To: The KG9 Kid
I bought a Mannlicher Caranco 91/38, and neither I or any other trained marksmen have been able to duplicate Oswald's feat, shooting at a fixed target. Of course none of them were left handed, using a rifle designed for right handed people, so the test may be invalid. BTW, Western is still about the sole supplier of the 6.5 mm Italian cartridge. They are getting just about a $1 a bullet, according to Shotgun News.
52 posted on
11/24/2004 12:59:39 PM PST by
investigateworld
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To: investigateworld
When did Oswald become left handed and what source of info. does this come from please?
55 posted on
11/24/2004 1:04:12 PM PST by
MAWG
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To: investigateworld
"... I bought a Mannlicher Caranco 91/38, and neither I or any other trained marksmen have been able to duplicate Oswald's feat, shooting at a fixed target." The Warren Report shows that three FBI marksmen easily accomplished the test.
75 posted on
11/24/2004 2:00:13 PM PST by
The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi!)
To: investigateworld
I bought a Mannlicher Caranco 91/38, and neither I or any other trained marksmen have been able to duplicate Oswald's feat, shooting at a fixed target. All I can say is that if you can't hit a fixed target at less than 100 yards using a scoped 30 caliber rifle, you should give up shooting. You are likely hurt yourself or someone else and you are wasting good ammunition.
BTW. Plenty of "marksmen" have duplicated Oswald's feat because it was no feat at all. It was easy as hell.
80 posted on
11/24/2004 2:13:44 PM PST by
Ditto
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To: investigateworld; The KG9 Kid; Ditto
I bought a Mannlicher Caranco 91/38, and neither I or any other trained marksmen have been able to duplicate Oswald's feat, shooting at a fixed target.I don't know about investigateworld's specific attempts, but a lot of people make the mistake of presuming that the 8.7 seconds (or whatever it was) includes the time Oswald spent lining up the first shot. It doesn't. The clock starts with the firing of the first bullet. That gave Oswald ~8.7 seconds to get off two shots, not three.
When ABC News did a special on the assassination last year, they had on a retired Marine Corps marksman. Using a Mannlicher-Caranco, he was easily able to get off three shots in the alloted time, even hesitating before the last shot, as Oswald did.
The marksman was 89 years old.
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