Who took this shot ?

[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.

[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?

[penpusher]

JFK was shot with a 6.5 Mannlicher-Carcano

[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.

[shadowphaxone]

There is a Hollywood movie FULL METAL JACKET(1988) in which it is mentioned that the JFK killer was a marine

[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

[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

[hamiclar01]

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!

[BJL]

LOL. Yes. You got rid of 'ol Hamilcar's image eh?

[hamiclar01]

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

-- Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:28 pm --

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

[MoA]

If you had 11 dots to the right of the cross hair.. it could be done.
With the carnaco... forget it..

[dev]

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 .

Dev

[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.

[hamiclar01]

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

Prithviraj Chauhan in the Raaso
remember the mat chookey chauhan line

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.