Yeah, if you put all the factors together. Poor shooter, bad angle of trajectory and an inferior weapon with a crappy scope. It would be like an average field goal kicker with a broken foot trying to kick an underinflated ball at fifty yards away in a fog, lol.
Jim
Originally Posted by Mr MojoRisin
Jim,
You have a right to your opinion. You just don't have your facts right. Even a marksman rated shooter in the US Marine Corps (The target metal for marksman was referred to as the toilet seat) is not a poor shooter.
The Marine Corps consider that any reasonable application of the instructions given to Marines should permit them to become qualified at least as a marksman.
The distance from Oswald’s location to JFK’s car was never more than about 90 yards during the shooting.
Rifle qualification in the USMC is at 200 yards for standing position, 300 yards for the sitting position, and 500 yards for the prone position.
90 yards (270 feet): an easy shot for any position. When in boot camp, after our qualification scores, my platoon was moved back to
1,000 yards with open sight rifles just for fun and grins: the instructors wanted us to see what we could really do. We were using the M-14 (308 a shorter 30 caliber bullet). (Oswald qualified with the M-1 a 30.06 - a longer 30 caliber bullet) with more powder and a longer range). I personally hit an 8 inch bulls eye 8 out of ten shots with the M-14. Over half of the platoon hit the bulls eye 5 out of 10 shots, or better. On the whole, the platoon shot better at the 1,000 yard range (Prone position) than we did at the shorter qualification range. The DI said he guessed that the pressure of qualification was off, and we did better. I just think that the more one shoots (while concentrating) the better one becomes.
JR