Some bolt actions are very fast indeed, I don't know about this one.
“The official Warren Commission inquiry into the shooting concluded the following year that Oswald was a lone gunman who fired three shots with a Carcano M91/38 bolt-action rifle in 8.3 seconds.
But when the Italian team test-fired the identical model of gun, they were unable to load and fire three shots in less than 19 seconds”
Union testers.
I’m no expert on the JFK assassination, nor do I plan to become one. But for those who are: Why are some people so easily impressed by arguments, and even evidence, that something “could not have happened”? Such a claim doesn’t seem all that persuasive to me.
This is BS.
I saw a 70 year old man fire the same number of shots in that timeframe using the same rifle.
Oswald didn't have to do that. The first one would have already been chambered. So it would have been shoot 3, load 2.
The Italian Army could not load and fire 3 rounds in 19 seconds. Lee Harvey Oswald made sure that his first round was already loaded before he started the clock ticking.
That meant he had only to fire 3 rounds and load 2 rounds. The Italians did not take that precaution and had to fire 3 rounds AND load 3 rounds.
If anybody actually figures it out does JFK come back to life ???
I saw a docu on the History channel or Discovery where the acual rifle was used and all participants got off the three rounds in less than eight seconds.
Oswald took a full eight.
This guy can do all the studies he wants, he’s still full of crap.
Okay, I am among those who do not believe the Warren Commission findings! I never have, I never will.
“But when the Italian team test-fired the identical model of gun, they were unable to load and fire three shots in less than 19 seconds”
Maybe instead of using a team they should have just used one guy.
This is why conspiracy nuts are called nuts. They have been banging this drum for years and it is BS. I can finger feed a bolt action and fire three rounds accurately in 9 seconds.
This test has been replicated 100 times. Many have been able to duplicate Oswald’s apparent fete.
I bet they needed counseling after a live firearm was brought into their presence. I can only wonder how the Italian testers would have scored on my patented KG9 Kid 'Flinch-O-Meter' that I typically use at the range to see how competent a shooter the subject is.
Thanks also to the sensationalist UK Sunday Telegraph for bringing up this nonsense yet again.
Explains a lot about WWII I guess.
BONG!
Mark Furman, in a book published sometime last year, presents
a detailed an analysis of the facts and presents a reasonable explanation of the evidence. He makes a very convincing case that Oswald acted alone.