18-06-2013, 08:02 AM
Gordon Gray Wrote:f 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.
Among all the various suggestions on this thread, I've yet to see mentioned one explanation that used to be offered on occasion: the sabot. I believe one was actually found in the 70s on the roof of the Records Building (but I may be mistaken about the location here).
Has this possibility been discredited? It was my understanding that this technique was used to fire a bullet from a smaller caliber weapon at a lower velocity, precisely to leave evidence of a false ballistic fingerprint, and not necessarily to be fatal.
Just curious about this.