On 09-23-19, PAUL QUINN said to WARD DOSSCHE:

PQ>Hi! Ward,

PQ>On 23 Sep 19 03:01, FidoNews Robot wrote to All:

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FR> It's not rocket science to determine that a gunman operating an
FR> old bolt-action rifle like a Mannlicher-Carcano was, to bang 2 more
FR> bullets in the chamber, aquire the target again and score 3 out of
FR> 3 hits in 6-7 seconds. Not only that, the angle is difficult, the
FR> visibility dubious and when you watch Zapruder's film with the 3rd
FR> shot it is obvious Kennedy was mortally wounded from the front, not
FR> from the back. The Zapruder film is clear ...

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PQ>Very few people know of a semi-automatic Carcano which used the same
PQ>ammunition (refer: Scotti Model X - Italian prototype).  That I think was
PQ>the second shooter's preference.  (A semi-auto has an advantage that you
PQ>may appreciate.) There were very few in circulation but several possibly
PQ>in government armouries 'for evaluation'.  Nudge, nudge...


At the time of Kennedy's murder I owned a 6.5 Mannlicher-Carcano. It was the
same exact thing Oswald used to kill Kennedy. It held six rounds. It was a
bolt action and you could not rip off the shots as fast as the shots were
fired in Dallas. The bolt would not work that fast. I bought it in a gun store
for less than $7.00 including tax, off a table piled with WWII surplus
weapons. I listened to the replay of the shooting at the time it happened in
1963...and didn't believe it was a 6.5 Mann-Carc at the time. By then I'd
fired mine many times and used to get pissed at how hard and slow the bolt
worked between shots. The more you fired it the harder the bolt became to
work. (No wonder the Italians lost the war!)


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