Roger Craig

[Walt Cakebread]

Mr. BALL. Did you ever bring any guns into the School Book Depository Building?
Mr. CASTER. Yes; I did.
Mr. BALL. When?
Mr. CASTER. I believe it was on Wednesday, November 20, during the noon hour.
Mr. BALL. Whose guns were they?
Mr. CASTER. They were my guns.
Mr. BALL. And what kind of guns were they?
Mr. CASTER. One gun was a Remington, single-shot, .22 rifle, and the other was a .30-06 sporterized Mauser.
Mr. BALL. Who owned them?
Mr. CASTER. I had just purchased them during the noon hour that day.

A 30.06 Sporterized Mauser??    When was any Mauser produced in the 30.06 caliber.     I'm no expert, but I'm fairly sure that there never ever was a Mauser manufactured that would fire the 30.06 cartridge.

[Jerry Freeman]

A 30.06 Sporterized Mauser??    When was any Mauser produced in the 30.06 caliber.     I'm no expert, but I'm fairly sure that there never ever was a Mauser manufactured that would fire the 30.06 cartridge.

https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search?Keywords=mauser%2030%2006

[Tom Scully]

Mr. BALL. Did you ever bring any guns into the School Book Depository Building?
Mr. CASTER. Yes; I did.
Mr. BALL. When?
Mr. CASTER. I believe it was on Wednesday, November 20, during the noon hour.
Mr. BALL. Whose guns were they?
Mr. CASTER. They were my guns.
Mr. BALL. And what kind of guns were they?
Mr. CASTER. One gun was a Remington, single-shot, .22 rifle, and the other was a .30-06 sporterized Mauser.
Mr. BALL. Who owned them?
Mr. CASTER. I had just purchased them during the noon hour that day.

A 30.06 Sporterized Mauser??    When was any Mauser produced in the 30.06 caliber.     I'm no expert, but I'm fairly sure that there never ever was a Mauser manufactured that would fire the 30.06 cartridge.

Just in case you're thinking of replying to Jerry that rechambered Mausers in 30 "aught six" must be some new thing.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.30-06_Springfield

The .30-06 Springfield cartridge (pronounced "thirty-aught-six"), 7.62×63mm in metric notation and called ".30 Gov't '06" by Winchester,[3] was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and later standardized; it remained in use until the late-1970s. The ".30" refers to the caliber of the bullet in inches. The "06" refers to the year the cartridge was adopted, 1906. .....

[Walt Cakebread]

https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search?Keywords=mauser%2030%2006

Jerry, these rifles are not MANUFACTURED as 30.06 ....These are custom rifles using the Mauser action and a 30.06 barrel.....

[Jerry Freeman]

 

Jerry, these rifles are not MANUFACTURED as 30.06 ....These are custom rifles using the Mauser action and a 30.06 barrel.....

Isn't that what sporterizing is? Modifying or converting?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporterising.
Anyway I took the Warren Caster affair to that other thread.

[Walt Cakebread]

Isn't that what sporterizing is? Modifying or converting?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporterising.
Anyway I took the Warren Caster affair to that other thread.

Jeeez Jerry!.....  Yes sporterizing is the act of converting a military rifle into a high powered big game hunting rifle.  BUT nobody would simply change the barrel to convert a 7.65 Mauser and leave the rest of the rifle with the military trappings.     

If Warren Caster had a sporterized military rifle that was customized to utilize the 30.06 cartridge ....  Then you can bet that the rifle no longer looked like military rifle.

Mr. BALL. And what kind of guns were they?
Mr. CASTER. One gun was a Remington, single-shot, .22 rifle, and the other was a .30-06 sporterized Mauser.

the other was a .30-06 sporterized Mauser.

I guess I read that differently than you....  As I see it that says.... The rifle was a 30.06 Mauser that was sporterized....   While you apparent interpret it as saying The rifle was a metric mauser that had been sporterized ( converted ) to fire the 30.06 cartridge.  ( and honestly I do believe that is what Caster intended to say...But it certainly is not what he said.)

[Gerry Down]

Jeeez Jerry!.....  Yes sporterizing is the act of converting a military rifle into a high powered big game hunting rifle.  BUT nobody would simply change the barrel to convert a 7.65 Mauser and leave the rest of the rifle with the military trappings.     

If Warren Caster had a sporterized military rifle that was customized to utilize the 30.06 cartridge ....  Then you can bet that the rifle no longer looked like military rifle.

Mr. BALL. And what kind of guns were they?
Mr. CASTER. One gun was a Remington, single-shot, .22 rifle, and the other was a .30-06 sporterized Mauser.

the other was a .30-06 sporterized Mauser.

I guess I read that differently than you....  As I see it that says.... The rifle was a 30.06 Mauser that was sporterized....   While you apparent interpret it as saying The rifle was a metric mauser that had been sporterized ( converted ) to fire the 30.06 cartridge.  ( and honestly I do believe that is what Caster intended to say...But it certainly is not what he said.)

Where was Mr caster at the time of the assassination i wonder. He should have been considered a suspect, even if only a very slight possibility of being the shooter.