Page 194 [EXCERPT - regarding the rifle scope defect]:
Three FBI firearms experts tested the rifle in order to determine the speed with which it could be fired. The purpose of this experiment was not to test the rifle under conditions which prevailed at the time of the assassination but to determine the maximum speed at which it could be fired.
The three FBI experts each fired three shots from the weapon at 15 yards in 6, 7, and 9 seconds, and one of these agents, Robert A. Frazier, fired two series of three shots at 25 yards in 4.6 and 4.8 seconds.808 At 15 yards each man's shots landed within the size of a dime.809
The shots fired by Frazier at the range of 25 yards landed within an area of 2 inches and 5 inches respectively.810 Frazier later fired four groups of three shots at a distance of 100 yards in 5.9, 6.2, 5.6, and 6.5 seconds.
Each series of three shots landed within areas ranging in diameter from 3 to 5 inches.811
Although all of the shots were a few inches high and to the right of the target., this was because of a defect in the scope which was recognized by the FBI agents and which they could have compensated for if they were aiming to hit a bull's-eye.812
They were instead firing to determine how rapidly the weapon could be fired and the area within which three shots could be placed.
Frazier testified that while he could not tell when the defect occurred, but that a person familiar with the weapon could compensate for it.813
Moreover, the defect was one which would have assisted the assassin aiming at a target which was moving away.
Frazier said, "The fact that the crosshairs are set high would actually compensate for any lead which had to be taken. So that if you aimed with this weapon as it actually was received at the laboratory, it would not be necessary to take any lead whatsoever in order to hit the intended object. The scope would accomplish the lead for you."
Frazier added that the scope would cause a slight miss to the right. It should be noted, however, that the President's car was curving slightly to the right when the third shot was fired.
So a professional FBI shooter tested the weapon for accuracy.
A better test would be to have a minimally qualified shooter gain some experience with that exact same weapon at a shooting range.
Then with that same sighting adjustment error on the scope actually shoot at a moving target the size as JFK’s head moving the same speed and direction. The results could be much different than the FBI’s.
Other factors to considering is if Oswald was the shooter, did he lead the target when aiming or not? It appears the FBI assumed he did not.
A bigger factor many range shooters overlook is one’s emotional state at a shooting range when compared to the battlefield. The battle field creates nervous tension affecting aim. Oswald was not in a battlefield, but he was shooting at a President in front of numerous witnesses with minimal chances of escape. This would make most people just as nervous as with in a battlefield and throw the aim off considerably, unless he was a hardened experienced professional shooter.
There are so many ifs ands buts or maybes no one will ever know for sure, that’s why they had Oswald whacked so he could not tell his own story. He claimed he was a patsy, if he would have been allowed to live he could have explained that remark.
It’s sad on many levels that JFK was murdered. One such level was his successor was a very corrupt person that started the democrat party’s plunge into deeper socialism and eventually to the crooked communism of today. LBJ’s policies which include the Great Society, were racist in nature and designed to keep the rat party in power for years. And that was by his own admission.
There are many that would have welcomed JFK’s murder. They include LBJ, the CIA, the Mafia, the Cuban communists and the Soviet Union.
By today’s standards JFK would likely be considered a conservative democrat or a Republican. His death drastically changed the course of our nation for decades to come.