Oswald 'had no time to fire all Kennedy bullets'

The Sunday Telegraph (UK) ^ | 6/30/2007 | Tim Shipman

[1066AD]

Were the bullets & load the same as used by Oswald ?

Some bolt actions are very fast indeed, I don't know about this one.

[REDWOOD99]

“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.

[California Patriot]

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.

[the invisib1e hand]

excuse me but, it is 2007, isn't it?

[PetroniusMaximus]

This is BS.

I saw a 70 year old man fire the same number of shots in that timeframe using the same rifle.

[PAR35]

they were unable to load and fire three shots in less than 19 seconds

Oswald didn't have to do that. The first one would have already been chambered. So it would have been shoot 3, load 2.

[muawiyah]

It's a trick question/answer deal. Almost a stereotypical joke ~ if you get my drift.

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.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Pretty sure there has been more then one recreation of the shots taken on discovery or history channel, maybe both.

They showed it could be done.

[Obie Wan]

If anybody actually figures it out does JFK come back to life ???

[kinoxi]

He played both sides of the law. It’s suprising in retrospect that they waited until he was elected to finally do it.

[HEY4QDEMS]

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.

[jazusamo]

[ladyinred]

Okay, I am among those who do not believe the Warren Commission findings! I never have, I never will.

[editor-surveyor]

excuse me but, it is 2007, isn't it?

Yes, and about time that the Warren Commission Cover-up got permanently blown out of the water.

[Hazwaste]

“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.

[scott says]

The History Channel is airing “ The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy” at 5 pm Pacific Time...just a few minutes from now.
If you have never seen this, I highly recommend it.

[bad company]

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 - suggesting that a second gunman must have been present in Dealey Plaza, central Dallas, that day.

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.

[BipolarBob]

Are you saying the perpetrators may have left the scene by now?

[n230099]

"Union testers"

LOL!

I think 3 shots could easily be done in 8.3 seconds. It's the returning to aimpoint 3 times and hitting a moving target that would be the challenge.

[editor-surveyor]

"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."

And then you woke up and found out that you had wet the bed.