General Geoff
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There was a magic bullet. It was forged by Illuminati mystics to prevent us from learning THE TRUTH.
My impression from standing at the 6th floor window is that the shots were not hard and that the range was shorter than I expected.
In the Warren Commission Report, Maj. Sgt. James A. Zahm said of Oswald's marksmanship abilities: "I would say in the Marine Corps he is a good shot, slightly above average and as compared to the average male. . . he is an excellent shot."
So, he wasn't an expert rifleman, no matter how much he dry-fired in his living room.
Massad Ayoob wrote and article about Oswald. He claimed to find evidence that Oswald was right handed but left eye dominant and shot lefty.
The limo was moving virtually straight away -- which is basically the same as a still target.It was also a moving target. I'd say that requires a highly skilled rifleman, not just a "competent shooter."
While in the Marines, Oswald was trained in the use of the M1 Garand rifle. Following that training, he was tested in December 1956, and obtained a score of 212, which was 2 points above the minimum for qualifications as a sharpshooter. In May 1959, on another range, Oswald scored 191, which was 1 point over the minimum for ranking as a marksman.
Targets not withstanding, he barely qualified as a Sharpshooter once, and three years later barely qualified as a Marksman, which is a low as it gets.
It appears he got worse, not better as his marine training progressed.
And he never did attain an Exprts badge.
You can shoot a bolt action quite fast as a lefty.
That was in the '30s. The shooter was a member of the Cavalry team, who had been kicked by a mule and lost some sight in his right eye. He retrained himself to shoot lefthanded.Although, I read about a left handed shooter who won at Camp Perry (in the 70s?) who cycled his bolt action rifle the same way.
The guy [doing the re-enactment] WAS a pro-shooter and he took several attempts as I recall but it wasn't flat out impossible, just REAL unlikely.
the timer starts with the first shot. then you get 3.5 seconds to work the bolt and line up the second shot. Then another 3.5 seconds to work the bolt again and line up for the last shot.