[gundog]

... a scoped weapon makes it much harder to acquire the target quickly.

A HAHAHAHA HA! It is to laugh. 😂

[rdcbn1]

... a scoped weapon makes it much harder to acquire the target quickly.

A HAHAHAHA HA! It is to laugh. 😂

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Actually that's a pretty accurate statement when it comes to the scope mounted on the Oswald Carcano.

Have you ever looked through an Ordnance Optics 4x18 scope?

It's a total POS. The glass is horrible, the cross hair reticle sucks and the FOV is so restricted that looking through one is like looking through a soda straw.

I actually bought one in the same stamped sheet metal offset mount off ebay just for the heck of it and I'm surprised Oswald was actually able to hit any moving target with the scope, much less the president of the United States.

On the other hand, the offset mount allowed the use of the iron sights, albeit with highly restricted field of view.

IMHO, It's a coin toss whether Oswald used the scope or the Carcano irons to shoot the President, but either option really sucked.