re: #207 reloadingisnotahobby

From my knowledge of firearms…
Any shot like that with a Carcano (piece of shit) / bolt action …
WAS some incredible marksmanship!
Just sayin!

Surplus 6.5 x 52 mm Italian Carcano M91/38 bolt-action rifles were hit or miss as are most surplus weapons in quality and they’re cheap because of the available quantity. The range and speed of JFK was short (82m) and slow (8.1 mph) traveling in a know direction for a rifle shot. Oswald was trained as a Marine to hit stationary and moving targets at even greater ranges (+200 m) at “Dog” targets which are the silhouette of a human head and top of the torso.