26-06-2013, 02:41 AM
David Josephs Wrote:Mr. Gray -All bullets will deflect to some degree when fired through glass, the degree of deflection is dependent on a variety of factors: type and velocity of bullet, type of glass, distance of muzzle to glass, distance of glass to the target, and most importantly the angle of incidence of the bullet strike to the glass. The greater the angle of incidence the greater the deflection. All bullets will deform somewhat when striking glass. Also they will begin to tumble after passing through glass. For this reason swat team snipers avoid shooting through glass except when absolutely necessary, because of the unpredictability. The alleged bullet hole in the windshield was to the driver's side of the rear view mirror, which would indicate a tangential strike of somewhere between 60 - 45 degrees. Also a tumbling and deformed bullet, should it have struck the president, would not have left a small puncture wound. A FMJ bullet, though it would deflect and deform, would still be likely to penetrate through the neck and exit from the rear, causing massive damage to the spine. Until recently bullet deflections through glass were regarded as unpredictable and certainly would have been so regarded by expert marksmen in the 60's. Here is a recent study that attempts to provide a table of deflection to be used by police snipers. You have to go to the PDF to read it. http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getReco...=ADA283575
Have you looked into your opinion's conclusion or are you just stating it as a general opinion?
I ask since few of us are ever involved with gunshots... let alone thru windshields...
McHugh was removed from the center seat on purpose... for the first time.
It was just safety glass, no protective qualities at all
Why is it so hard to believe that a hi powered rifle shot of small caliber would not cleanly go thru the windshield?
Why else remove McHugh from the front seat?
And are you really trying to tell us that while the Assassiantion is chock full of fraud, had there NOT been a hole in the windshield there would have been detailed photos, illustrations and analysis of that windshield....
"See, a bone fragment was found in the windshield crack... a shot from behind." but alas, that did not happen.
What DID happen to that windshield Gordon? Something about duplicates I seem to remember....
DJ