what kind of rifle killed jfk

John F. Kennedy was killed with a 6.5×52mm Carcano Model 38 rifle, an Italian infantry carbine. This rifle was purchased by Lee Harvey Oswald by mail order under an alias and was fired from the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas, where Oswald shot Kennedy during the presidential motorcade on November 22, 1963. The rifle, identified by its distinctive cartridge and a palm print matching Oswald's, was a World War II surplus Italian military weapon known as a Mannlicher–Carcano, with a telescopic sight attached.