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I've always felt that Oswald didn't have time to fire the shots, working the bolt between each one.

But, after downloading and using the controversial JFK Reloaded software where you can "be" Oswald, I now believe it's possible.

People claim "you can't make 3 shots in x number of seconds". It is only 2 shots that must be made once the clock has started counting. Oswald had time to line up that first shot.

Using a bolt action service rifle (non-sporterized except for the scope) I got off three shots at a deer running directly away from me through brush. Of the three shot's, one hit him fatally and one grazed him. The fatal shot hit him an inch to the left and above the anus exiting his chest while another bullet grazed about twelve inches along the length of his upper side/back.

Too bad someone couldn't have video taped me because I'd really like to know just how fast I was working the bolt, reaquiring the target and firing.

With that personal experience in mind, I have no doubt Oswald could have done what he was accused of doing.

>>I've always felt that Oswald didn't have time to fire the shots, working the bolt between each one.<<

Read "Case Closed." There were six blurrs in the Zapruder film, indicating a loud noise (in this case. gun shot). For some reason, conspiracists just latched on to the notion that the 3rd, 4th and 5th blurs were when the acknowledged gunshots occurred, and that the 1st, 2nd and 6th represented the grassy knoll shots. This false presumption led to a cascade of false conclusions including that Oswald had an obstructed line of vision, He didn't have time to reload, and the "magic bullet" made improbable deflections.

Realizing that the 1st, 3rd and 5th blurs were the actual shots, and the 2nd, 4th and 6th were echoes off the knoll, "Case Closed" shows how Oswald had plenty of time to rload, as well as clear shots to hit Kennedy. Moreover, if the magic bullet was at the 3rd blur, not the 4th, it didn't need to make any sharp deflections: Kennedy's torso, Connelly's arm, and Connelly's leg were nearly in line with each other.