[Born In America]

No way one man could squeeze off three shots with an antiquated manual rifle. The head shot that killed Kennedy as shown in the Zapruder film, came from in front to his right. Speculation is from the grassy knoll but, nevertheless, a shot from behind does not cause the head to snap back toward the direction of the bullet.

To believe it was Oswald alone requires a quantum leap of faith the current president is asking is to have in the Porkulus bill. The real crime in the JFK assassination is in fact the lack of thoroughness in the investigation.

[UncleDick]

To believe it was Oswald alone requires a quantum leap of faith the current president is asking is to have in the Porkulus bill.

Oswald was framed! Scott Bakula killed JFK.

But seriously, doesn't everyone know that it was C.G.B. Spender?

[Deb]

Oh, stop it. Literally hundreds of people have replicated Oswald's ability to fire the shots. He was a Marine sharp-shooter, but everytime someone writes a book or article to show it was possible, they trudge up to the sixth floor and do it.

You're falling for one of the biggest KGB hoaxes in history.

[Pistolshot]

Evidently you know little about the Carcanos available at that time by mail order. Most were new, made at Benicia aresenal by...Beretta.....the rifles are smooth in action and fast on repeat shots. Color case hardened bolts and blue steeled recievers. The raceway for the bolt is simple and easy to use. The cock-on-close makes fast follow-up shots easy.
The 6.5 Carcano is a light recoiling medium range cartridge designed for one purpose. Penetration at medium ranges. (200-350 yards)

Could Oswald fire 3 shots at a max distance of 600 FEET in what has been determined to be approx. 8 seconds? Of course.

Wearing this contraption for his bad back only held him upright. The reaction you see is the interuption of the muscles needed to stay erect using this thing. Notice in every picture/film Kennedy is leaning forward in the seat as the motorcade rolls along.

[Kenny Bunk]

No way one man could squeeze off three shots with an antiquated manual rifle.

Nonsense. Using the same type of rifle, the actual shooting has been duplicated many times by many different people.

Not a particularly hard series of shots to make with a fast, scoped bolt action rifle of minimum recoil, no matter how "antiquated," or cheap.

[The Good Doctor]

a shot from behind does not cause the head to snap back toward the direction of the bullet.

No, but brain matter and bone spewing forward do.

[Vendome]

Agreed. I have played that stupid game many times with my rifles since I was kid. I can pretend that I acquired, breathed, focused, fired... the muzzle travels up and left/right and little bounce. Repeat process two more times in 8 seconds. I can on a fixed target where the point of reference does not change and the sighting is level. It can still be at an angle but the target would still need to stationary to reacquire.

Now, a target that is in a vehicle moving at 30 miles per hour, on a road that has dips in it, and the angle of acquisition is some 50 degrees down(so I would have to aim high to compensate) and the target is moving around in said vehicle and then the first shot would have to be within my field of range as the Presidential Limo comes around the corner so I could lead the target then blam! Maybe but the 2nd and 3rd shot? I have to recover muzzle back to target that has moved from where it was. Hopefully, there would zero wind that help too. Tall building usually have vortices's beginning at the 3rd story so I would have to compensate for that as well.

Then again I am not a Marine.

[mad_as_he$$]

Really? Several gunman have recreated it to the last detail. I own a Manliccher and can easily pop off three on target. As far as the “direction of the shot” c%ap. I have killed about everything that moves in North America and bullets and critters do some strange things from time to time..

[bobby.223]

the “jet effect” research will show you a different slant.

[A.A. Cunningham]

No way one man could squeeze off three shots with an antiquated manual rifle.

Except for the fact that it has been demonstrated that it could be done using the same Carcano bolt action rifle.

The head shot that killed Kennedy as shown in the Zapruder film, came from in front to his right.

You might want to explain why the entry hole is in the back of JFK's skull and the exit is in the right side of the skull.