-Caveat Lector-
That Mannlicher Carcano is a *bolt-action* rifle, and even the best
sharpshooter can't work the bolt fast enough to get off the number of rounds
required by the "lone gunman" hypothesis.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 10:11 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [CTRL] M.L.King murder reinvestigated
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> In a message dated 11/24/99 4:13:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> > So what else is new? I've read that the Mannlicher Carcano found in the
> > Texas Book Depository which "lone gunman" Lee Harvey Oswald supposedly
> used
> > to kill Kennedy had debris in its barrel (ask any skilled rifleman what
> that
> > does) and that its scope was dusty and wobbly. The Marines had the
> entire
> > armed services' most decorated sniper attempt to duplicate the
> miraculous
> > sequence of shots that killed Kennedy. Even using a stationary rather
> than
> > moving target, firing from the same angle at the same distance, the
> > military's top sniper could not hit the designated target accurately
> beyond
> > the first shot, although equalling "Oswald's" speed in firing several
> shots,
> > each time resighting.
> > Do those facts, plus Oswald's poor performance on the firing range
> while he
> > was in the
> > Marines, support our belief that JFK died from an "amateur" hit by a
> "lone
> > gunman"?
>
> You're right of course. Incidentally the scope on the MC gun of Oswald
> fame
> was said to be so bad that the "experts" had to insert shims into it so
> that
> it would be even reasonably accurate. Additionally I am told that the
> weapon
> itself is of such low quality that no one would ever use it for anything
> (at
> least those who know guns). MLK's death and the detritus floating around
> about it are par for the course.
>
>
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