[ScottinVA]

ANY competitive shooter, be it rifle or pistol will tell you 6.5 seconds is a long time for just 3 shots.

And what many overlook is the 6.5 seconds commenced at the sound of the first shot, so Oswald in effect had roughly 6 seconds to fire the remaining two shots.

[Scoutmaster]

ANY competitive shooter, be it rifle or pistol will tell you 6.5 seconds is a long time for just 3 shots. - Wizdum

And what many overlook is the 6.5 seconds commenced at the sound of the first shot, so Oswald in effect had roughly 6 seconds to fire the remaining two shots. - ScottinVA

Agreed. PLUS, modern analysis of the Zapruder film, trying to match the frame rate to actual time elapsed, suggested that 8.3 seconds elapsed between the first shot and the last shot, rather than 6.5 seconds.

And that 8.3 seconds STARTS with the first shot, so 8.3 seconds is a long time to fire two shots. Particularly when Oswald was probably familiar with his own rifle, and when sporting goods dealers, sportsmen, and others completely unfamiliar with that make of rifle were able to fire three shots, and hit targets, in 4-6 seconds in the U.S. Army and CBS tests.