So then, let's consider the unlikely possibility that Oswald really did use 20 year old ammo. Turns out the Western Cartridge Co manufactured copper jacketed 6.5mm rounds for the Italians during WW2. After the war, they sold what they had left to private arms dealers around the country. The FBI did a thorough and exhaustive search for any arms dealers in the Dallas area that might have held or sold such ammo. There were only two, both of them were individuals. FBI agent Frank Ellsworth arrested one of them 4 days before the assassination. This material is covered in Warren Commission exhibit CE-2694.
The individual in question was named John Thomas Masen. He had an underground pipeline, a supplier at Ft Killeen named Capt George Charles Nonte Jr. A deal was supposed to go down on Nov 18 1963 but the FBI intercepted the shipment and arrested the driver. The driver's name was Donnell Darius Whitter. He was a mechanic by trade, and one of his customers was JACK RUBY.
This fellow Masen, sold weapons to the Cubans, as well as right wing organizations like the Minutemen, who were also involved in anti-Castro activities. Specifically one of his best customers was Manuel Rodriguez Orcarberro, who was involved in Operation 40 and Alpha 66, and whom you should read about elsewhere, like here:
By Nora Gámez Torres Updated October 29, 2021 9:59 AM Almost 40 years after his death following a bar brawl in Key Biscayne, Ricardo Morales, known as “Monkey” — contract CIA worker, anti-Castro militant, counter-intelligence chief for Venezuela, FBI informant and drug dealer — returned to the...
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So this becomes a possible connection with the rogue anti-Castro Cuban exiles at the CIA's Miami station, all of who were moonlighting for the mob, most notably Santo Traficante.
The other dealer who might have had a supply of copper jacketed 6.5mm bullets was John H Brinegar, and he said he definitely had some, had gotten them in West Virginia, and sold some of them to Masen. Brinegar pointed out to the FBI that only a certain rare type of 6.5mm bullet could be fired from a surplus Mannlicher Carcano. He said he had only purchased one case, and sold 20 boxes to Masen. Hm. 20 boxes isn't enough to assassinate Castro. So why would the Cubans be interested in 20 boxes of this oddball ammo?
There's one interesting thing though - the FBI didn't look in Chicago. They only looked in Dallas.
Anyway ... before we talk about the casings found at the Book Depository (and the clip apparently "not" found there), let's review Edwin Walker. As I mentioned in another thread, Gen Walker was adamant that the bullet in evidence at the HSCA was not the bullet that had been fired at him. He wrote to Deputy AG Bell in 1979:
"I saw the hunk of lead picked up by a policeman in my house, and I took it from him and I inspected it carefully.
There is no mistake.
There has been a substitution for the bullet fired by Oswald and taken out of my house."
Who was it who said that "after the Walker shooting, Oswald buried the rifle near some railroad tracks"? It was Marina. How did she know? "They told me". Who is "they"? Well, "they" turns out to be Michael Paine and George de Mohrenschildt. Both of whom lied under oath about the famous "backyard photo" showing Oswald holding the rifle. Marina is the ONLY source for this information, and it's credibility is near zero. Oswald didn't even have a cleaning kit, he couldn't have buried anything.
Then there is the mysterious entry in Ruth Paine's diary - "Oct 23 - LHO purchase of rifle". Interesting, that.
Anyway, we'll move on to the Book Depository after a break.