Mr. Liebeler. Would you measure the length of that package and tell us what it is?
Mr. Paine. That is 41 inches.
Mr. Liebeler. Now, after going through the process that we have gone through here, of trying to wrap this rifle in this blanket, do you think that the package that you saw in your garage could have been a package containing a rifle similar to the one we have here?
Mr. Paine. Yes; I think so. This has the right weight and solidness.
Mr. Liebeler. What did you estimate, did you ever estimate, the weight of that package?
Mr. Paine. No; I don't think I did.
Mr. Liebeler. Did you ever tell the FBI approximately how much you thought it weighed?
Mr. Paine. Oh, I may have said 7 or 8 pounds. But that was all after the fact. I mean I didn't do it at the time.
Mr. Liebeler. Did you ever discuss with the FBI the question of whether or not the object in the package that you saw, let's assume for the moment that it was a rifle, did you ever discuss with the FBI whether the rifle could have had a telescopic sight mounted on it or not?
Mr. Paine. I don't remember whether I discussed that with the FBI. I haven't thought much about it. I didn't feel in the area of the package where the sight is. In my memory of the tubes, I did picture more than one tube.