Was this the rifle used to assassinate MLK?
Royal Armouries
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21m
In this myth-busting episode of What is this Weapon?, Jonathan Ferguson explores the Remington 760 – a relatively unassuming pump-action hunting rifle infamously associated with the 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination.
Join Jonathan as he dispels some of the conspiracies that attempt to distance the Gamemaster and James Earl Ray from MLK’s assassination.
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