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Who took this shot ?

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:28 am
by eternalme
6 inch dia target, 100yds away, the target was moving at 16 feet per second and rifle used .22LR.

There were no practice shots,First shot missed by 8 inch 5 o'clock, Almost Bulls eye second shot 2 o'clock.

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:39 am
by eternalme
No one has any guess I suppose,

It was infamous JFK assassination shot, I don't think Ostwalt had any training in that kind of shot placement.

So the question remains who took that shot?

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:35 am
by penpusher
JFK was shot with a 6.5 Mannlicher-Carcano

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:03 am
by eternalme
I read it was .22LR , that is another thing that the rifle ostwalt was supposed to have was 6.5 Mannlicher-Carcano, and a full jacketed bullet was found on the stretcher as well.

How did the bullet decide to come out and land on the stretcher is anyones guess. :-)

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:19 am
by shadowphaxone
There is a Hollywood movie FULL METAL JACKET(1988) in which it is mentioned that the JFK killer was a marine

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:02 pm
by raj
Found a video about it.It is a bit disturbing depicting the final head shot in close up & slow motion.
I dont think its good to post its link here.If any member still want to see it,i will PM its link.
Was a .22lr used??Because the video shows a very ugly gunshot wound which i doubt that a .22 can make.

Regards
Raj

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:59 pm
by BJL
The officially accepted version is that the weapon used was a 6.5 mm Carcano.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Ke ... tion_rifle

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:52 pm
by hamiclar01
shadowphaxone wrote:There is a Hollywood movie FULL METAL JACKET(1988) in which it is mentioned that the JFK killer was a marine
Nicholas Cage in THE ROCK was actually about to tell us who the killers were, when the end credits start rolling in. Damn! :wink:

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:55 pm
by BJL
LOL. Yes. You got rid of 'ol Hamilcar's image eh?

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:57 pm
by hamiclar01
eternalme wrote:6 inch dia target, 100yds away, the target was moving at 16 feet per second and rifle used .22LR.

There were no practice shots,First shot missed by 8 inch 5 o'clock, Almost Bulls eye second shot 2 o'clock.
..... if you hadn't mentioned .22LR I would have pressed the buzzer for Prithviraj Chauhan in the Raaso

remember the mat chookey chauhan line :wink:

-- Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:28 pm --
BJL wrote:LOL. Yes. You got rid of 'ol Hamilcar's image eh?
yup. it was a pain to dust at weekends, and perpetual frown was frightening the birds

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:26 am
by MoA
If you had 11 dots to the right of the cross hair.. it could be done.
With the carnaco... forget it.. :deadhorse:

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:48 pm
by dev
eternalme wrote:6 inch dia target, 100yds away, the target was moving at 16 feet per second and rifle used .22LR.

There were no practice shots,First shot missed by 8 inch 5 o'clock, Almost Bulls eye second shot 2 o'clock.
Wasn't me on a bad day :lol: .

Dev

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:44 pm
by penpusher
Contemporary sources paint a different picture about Prithvi Raj Chauhan after his defeat at the hands of Mohammed Ghori.Off course we would like to believe Chand Bardai's Prithviraj Rasso as it exists today.It is more romantic.A lot similar to gap between facts and what people like to believe about the Kennedy assassination.

Re: Who took this shot ?

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:00 pm
by hamiclar01
penpusher wrote:Contemporary sources paint a different picture about Prithvi Raj Chauhan after his defeat at the hands of Mohammed Ghori.Off course we would like to believe Chand Bardai's Prithviraj Rasso as it exists today.It is more romantic.A lot similar to gap between facts and what people like to believe about the Kennedy assassination.
true, hence I limited the quip to
hamiclar01 wrote: Prithviraj Chauhan in the Raaso
remember the mat chookey chauhan line :wink:
not the Chauhan of history.

I am neither a sensationalist, nor a romantic. However, others disregard his actual end and chose to believe a fantasy, fine by me. As long as that does not involve smashing libraries, stopping trains, or setting fires to property (among other things) in the name of miffed sensitivity.