prairiedog: You don't need an African PH to tell me that. I worked for a private security firm in Peoria, Ill., in the mid - late 60s that received funding under the Warren Commission to test the M38 6.5mm Carcano for accuracy consistent with the distances involved in the Kennedy assination. We found the 6.5mm M38 Carcano perfectly capable of hitting squarely at the 60 m range Kennedy was shot at. He had a large head and it was an easy target.
Oswald's first bullet fired with the use of his cheap scope was lost in the braches of the tree the motorcade passed under and I doubt anyone really recognized the shot. The follow-up shots were used with open sights and Kennedy was a very easy target. Oswald was a left-handed shooter and cycled the action with his right hand - he never had to remove the rifle from his shoulder and that enable him to make two accurate hits in a very short period of time at less than 100m.
Kennedy was hit (at least) once from behind. That 6.5mm 160 gn fmj bullet passed through the base of his neck clipping his tie-knot on the way out and continued through the front seat of the limo and passing through Gov Connelly's back and chest and through his wrist. I firmly believe the bullet that impacted Kennedy's skull came from his front, not his back - the motorcase was not moving fast enough at the time to cause the brain tissue to evacuate to the rear of the car as it did without a frontal skull impact from a second shot.
All that aside, I hunted with the 6.5mm Carcano for a while and found it capable on big game with the 160 gn bullet and my two were accurate shooters. Mikey.
