05-09-2014, 03:37 AM
Drew Phipps Wrote:Based on your descriptions (above) of the frangible bullet available for the MC 91/38, it does not appear that there is any solid lead inside the copper jacket. (That would defeat the purpose, I'm guessing)
If that is the case, I feel compelled to ask the following question: If frangible bullets contain no solid lead, and if bullet fragments recovered from the limo were 3 solid lead fragments weighing .9 gr. (grain), .7 gr., and .7 gr ( CE 840 ), and a bullet fragment containing a copper jacket and solid lead ( CE 567 ), and a bullet base fragment with copper and solid lead ( CE 569 ); isn't it true that none of these bullet fragments can be from the frangible type of bullets you described above?
Go back and read the description of the M.37 frangible bullet again. Each of the two models described had a small solid projectile in the nose; one made from lead and the other from maillechort. If you look closely at the frangible bullets, you will also see the nose section of the jacket is a separate piece from the rest of the jacket, and the cannelure near the base is so deep, it would be very likely the base of the jacket would break away.
As for there being solid lead in these other pieces of jacket, remember that these are the same people that brought us CE 399. Do you really think they would tell anyone they found sand in the base of the jacket?
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