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I didn't know about that. Thanks.

I do know that any WWII rifle is fully capable of shooting a four Inch/Minute group.

I'm starting to believe the scope mount was bent when it was hidden behind the boxes. I've looked at the location the rifle was found and it's completely surrounded by boxes. No one could have placed the rifle on the ground without bending over at least one box.

I don't think Oswald had the time to do that. He only had about two minutes to get to the break room.

This is only a guess but I think Oswald wasn't concerned how he placed the rifle on the ground.

If the rifle was left at the window, I would say the rifle was in the same condition from the time it was fired to the time it was found. Since it was found in another location on the ground, I think it may have been thrown there and the scope alignment problem happened at that time.

Today, we would have been able to find out. Murder weapons are carefully checked before they're even removed from the scene. Impact marks from the floor to the weapon are checked to see how the item was placed there. In the Carcano's case, police officers handled the rifle before it was checked which today would be inexcusable.

The info comes from an ABC news report around 1991 which had an screen interview with Oswald's brother, who believes his brother was guilty.

I still find the Ferrie/Bannister connection to be the most compelling conspiracy theory. Still, in the end, I don't buy it. The most persuasive theory is the most obvious one: Oswald acted alone.