What was the exact model of gun John f kennedy was shot with.?

Question

Im pretty sure ive got one similar but im not sure.I want to use it for hunting.

Answer 1

Yes, the Italian Carcano is the 'alledge' rifle. and if you hv one, it has value.
The best Could not match Lee's shooting. And Lee couldn't shoot a lick. He was a PATSY. He DID NOT do this.

All three shots were magic! He shot 3 different men with 3 bullets. Making 18 wounds and impacts.
The bunch that killed JFK--did not go away of course. How do like them now?

Answer 2

It was an Italian Army 'Carcano' Model 1891/38 carbine.


The use of the word "Mannlicher" when describing this carbine is questionable because that was an Austrian company that had nothing to do with this Italian rifle............ except have their patented rifle magazine system used without permission or license by the Italian maker.

You may have a Mannlicher Steyr Model 1895...the guns are similar. If it has a straight pull action, it's an Austrian, If the bolt turns like a Mauser, it's a Carcano.

Despite being villified by numerous conspiracy theorists as a cheap, innacurate rifle, it was actually a good rifle as Mr. Oswald proved in Dallas.

The 6.5 mm round is actually fairly low pressured, unlike the Swede 6.5 which is an excellent hunting caliber, so it may not be the best choice for using a a hunting rifle.

Also, any modification at all to the rifle will ruin whatever collector value it has....you may want to keep it like it is assuming it has not been modified already.

Answer 3

While 'DJ' and the other contributors are generally correct in stating that Oswald shot John Kennedy with an Italian Army Model 1891/38 "CARBINE", the entire story is slightly more complicated then that.

The Italians actually produced both a 'rifle' and 'carbine' variant of the 1891/38 which were largely identical except for the fact that the rifle had a slightly longer barrel.

Both of these variants had what is called "progressive twist rifling" in which the rifling became progressively tighter towards the muzzle of the rifle. Since the rifle had a longer barrel, and both firearms were produced on the same rifling machine, this rifling on the 'rifle' variant was tighter when it reached the muzzle then on the 'carbine' variant.

Unfortunately, the rifling on the 'rifle' was actually too tight, and would occasionally cause the bullet to break free of the rifling and begin tumbling like a musket ball.

To correct this issue, the Italians began cutting down the rifles and making them the same length as the 'carbine' variants and thus removing the excessively tight section of rifling at the end of the barrel.

It was one of these "cut down" rifles that Oswald purchased and used to murder John Kennedy.

One of the easiest ways to see if your "carbine" was produced as a 'carbine' or was a 'cut down rifle', is to look for vice marks on the barrel. When the Italians were cutting-down these barrels, they would clamp them in a vice to hold them steady and would leave vice marks on the barrel.

So while Oswald employed an 1891/38 "carbine" to murder Kennedy, it was a "carbine" that was origionally produced as a rifle.

Answer 4

as i'm italian, the only thing i can add to all good further answers is that the scope on the italian "moschetto 91/38" is not top-central mounted but top-left, because on the top of the bolt you do need to insert the mannlicher-type 6 rounds clip. the clip was to insert into magazine and hold it, having the feeding lips itself, and when you fired the last round it simply slips down into a little window on the bottom of the magazine and allows you to insert the next one. you could not feed the magazine round by round, so the scope mount was held on the left of the breech.
the italian mannlicher-carcano clip was suitable on both sides, while for example the austrian 8mmx50R Steyr 1895 was to insert just in one sense.
obviously i don't think l.h.oswald killed jfk alone.
about hunting i agree with another answerer, the 6,5x55 swedish is much better (I own one), but i think you can surely hunt with your 6,5 carcano with the right bullets. just mind that the right caliber of the bullet is "6,8" and not 6,5. you can shoot 6,5mm but you will probably not reach the best results. please check the right caliber (if the barrel is original and not being replaced with an aftermarket 6,5mm like sometimes happened.).

Answer 5

The reputed 'Kennedy' rifle was a 6.5mm Italian Carcano rifle equiped with a 4x fixed power scope. Oswald was assasinated before he could stand trial, A person in the USA is 'innocent' until proven 'guilty' so in effect, Oswald died an innocent man. None-the-less, physical evidence appears to indicate that a 6.5mm Carcano rifle was used by the shooter. NOTE: The 6.5mm Italian Carcano is considered an extremely rapid-fire bolt action rifle. It certainly could have been the killing rifle.

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Answer 6

A 6.5 x 52 mm Italian Mannlicher-Carcano M91/38 bolt-action rifle was found on the 6th Floor of the Texas Book Depository by Deputy Constable Seymour Weitzman and Deputy Sheriff Eugene Boone soon after the assassination of President Kennedy.

Answer 7

it was a 6.5 x 52 carcano bolt action with full mannlicher stalk( the barel complely incased in wood ) wich makes the aleged finger print on the barrel unlikely also the fact that it was a bolt action makes 4 shots at a moving target in 3 seconds rather imposible
in short Oswald was as he said a patzy

Answer 8

It is applicable for hunting with, no problem.. Use to have one, but traded it in before the assassination. Oswald did not do it...