Mr. Dulles. You don't know?
Mr. Cunningham. I don't know. I have no first-hand knowledge of it. It is in essentially the same condition as when we received it in the laboratory, and all I know would be what has already been furnished your Commission by report.
Mr. Dulles. Thank you.
Mr. Eisenberg. Now given the fact that that was a 6.5-millimeter Mannlicher-Carcano cartridge, could that have been fired in any other 6.5-millimeter rifle?
Mr. Cunningham. No, sir; it has to be a rifle that is chambered specifically for this particular cartridge. In other words, there are other 6.5-millimeter cartridges.
Mr. Eisenberg. Now, as I understand it, your conclusion and Mr. Frazier's was only that this cartridge, that this bullet, could have been fired from Exhibit 139 or a rifle with similar——
Mr. Cunningham. On the basis of the rifling characteristics it could have been fired from 139. However, there are insufficient marks remaining to determine whether or not it had actually been so fired.
Mr. Eisenberg. Now the testimony yesterday as I recall it was that it was fired either from Exhibit 139 or from a rifle with similar, or from a weapon with similar rifling characteristics?
Mr. Cunningham. That is correct.
Mr. Eisenberg. But according to your testimony it would have to be similar to a 6.5-millimeter Mannlicher-Carcano rifle?