The President's back wound.

[Gordon Gray]

There is a big difference between ANGLE OF ENTRY and the ANGLE OF THE WOUND....

Since this bullet was traveling so slowly by comparison, it is very possible that the nose turned downward upon impact and it entered and coursed downward at 45+ degrees...

Does not mean the SHOT was taken from that angle at all.... Especially if we are saying the bullet did not transit, which it did not.

The expectation of STRAIGHT LINES when applied to bullet wounds thru and thru is a bit of a large jump. If real FMJ bullets were used with a hi velocity rifle - another story.

But they were not.

Remember the premise... "WE will be incharge of ALL the evidence.. What WE SAY is evidence will be evidence" do you think there was much concern over where the shots came from or the caliber of the bullets?

DJ

If the bullet is traveling up ward when it strikes, it is more likely to turn downward as it strikes. The opposite in true when traveling downward. I make these assumptions: The bullet did not transit the body, the bullet was fired from at least a medium velocity weapon,(personaly I don't believe the Manlicher Carcano was fired at all that day) and was a FMJ bullet. This type of bullet would transit under normal conditions. So an angle of 45 degrees is most likely due to a misfire or a ricochet. This would cause the bullet to react like it had been fired from a low velocity weapon. But I find it impossible to accept your suggestion that some one would be firing for accuracy at a distance of over 50 yards, using a low velocity weapon. That would essentially be a pistol shot.