[Ben Holmes]

Patrick C Wrote:

Ben Holmes Wrote:In a recent book, it was asserted that Lee Harvey Oswald was a 'crack' shot... but was he?

In what book is that...?

Quote:Oswald was a crack shot in the military. (Killing Kennedy - Bill O'Reilly, p. 15)

This has been mentioned before... and you've addressed it before... on the Amazon forums. Are you truly forgetting this... or just pretending?

Patrick C Wrote:It is all relative, but I would suggest he was certainly good enough to get off 2 shots in just over 5 seconds and strike the target at 65 and 88 yards approx.

Stop with your opinions, and deal with the actual EVIDENCE I posted...

Or not...

Patrick C Wrote:I would not say he was a "crack" shot as in top drawer - based on his marine records which show he was a marksman and sharpshooter - is that a crack shot...?

Only in the dreams of a true believer... But don't worry about my opinion, ask ANY Marine or former Marine if he thinks a Marksman is a "crack shot". You could also ask about a Sharpshooter - but Oswald was not a Sharpshooter.

That's a factoid from the true faith that simply never appears to die out.

Patrick C Wrote:You should know Ben....!

Of course I do. And I've stated my answer on numerous occasions. But let me be clear again... Expert is the only qualification that could be defined as a 'crack shot'. And I wouldn't even define the lower levels of Expert as crack shots. I'd argue, and I'm sure many in the world of competitive shooting would agree, that you'd need to consistently shoot in the 240's to be considered a 'crack shot'.

I came close...as I averaged between a 238 to 242... but I didn't consistently fire in the 240's... and was regularly beaten in rifle competition by those that I'd certainly define as 'crack shots'.

Oswald was NO-WHERE NEAR that level of shooting ability.