A HAHAHAHA HA! It is to laugh. 😂
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.
Problem is, contrary to popular belief, it isn’t difficult to learn how to shoot a rifle. “Beware the man with only one gun, for you may be sure he knows how to shoot it. A buddy of mine found an old rifle in a dumpster when he was a kid, a POS, bent barrel etc. He was a crack shot with that thing.
Oswald was graduated from the United States Marine Corps in 1957. They taught them how to shoot in those days. All of the armed services take thousands of recruits, many of whom have never fired a gun in their life, and within a few hours have them knocking down man sized targets at 600 meters. I’m not arguing they are great shots but they are putting them right in there. He took the time to zero the Carcano, that much is known, and the witness accounts suggest the limousine slowed to a crawl or even stopped in the road at one point.
Yeah, I’ve read the particulars of the Oswald set-up. I’m really not 100% convinced that he fired a single shot.
That said, low magnification...3-4x on a hunting rifle, is no impediment to rapid short-range target acquisition. Low-power variable optics are used in CQB. If you know your weapon, and have it set up properly, (eye relief) you’re good to go. It’s just a ghost ring with crosshairs. The 18 mm objective is very limiting, I agree.
Agreed...
The rifle presents So Much Proof
That Oswald was Set-Up and used as
.
The Patsy.