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Newbie · 10-26-2000, 11:41 AM

Hawk

"Second, even a decorated marksman would have had an impossible task doing what LHO was suppose to do"

Do you happen to know the range the shots were supposedly fired at? Do you know what speed the vehicle was traveling at and if that speed was constant during the time the shots were fired? Also, I seem to remember it being mentioned that Oswald is supposed to have fired three shots in a span of 5.6 seconds according to the Warren Commision Report. Do you know if 5.6 seconds is the correct amount of time according to the report?

"The first report from the officers' that found the weapon, and at least one knew weapons, was that it was a Mauser, a 7.65 I think. Now, there was a Mauser that vaugely resembled the 6.5, but it was a much better rifle"

If you are knowledgeable about firearms as Ronin says, I was wondering if you could explain something to me. You refer to the alledged assasination weapon as a 6.5 Italian Carbine and say that it was originally believed that the assasination weapon was a Mauser. What exactly constitutes classifications of Carbine and Mauser? I know that all the Mausers I have ever seen have been old European millitary surplus rifles and all have been bolt-actions. The only Carbine I have heard of is the M-1 Carbine. I believe that was a semi-automatic rifle. Wasn't the 6.5 MM Carcano Carbine a bolt-action rifle? Why do the M-1 Carbine and the 6.5 MM Carcano Carbine both fall into the category of Carbines?
Also, when you say you believe the rifle was originally thought to be a 7.65 MM Mauser, are you referring to the 7.65 MM Belgian Mauser? When you refer to the 6.5 MM Mauser that resembled the 6.5 MM Carcano Carbine, are you referring to the 6.5 X 55 MM Swedish Mauser?

10-26-2000, 11:41 AM	#35 (permalink)
Newbie Registered User Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 148 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hawk "Second, even a decorated marksman would have had an impossible task doing what LHO was suppose to do" Do you happen to know the range the shots were supposedly fired at? Do you know what speed the vehicle was traveling at and if that speed was constant during the time the shots were fired? Also, I seem to remember it being mentioned that Oswald is supposed to have fired three shots in a span of 5.6 seconds according to the Warren Commision Report. Do you know if 5.6 seconds is the correct amount of time according to the report? "The first report from the officers' that found the weapon, and at least one knew weapons, was that it was a Mauser, a 7.65 I think. Now, there was a Mauser that vaugely resembled the 6.5, but it was a much better rifle" If you are knowledgeable about firearms as Ronin says, I was wondering if you could explain something to me. You refer to the alledged assasination weapon as a 6.5 Italian Carbine and say that it was originally believed that the assasination weapon was a Mauser. What exactly constitutes classifications of Carbine and Mauser? I know that all the Mausers I have ever seen have been old European millitary surplus rifles and all have been bolt-actions. The only Carbine I have heard of is the M-1 Carbine. I believe that was a semi-automatic rifle. Wasn't the 6.5 MM Carcano Carbine a bolt-action rifle? Why do the M-1 Carbine and the 6.5 MM Carcano Carbine both fall into the category of Carbines? Also, when you say you believe the rifle was originally thought to be a 7.65 MM Mauser, are you referring to the 7.65 MM Belgian Mauser? When you refer to the 6.5 MM Mauser that resembled the 6.5 MM Carcano Carbine, are you referring to the 6.5 X 55 MM Swedish Mauser?