered more Carcano's from Kleins Sporting Goods and found all rifle scopes misaligned to a similar degree.

[@user6008]

Exactly, which is why only two of the bullets came from Oswald's rifle. The third is something which shall remain unsaid,

[@hippiesaboteur2556]

@@johnthomas7038 boom goes the dynamite

[@hippiesaboteur2556]

@@user6008 dynamite boom to you too sir

[@frasermitchell9183]

@@user6008 It came from accidental discharge of a machine pistol inside the car, carried by a Secret Service man. This fact was suppressed for a very long time, but came out in the last few years. This shot also hit Kennedy.

[@boboayame2065]

It even fires magic bullets

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@kenneth2656]

Fascinating stuff I had no idea that the weapons were involved in all that legal wrangling years after the assassination had taken place, as an aside the rifle used by Oswald was originally identified by a Dallas Policeman at the book depository as a German made Mauser.

[@leonardcollings7389]

Stamped on the barrel as 7.65 mm not 6.5 mm as Oswald's was.

[@aaronz7056]

Cops freely owned up to initially misidentifying the unfamiliar rifle and carelessly letting slip to the media their misidentification, leading to sixty years of conspiracy theorists insisting somebody left the wrong kind of rifle, or multiple rifles, lying around the crime scene for an army of police to swiftly find.

[@DoBraveryFPS]

Perhaps you could also do T.E. Lawrence's SMLE .303 rifle. I believe it is held by the Royal Collection Trust.

[@cameronmccreary4758]

I was 7 years old at the time when this occurred and it was shocking, and as a result I never wanted to go into politics as long as I lived in the United States of America.

[@latinoman661]

Thanks!

[@gabriellen.2886]

Great lesson! I'm with others here - a fascinating series on weapons of infamy would be a real treat. I have several, but my favorite "weapon" (if true and not just anecdotal) would be the poisoned figs that a paranoid Augustus ate. The story goes that his queen, Livia, poisoned the things as they hung from the tree, so he wouldn't suspect anything. That's majorly devious LOL

[@captainpoppleton]

She then sold the uneaten figs to a fig collector, but the courts ruled that they were abandoned at a crime scene, so the figs belonged to the government. They are not on display to the public.

[@gabriellen.2886]

@@captainpoppleton ROFL that fig-ures, doesn't it? The courts don't give a fig about our rabid interest in such matters. Maybe the entire anecdote is just a fig-ment of someone's lively imagination. 😉

[@richardsmith1284]

Because of what we are finding out about the government today makes me think we need to re examine everything to see if the government wasn't involved especially the Kennedy of Assassination

[@andrewthacker114]

Interesting information

[@robertkaczmarek4948]

An interesting fact is that the choice of this rifle caused a smile in the shooters who knew and used it. Among the soldiers, the Manlicher-Carcano rifle was called a "humanitarian weapon"! Because you could rarely hit anyone with it! Isn't that a strange choice?🤔

[@aaronz7056]

Shooting was successfully recreated by investigators using Oswald's rifle and all bullets and fragments ever found were matched to it.

[@stddisclaimer8020]

@robertkaczmarek4948 The MC rifle was the standard Italian Army issue for a half-century, and proved to be an effective infantry weapon. Ronald Simmons, the chief of the Infantry Weapons Evaluation Branch of the Dept.of the Army had his people test-fire Oswald's rifle 47 times, and testified that the rifle was "quite accurate"-in fact just as accurate as the American military rifle used at the time: the M-14." In 1963, the Mannlicher Carcano was still being used by the Italian NATO team in competition. Isn't it "strange "you nothing about that?

[@peterkilbridge6523]

@@stddisclaimer8020 That's why the Italians won the War, performing especially brilliantly in North Africa. 🤡

[@simonjames1604]

@@aaronz7056 no on both counts, nobody recreated his shooting and the bullets are not exclusively tied to oswalds rifle, do you get anything right?

[@John-qb3ss]

Gun made by Beretta super accurate low recoil

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

Wow, I have a rifle featured in this ad! I have a British .303 (SMLE) Sporterized just like the one on the bottom right. I always thought someone had done it individually, but apparently, it was done by a reseller back then. Very accurate rifle, BTW.

[@WardenWolf]

I have a sporterized Nazi Mauser. It clearly wasn't done en masse as the whole stock was replaced, but it's clearly a very old conversion. The Weaver bases they'd fitted back then perfectly accept modern Picatinny rings so it was a no-brainer to give it a modern Nikon scope.

[@krakrtreacysr907]

I had had one as well great rifle got stolen has a quarter inlaid into the stock on tight side if you ever run across it lol

[@KateRambo]

I highly recommend the beast of a book Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi for all those who want an in depth look at the infamous murder on November 22nd, 1963.

[@tpxchallenger]

It is an excellent book, and I agree with the conclusion. Conspiracy theorists will never read it let alone give it due consideration.

[@RichardTugwell-ue6kx]

Sorry to disappoint you but the guy was a lying sociopath and it's been proven and though an amazing story teller he cannot be trusted at all.

[@KateRambo]

@@RichardTugwell-ue6kx one book written by one crackpot with zero evidence that slanders Bugliosi doesn’t mean that his book about how Lee Harvey killed JFK is useless. It’s called analytical thinking and I think you can use some the next time you read Chaos 😹

[@tpxchallenger]

@@RichardTugwell-ue6kx "Proven" that Bugliosi was a liar and a sociopath? By whom? Reclaiming History is a million and a half word tome that goes into minute detail of every facet of the assassination and every conspiracy theory associated with the assassination. I'm guessing you have never read it.

[@markdelgado8963]

Bugliosi was and is correct, there never was any conspiracy. However explain this, one bullet rips through JFK and gov. Connelly, while the other bullet explodes the presidents skull. Which is ballistics proof of two totally different rifles. P.S. Oswald acted alone, was solely responsible for JFK's assassination and yet Lee didn't actually kill Kennedy.

[@jeremys6747]

This is presented excellently, covering important details while not stating anything as a fact that can’t be proven to be such. Now if anyone want s to hear one of those alternative theories that this video is not about, I recommend watching Everything Is A Rich Man’s Trick, a buffet of obscured historical information, a unique perspective on what happened to jfk, and yes some speculation but without that we wouldn’t be able to say much as the perpetrators of crimes like this don’t leave notes.

[@monroetoolman]

This will be an interesting series. Looking forward to it. Another little-known rifle connected to this story is JFK`s... The 50,000th M16 produced by Colt was plated in gold and going to be gifted to the President when he returned from this trip. It`s been in storage ever since.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Kennedy also owned a presentation-grade M1 Garand and was quite thrilled to get it.

[@monroetoolman]

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 Hadn`t heard that. I was aware of several Civil War rifles he owned, but not a Garand.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@monroetoolman Right, years ago I saw a photo of JFK in the Oval Office holding the M1. I didn't know he owned several Civil War rifles though but I shouldn't be surprised, JFK was a big history and Civil War buff. You know, JFK may have saved Civil War re-enacting? I read an article in (I think) "Civil War Times " years ago about Kennedy attending the 100th Anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Bull Run. Now you wouldn't think so but the organizers of the same thought that re-enacting a Civil War battle may have been in questionable taste and weren't sure of people's reactions but after the battle Kennedy was speaking to the organizers and said "That was great! I enjoyed every minute! Are you going to do any more?" Well that solved the "questionable taste" problem! If the President of the United States gives his approval then it HAS to be OK!

[@VTPSTTU]

The Oswald rifle was not found in the sniper's nest. The sniper's nest was in the southeast corner of the sixth floor of the book depository. Oswald left the three empty cases on the floor in that corner, but he carried the rifle as he went towards the stairs in the northwest corner of the building. He hid the rifle behind some boxes nearer the northwest corner. That's where the rifle was found. Obviously, if someone doesn't believe that Oswald fired the shots, then that person won't believe that Oswald did any of the things that I mention in the previous paragraph. For those people, I'll modify my statement to say that the Warren Commission reported finding the three empty cases near the southeast window on the sixth floor and that the Warren Commission reported that Dallas police reported that they found the rifle nearer the stairs in the northwest corner. I have no interest in arguing either side of theories of the assassination. Another of the theories is that police recovered a rifle with markings identifying the rifle as a Mauser. One of the police officers in the building at the time was interested in guns and at first said that the rifle "looked like a Mauser." That officer said that he later looked more closely and was certain that the rifle he saw was an Italian Carcano. I think someone else said that he saw "7.65 MAUSER" or maybe "7.62 MAUSER" stamped on the barrel or receiver. Original Mauser rifles wouldn't have had that marking. Many Mauser rifles were sold to other countries for military use and then resold on the U.S. market after they had been used by other countries. Sometimes, they would be stamped that way as part of bringing them to the U.S. civilian market. At this point, no one can point to any physical evidence that a Mauser rifle was found anywhere on the sixth floor of the book depository. The only evidence for this rifle being there is unconfirmed eyewitness testimony. Some people believe that testimony, and others do not. In spite of what some people claim, the 6.5 Carcano was not a bad rifle. The diameter of the bullets made for nominally 6.5 mm rifles varied and were not a perfect 6.5 mm. If I remember correctly, some were .264 inches and others were .268 inches, but again, I'm not looking at the numbers at this moment and can't be certain that those are the right numbers. The important point is that firing a .264 bullet in a rifle made for the .268 bullets will result in less accuracy. Many bullets on the American commercial market were made in the smaller diameter for the American rifles that were nominally 6.5 mm caliber. That resulted in many people seeing the 6.5 Carcano rifles as inaccurate. The bullets associated with Oswald's rifle were made in the larger caliber/diameter and would have been accurate in Oswald's rifle. In the hands of a competent marksman, the rifle was adequate to the task of committing the assassination. None of this means that I support or deny any particular theory of the assassination. I just want to point out that the rifle wasn't found in the "sniper's nest" and that there was a little bit of controversy about the rifle or rifles found further back towards the stairs on the sixth floor.

[@waltuh2.3bviews3secondsago3]

Based dude choosing not to take sides. Respect

[@aaronz7056]

No Mauser was found. Deputy Weitzman freely owned up to his careless goof in misidentifying the gun after only a cursory look at it.

[@davidwilliams4498]

Could have been 2 shooters on that floor

[@lauchlanguddy1004]

Not so sure it was Oswald.... certainly not alone.

[@alwagner9722]

Deputy Sheriff Rodger Craig stood by his word up until the day he was killed, that a German 7.65 Mauser was found on the 6th floor.

[@Matt-xc6sp]

The magazine Oswald ordered his Carcano from had a ton of other surplus, including a Lahti 20mm semi automatic anti tank cannon on the very next page. I like to think there’s an alternate universe where he went full YOLO.

[@LostShipMate]

Local gun shop has one of those hanging from the rafters, its huge.

[@Matt-xc6sp]

@@LostShipMate you should make them an offer

[@pauldavies5611]

Nice presentation. Just a minor comment: Ruby didn’t die in 1966; he died on January 3 1967.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

I owned a exact copy of it I used for deer hunting, for meat. Even with a polished bolt and a ton of practice I couldn't hit 3 times in less than 9 seconds I shot at a barrel in a wagon being pulled on a track from on a ridge at about the same height. I think he used the rifle, but had help.

[@d.k8257]

mhm, but you weren't a U.S. Marine corps Sharpshooter were you

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@d.k8257 No, I grew up shooting and at NRA training courses won the Equivalent medal. I can do it with my Mauser Action 30-06 with around 100 rounds at the range. The Carcanno is just a bit awkward ergonomically. It is a great deer rifle for farm and Eastern Forrest, but would take a good bit of practice on speed and accuracy to pull off the shots and recover to do it in 8.3 seconds. This is my opinion, but I feel it is informed. My Uncle was a Marine Sniper in WWII I could keep up with him and sometimes beat him.

[@tomhenry897]

He was a poor shot

[@alanholloway1264]

@@tomhenry897 No he wasn"t.

[@at1970]

Using the same rifle after it’s mechanical short comings were fixed, government sharpshooters were unable to duplicate Oswald’s shots. He qualified as a “sharpshooter” but was reported to have deteriorated as the years went by. Plus he missed a general he tried to kill with a much easier shot earlier that year. Many people think he couldn’t have pulled off the assassination.

[@thebernice6062]

I have a Carcano 91/38 in it's 7.35mm chambering. All I'll say is that it is a VERY capable weapon. It's easily one of the best bolt rifles of its era, although often overlooked by most collectors.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

You made a good point. Most military weapons, whatever country they come from, are all basically pretty good. No-one wants the troops armed with junkers if they can help it. The Carcano's no Springfield, Enfield, or Mauser but it's reliable and it works.

[@muffinman3111]

The bullets shown in pictures are 6.5 it’s nice to see someone who also knows that is a 7.35

[@Dan-440]

I have a couple. They are accurate no doubt, but that bolt action is clunky compared to an Enfield or a Mauser.

[@gerardbrady7049]

The question I was asking myself was if ballistic tests were ever carried out on the rifle in order to see if the bullets removed from Kennedy at the autopsy were fired from the gun?

[@MichaelMiller-op5sx]

Yeah and the car and cement overpass.

[@clintwhitt4076]

I know one of the men who was part of the reopening of the assassination, he was the ballistics expert, said he got to see all of the evidence, all of the bullets matched the rifling of the carcano...he said there was no doubt that the rifle killed Kennedy.

[@aaronz7056]

All bullets and fragments ever found were firmly matched to Oswald's rifle.

[@redtra236]

I'm pretty sure all the bullets shot through him(which is expected with a high powered rifle using fully jacketed ammo), but they did recover pieces of them and do tests

[@dmprdctns]

Done with much aplomb... Well done. One must wonder where Mr. Felton's thoughts lie in this case... Going by how this was presented, one might infer that he indeed does have some doubts as to the Warren Commission's assertions...

[@shawnr771]

Ruby died of a pulmonary embolism, secondary to bronchogenic carcinoma, on January 3, 1967, less than a month after his cancer diagnosis, at Parkland Hospital, the same facility where Oswald and Kennedy died. He was buried beside his parents in the Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge, Illinois.

[@jasongoodman3495]

I wish a rifle still cost 19.95

[@Rayoscope]

As a companion piece, Sirhan Sirhan's pistol and sundry other possible firearms plausibly employed in the deadly deed. Also, Mark David Chapman's "assassination" weapon.

[@OwenPhillipsMBA]

Great video. Query, if Oswald wasn't at the Repository, how could his palm print be linked by the police officer to the rifle before the FBI seized it? or did US Marines regularly take palm prints?

[@JustTryingToYoutube]

New series 👀👀

[@relevation0]

Your own government did this....

[@markdelgado8963]

Yes and No. Oswald acted alone, yet he didn't kill Kennedy. Three bullets, two rifles and one lone assassin .......Oswald. Chew on it.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@markdelgado8963 After you chew on it--spit it out...nothing to your accusation at all.

[@eatassonthefirstdate]

oh we know.... trust me, we know

[@TheRetirednavy92]

I was so impressed I bought one and added the same type scope. I like how it shoots, have taken over 20 wild pigs with it.

[@likestowatch100]

250 feet…he was 250 feet away and shooting at a moving target. Oswald got off 3 rounds in just 6 seconds with an old Italian bolt action rifle, and scored 2 hits, including a head shot. This individual demonstrated what one motivated Marine and his rifle can do. - Gunnery Sergeant Hartman

[@davidstorm4911]

Except Oswald wasn't a real Marine. And he did not act alone. 11 shots fired. Explain how Oswald hit outside upper windshield & frame? Back and to the LEFT.

[@krakrtreacysr907]

Unfortunately Hartman was going by the Warren report when it came to lho, Charles Whitman he was a hundred percent correct on that.... Whitman was a badass lho not so much

[@John-qb3ss]

The shot was 80 years with a 4 power scope it's now 20 years or 60 ft. I make head shoots on squil 7:49 res at that distance with a 22 rifle

[@ShogunAutoworks]

And even got the steel core round to magically fragment on the last round, the head shot. Amazing.

[@ShogunAutoworks]

So cut and dry, that all of the documents and photos and evidence are open to the public...wait...