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John F. Kennedy assassination rifle

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JFK Assassination Records on C-SPAN3's American Artifacts

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The assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Texas authors take a fresh look

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"A CBS News Inquiry: The Warren Report" (1967) Rifle Tests Preview

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The Shot That Missed

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Oliver Stone's JFK Lies! Lee Harvey Oswald's 1940 6.5 Carcano. Who Shot John F Kennedy?

In March 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, using the alias "A. Hidell," purchased by mail order a 6.5×52mm Carcano Model 91/38 infantry rifle rifle with a telescopic sight. He also purchased a revolver from a different company, by the same method. The Hidell alias was determined from multiple sources to be Oswald. Oswald fired the rifle from the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas, to assassinate US President John F. Kennedy as his motorcade drove by on November 22, 1963. Photographs of Oswald holding the rifle, a palmprint found upon examination of the rifle, and detective work tracing its sale, all eventually led to Oswald. Marina Oswald later testified she was told by Lee that the rifle was also used before in an attempt to assassinate retired U.S. Army General Edwin Walker in Dallas.