A suspect who does not drive or at least has no access to a vehicle was able to conceal, for all time, where he purchased both the very common revolver
ammunition, as well as the much more rare rifle ammo. Left behind on the sixth floor are only a poorly concealed rifle and one empty ammo clip.
Three empty rifle cartridges are found at the assumed scene. The rifle's stripper clip had six rounds capacity, along with a possibility of a seventh
round in the chamber.
https://gunsamerica.com/digest/lee-harvey-oswalds-carcano-rifle-shooting-it-today/
The suspect, Oswald, either only brought three live rifle rounds to the sixth floor but about eighteen pistol rounds to East 10th St.
or he hid or disposed of several rifle rounds. However, he retained the shorter, excess pistol rounds in a shirt pocket, contents of which
escaped notice until he was a DPD prisoner of several hours.
No pistol, no excess rifle ammo, even for escape from the TSBD by suicide, let alone to possibly shoot his way out of immediate capture
at the TSBD were carried as options, or even in the event of rifle misfire or initial misses of the target? Is their doubt the shooter was capable
of firing a full six shot clip at the target rapidly enough if it became necessary?
No live ammunition or gun cleaning accessories were found at his rooming house, the Paine residence, or at the TSBD.
Were live pistol rounds in his pocket during initial interrogation? it appears that they were.
Prepping his kit for planned November 22 activities, doesn't seem to make much sense.
Oswald carries about 18 pistol rounds, only three Carcano rifle rounds. No trace of rifle ammunition was found at the rooming house.
When you decide to shoot a POTUS, you will get to make these decisions. The JFKA was Oswald's enterprise and he got to make those decisions. Given that he succeeded in what he tried to do, why are you second guessing his choices?
I don't know what point you are trying to make regarding the inventory of the ammo. Records are not kept of ammo purchase. I own five handguns, two rifles, and a shotgun. I have ammo for all of them. The only record of my purchase would be my credit card statements and those would only show where I purchased the ammo and wouldn't indicate what I purchased. I have purchased ammo at gun shops but also at hardware stores. For the latter, there would be no record that would indicate whether I had bought ammo or PVC pipe.
Oswald had only four rounds of Carcano ammo left on the day he killed JFK. He fired three of them and left a live round in the chamber of the rifle. When he went to the rooming house to get his handgun at the rooming house, he apparently gathered up all the .38 Special ammo he had left, a mixture of Remington and Winchester rounds. Only he knew why he got his gun and all that ammo and he's not talking. He left us to guess what he had in mind but it's safe to say he had evil intentions. He killed the first cop who confronted him, and tried to kill the next one. Since we are left to guess, my guess is that he had no intention of being taken alive. I think he intended to commit suicide by cop but intended to take as many cops down in the process in one last act of defiance. The cops foiled his plan by taking him alive. Luckily for him, Jack Ruby stepped in and fulfilled his wish.
