29-04-2014, 07:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 29-04-2014, 02:42 PM by Bob Prudhomme.)
In this case, and in most cases, we would be measuring from the base of the casing to the widest part of the shoulder; just before it begins to taper. As this distance is 1 mm longer on the 6.5x54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer casing than it is on the 6.5x52 Carcano casing, a 6.5mm M-S cartridge cannot be chambered into a 6.5mm Carcano rifle and the bolt closed behind it; at least not without a fight, and a big one at that.
No argument here about the wound location, I KNOW it was in the shoulder.
Edit: I can see how this could be confusing for many. As the 6.5mm Carcano casing and the 6.5mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer casing both have shoulders with almost identical angles, the narrow part of the shoulder on the M-S casing would also be 1 mm further from the base of the casing than the narrow part of the shoulder on the Carcano casing.
No argument here about the wound location, I KNOW it was in the shoulder.
Edit: I can see how this could be confusing for many. As the 6.5mm Carcano casing and the 6.5mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer casing both have shoulders with almost identical angles, the narrow part of the shoulder on the M-S casing would also be 1 mm further from the base of the casing than the narrow part of the shoulder on the Carcano casing.
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964