Quote:
Originally Posted by t walgamuth
There was a show on last night on pbs about the ballistics of the kennedy shooting. The rifle used was a little known 6.5 mm which had a very heavy bullet for the size of the bore. They tested it different ways but the thing that really impressed me was they shot it into a stack of 3/4" pine boards bookended on a table and it penetrated about 36" of pine with very little veering off and the bullet was nearly in perfect condition when they dug it out of the board it came to rest in.
I think that shows the viability of the one bullet theory.
I did not watch the whole show. (There was a new pickers on too  ) |
This is the first Post that I read so I am sure someone else will say the same thing.
The Rifle was an Italian Military Rifle so it was quite well know.
In order for the bullet test to be valid they would have to use the same companies Cartridge with the exact same Bullet in the Cartridge.
Military Cartridges have Bullets with full Metal Jackets but the Civilian versions for Hunting have Bullets with a variety of configurations including exposed lead Soft Points and Hollow Points.
I have not read up on the issue to know what the exact make of Cartridge and Bullet was used in the killing.
I think more importantly the Cacarno Rifle is not noted for accuracy and of the various surplus Military Bolt Actions sold at the time it was near the bottom of the choices and were cheaper.
However, entirely adequate for the occasional Deer Hunter at reasonable ranges.