Not the actual rifle, same make&model, same/similar ammo - the point being that the rifle was of such poor quality that the poster believes the events impossible. However, there are sufficient opinions on the interwebs that this rifle wasn’t as bad as the poster makes it out to be. Me, the only two conspiracy theories I hew to are that a…
Not the actual rifle, same make&model, same/similar ammo - the point being that the rifle was of such poor quality that the poster believes the events impossible. However, there are sufficient opinions on the interwebs that this rifle wasn’t as bad as the poster makes it out to be. Me, the only two conspiracy theories I hew to are that all of our leaders are actually pod people and we’re alone in the galaxy. As for Kennedy, Oswald, and Ruby 🤷♀️ : the answer is probably out there, probably in a nondescript wooden crate, parked in a cavernous building, sitting next to the crate holding/hiding the Ark of the Covenant. Yeah, the one with the Star of David burned on to the side.
Not just the rifle, but the cheap bulk ammunition was all you could get. The cartridge had a lot in common with the current market darling, the 6.5 Creedmore, but not all ammunition is created equal and what suffers is precision and accuracy, These had corrosive primers and maybe cheap steel cases like the 7.62x39. I am a life long shooter with a scientific background (physics and chemistry) and am enough of an expert to argue with any other “expert”!
Also a life long shooter since iron sight .22 competition south of the Everglades (funny aside - we were talking in church yesterday and I have no memory of ever using ear protection until I took my son out shooting - the .22 rifle I wish I’d had back in the mid 60s).
Also USMC early 80s
Everything I’ve read about this rifle, the one round left of the 4 he started with, his certified skill as a marine - none of that says to me he could NOT have fired the fatal shot; BUT, HOWEVER
I have questions, doubts.
Oswald was USMC late 50s, discharged ‘59, dishonorable, flew to USSR. He would have qualified with an M14 gas powered semiautomatic- predecessor to my M16. I was a moment of wedded amorous bliss when this goober was in the corp so I don’t know if he had any training with using a bolt action rifle - his wife is reported as saying he spent time operating/dry firing his weapon. But to fire three rounds, even close to accurate, in the range of 80-120m, at an 8" pumpkin, moving around, in a moving vehicle.
IDK, nothing screams capable of target acquisition, load, target acquisition, cycle, acquire, repeat. Less than 9 seconds.
The fellas who tested the rifle to assess its capabilities were all expert marksmen familiar with bolt action rifles - no doubt more acquainted than the nameless goober.
Not the actual rifle, same make&model, same/similar ammo - the point being that the rifle was of such poor quality that the poster believes the events impossible. However, there are sufficient opinions on the interwebs that this rifle wasn’t as bad as the poster makes it out to be. Me, the only two conspiracy theories I hew to are that all of our leaders are actually pod people and we’re alone in the galaxy. As for Kennedy, Oswald, and Ruby 🤷♀️ : the answer is probably out there, probably in a nondescript wooden crate, parked in a cavernous building, sitting next to the crate holding/hiding the Ark of the Covenant. Yeah, the one with the Star of David burned on to the side.
Not just the rifle, but the cheap bulk ammunition was all you could get. The cartridge had a lot in common with the current market darling, the 6.5 Creedmore, but not all ammunition is created equal and what suffers is precision and accuracy, These had corrosive primers and maybe cheap steel cases like the 7.62x39. I am a life long shooter with a scientific background (physics and chemistry) and am enough of an expert to argue with any other “expert”!
🤔 I am a 6.5 Creedmoor owner 😆
Also a reloader
Also a life long shooter since iron sight .22 competition south of the Everglades (funny aside - we were talking in church yesterday and I have no memory of ever using ear protection until I took my son out shooting - the .22 rifle I wish I’d had back in the mid 60s).
Also USMC early 80s
Everything I’ve read about this rifle, the one round left of the 4 he started with, his certified skill as a marine - none of that says to me he could NOT have fired the fatal shot; BUT, HOWEVER
I have questions, doubts.
Oswald was USMC late 50s, discharged ‘59, dishonorable, flew to USSR. He would have qualified with an M14 gas powered semiautomatic- predecessor to my M16. I was a moment of wedded amorous bliss when this goober was in the corp so I don’t know if he had any training with using a bolt action rifle - his wife is reported as saying he spent time operating/dry firing his weapon. But to fire three rounds, even close to accurate, in the range of 80-120m, at an 8" pumpkin, moving around, in a moving vehicle.
IDK, nothing screams capable of target acquisition, load, target acquisition, cycle, acquire, repeat. Less than 9 seconds.
The fellas who tested the rifle to assess its capabilities were all expert marksmen familiar with bolt action rifles - no doubt more acquainted than the nameless goober.
Could he⁉️ He had the tools (where we disagree)
Did he⁉️ I’m not convinced.