To: bitt
he took his Mannlicher-Carcano rifle to Major General Edwin Walker‘s house, stood by the fence, aimed towards the window, and shot at him. So Oswald missed a stationary target from about 40', but hit Kennedy 2 out of 3 times, from 265 feet, while kennedy was moving away from him at 20+ mph?
5 posted on
12/16/2022 10:09:20 AM PST by
PGR88
To: PGR88
So, flat trajectory, stationary target. probably inside of 100 yards, plenty of time to focus and carefully place shot.. misses
100yds+, downward angle, moving target, rushed.. hits. twice!
It was Oswald who killed JFK.
To: PGR88
Yes, he must have been doing some serious practice!
9 posted on
12/16/2022 10:14:41 AM PST by
Mouton
(The enemy of the people is the media )
To: PGR88
So Oswald missed a stationary target from about 40’, but hit Kennedy 2 out of 3 times, from 265 feet, while kennedy was moving away from him at 20+ mph?
I believe they tried to recreate Oswalds shots and couldn’t. Problem being that having Oswald being the lone shooter was critical because if he wasn’t, it meant that someone got away with it.
12 posted on
12/16/2022 10:20:36 AM PST by
hanamizu
To: PGR88
You took the words right out of my mouth!
13 posted on
12/16/2022 10:20:39 AM PST by
ProtectOurFreedom
(If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
To: PGR88
So Oswald missed a stationary target from about 40', but hit Kennedy 2 out of 3 times, from 265 feet, while kennedy was moving away from him at 20+ mph? Quite easy to do if you're looking through a scope sighted for a more distant yardage. He missed high, so the bullet was on its way up on the parabolic arc. Just an example, an AR-15 can be sighted at 25 meters for 100 meters accuracy. At 25 meters the bullet is on its way up, at 100, it's on its way back down.
17 posted on
12/16/2022 10:22:02 AM PST by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: PGR88
Maybe Oswald wasn’t aiming to kill him, just send him a message. We’ll never know.
18 posted on
12/16/2022 10:24:04 AM PST by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
To: PGR88
28 posted on
12/16/2022 10:31:03 AM PST by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: PGR88
It wasn’t 265 feet.
Go to the Texas SBD window and look at the X on the pavement. Then get back to us about how hard the shot was.
29 posted on
12/16/2022 10:31:25 AM PST by
Jim Noble
(I feel my heart beat faster any place in the neighborhood of the Astor)
To: PGR88
“ So Oswald missed a stationary target from about 40’, but hit Kennedy 2 out of 3 times, from 265 feet, while kennedy was moving away from him at 20+ mph?”
Ha haa! Exactly! Plus he was shooting downhill. Adding complexity to the shot!
39 posted on
12/16/2022 10:53:14 AM PST by
9422WMR
(45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
To: PGR88
Bullet deflected off a cross piece in the window
56 posted on
12/16/2022 11:47:57 AM PST by
njslim
To: PGR88
Oswald was a Marine. Those Freepers who were/are marines know you have to qualify as a marksman or you don’t get the Globe and Anchor.
Oswald passed and became a Marine.
69 posted on
12/17/2022 4:25:38 AM PST by
jmacusa
(Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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