He didn't need an opportunity, the opportunity apparently was not needed for the alleged mix-up that started the issue of the gun to begin with. It is not my fault Cronkite, Paul Harvey etc. say Mauser Mauser Mauser and it isn't their fault. So by using the logic that it would be impossible for Fritz to do these things with so many people around interesting when taking into consideration, the whole world heard the name Mauser 8000 times and over a period of time. Do we need to go back and count how many times Mauser was said or communicated through media until it changed to a cheesy weapon which is about as lethal as two-inch plastic toy gun a child could get free out of a Perkin's wishing well?
Pete, I'm sorry to inform you that you are doomed to wander endlessly in the swamp ...Simply because you're to stubborn to take the clearly obvious path. Perhaps you don't truly want to know the truth, so you ignore the path that will lead you to it.
We have photo graphs that clearly show that the rifle that was CAREFULLY HIDDEN beneath heavy boxes of books was a model 91 /38 Mannlicher Carcano and it most certainly was NOT a Mauser....