#LeeHarveyOswald

Gun collections can be a fun way to explore different types and aspects of firearms. The interwebs are full of images of people’s firearms collections lined up at their feet (why they insist on keeping their feet in the picture is beyond me), and they range from a random assortment to a more focused aspect of firearms. One type of gun collection is called “cloning,” in which a collector sets out to recreate a historical firearm as it would’ve been assembled in the given time era, which is typically seen with guns from any military conflict. Today, we bring you a more unique style of firearm cloning, in the form of Doug B’s clones of assassination guns.

In March of 1963, a man named Lee Harvey Oswald purchased an M38 Carcano rifle and some quantity of ammunition from Klein’s Sporting Goods in Chicago. Oswald would later use this rifle and ammunition (or so the official narrative goes) to assassinate the then- President of the United States John F. Kennedy on November 22nd, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.