[Patrick C]

(01-19-2017, 06:16 PM)Ben Holmes Wrote:  

Anthony Marsh Wrote:

Ben Holmes Wrote:As an example: In another forum, the claim was made that the Mannlicher Carcano could be recycled in 1.6 seconds... this is in conflict with the known evidence, and is an example of a lie. Anyone making that claim would merely be quoted, then the citation to the FBI testing of CE-139 showing the actual cycling time - then, and only then, may the offending poster be labeled a liar.

That is not true. That is a lie. 

The known evidence does not rule out 1.6 seconds. People have done it. 

It has NEVER been done. Tony will be completely unable to cite any such demonstration of CE-139 cycling that fast.

Tony is a cowardly liar...

Quite despicable of him to label me a liar when I'm telling the truth, and HE'S lying...

I challenge him to tell the truth.

It is possible to cycle the Carcano and strike targets at 200 yards 7 times in 7 seconds. However this has been done by an Olympic standard marksman using a fully serviced weapon. 

I am not aware of tests using Oswald's actual Carcano in which two shots were fired in 1.66 seconds. This number comes from the HSCA tests as far as I am aware.

It would seem reasonable that Oswald's actual weapon could have been cycled and fired again in 1.66 seconds which is / was the time cited in various texts on the assassination. I had not seen 1.6 seconds before......the time cited is just under 1.7 seconds (1.66)

http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ../jfkinfo/jfk8/mc.htm
(2) It is apparently difficult, but not impossible -- at least with only minimal practice with the firearm used -- to fire 3 shots, at least two of which score "kills", with an elapsed time of 1.7 seconds or less between any two shots, even though in the limited testing conducted, no shooter achieved this degree of proficiency.
 (3) It is not difficult to fire two consecutive shots from a Mannlicher-Carcano within 1.66 seconds, and to "point aim", if not carefully "sight" it, on the target of each shot. Cornwell fired the rifle twice in 1.2 seconds, and I fired it twice within 1.5 seconds. In both cases the second shot missed, but was close to the silhouette. In fact, my second shot only missed the silhouette by approximately 2". [4]
(4) There was ample time for Oswald to have fired 3 shots, hitting with two of them, within 8.31 seconds. All series of 3 shots were fired in less than 8 seconds, two were fired in less than 7 seconds, two in less than 6, and two in less than 5. [5]
It is my belief that the evidence strongly supports that Oswald fired two shots which struck circa Z221/2 and Z312/3 which were around 5.2 seconds apart and that there was NO intersecting shot between those two. If there was a missed shot it was fired earlier just after the turn giving an approx 8 second time frame for a 3 shot scenario.

It is possible that there were indeed only two shots, but we cannot know.

Understanding the shooting and determining that based on the eye and ear witness testimony there were most likely only two or three shots and indeed that ALL the shots were fired from the same place....one invariably must conclude that there was highly probably only one shooter.

The shooter was seen in the SE 6th floor window at the time that the shots sounded.

It is possible some one fired Oswald's weapon. It is possible some one fired a shot that missed from another location high and to the rear, but these are simply remote possibilities that are merely statistically valid as options.

The only areas of concern for the lone gunman supporters are the similarity of three individuals ref the Chicago and Tampa plots, the Odio incident and Mexico City. There are questions around the Camp ST address and the FPFCC in New Orleans. Other than that, very little.

Which is why all the major investigations concluded there was no conspiracy - albeit the question mark over the HSCA and the dictabelt "evidence"......