The reason the rifles had a bad rap is people would sporterize them and cut the barrel down. The barrel has progressive rifling so they were effectively changing the twist rate, causing the accuracy problems. Oswald used a 91/38 Carcano was a 6.5mm issue gun w/ original scope. It is widely reported to have been a mannlicher carcano, but that is false.
Interesting I never knew they ran a gain twist in them. I have heard they were fairly accurate when the proper diameter bullets were used.
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