12-05-2014, 11:31 PM
Drew Phipps Wrote:We need to have a look at the actual targets. Especially the back sides of the target. Wonder if the actual targets are in the archives, or if just photos of the targets are there.
700 fps does seem mighty slow. You might be able to spot such a bullet on the zapruder film, leisurely making its way from JFK to JC. maybe that explains the delay between JFK's reaction and JC's...
Yes, 700 fps is a ridiculous velocity to even consider. I'm not even sure, with the small amount of propellant required to make a Carcano bullet travel this slowly, that the bullet would even make it all the way through the barrel and its riflings.
Many rimfire cartridges for .22 rifles will give a higher muzzle velocity than this.
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