The Rifle That Killed JFK... Allegedly (Lee Harvey Oswald's M38 6.5 Carcano)

Today we have Lee Harvey Oswald's M38 6.5 Carcano, allegedly the rifle that was used in the JFK assassination!
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[@BryanDenlingerKJVM]

I was given one of these guns many years ago. Took it to a local gun shop, and the owner told me it was a 6.5 Carcano. I asked how much it was worth, and he showed me from a Gun Value book that mine was worth about $27.00 dollars. I asked how much a box of ammo was? He told me, $35.00 dollars. That was the first time I purchased ammo that was worth more than the gun itself!

[@Antonio-j1g]

you are in luck, now the Carcano is $1,000 and a box of ammo is $40- Less than a Carcano 😂

[@bad74maverick1]

@@Antonio-j1g I don't know what world you live in but carcano's are NOT $1,000. EXTREMELY nice M38's go for about 500 bucks. I bought mine 2 years ago for 379 and still has its unit markings. I bought another M38 last year chambered in the original 7.35 Italy was going to switch to for 175 dollars. Earlier rifles and carbines are cheaper usually in the 200 to maybe 350 dollar range.

[@jason60chev]

I think part of the reason the Carcano gets a bad deal, is that most modern ammo is made with .264 dia projectiles, while the groove diameter of the rifle is .267/.268.

[@alanstevens1296]

Here in 2024 you can go to any number of websites where firearms enthusiasts discuss that exact rifle and verify its aforementioned performance. Its 150 grain slug at 2,300 fps is a bit lower than the other WW II rifles but it still is in the "high powered rifle" category and that distance is point blank range in windage and elevation, as the drop in elevation is less than an inch in 100 yards. The shots were taken at 57, 72 and 87 yards, easy shots with the Carcano. The car was moving at 11 mph, and the apparent speed due to the angle he was shooting from was 6 mph forward and 1 mph to the side. An easy shot for any shooter who practiced shooting.

[@iowasucks9494]

True but how do you explain my father leaving?

[@brucegriffin3283]

This is 100% correct. The distance is under 100 yards, and Oswald trained as a Marine at 200. As one friend put it to me: "It was an easy shot. Oswald could have done it with iron sights."

[@kyleh4244]

1:21 your dog literally gave you a “sup” 😂

[@justincase9123]

I have something to say that has nothing to do with this video but the man who is behind it. Im not gonna say the exact situation, but suffice it to say, this man has the most awesome heart. He is a legit great human being. He went out of his way to make my birthday and holidays extremely special and ill forever be grateful. If you are reading this, thank you once again from the bottom of my heart. Ill always support and subscribe. Thank you so much. People, hes the real deal, probably the first one ive encountered on KZbin. Thanks again, so much bro.

[@pmg8504]

And then there are silly fools that say the Carcano is a piece of junk! In a SHTF scenario, I would have an M38 Carcano over a sharpended stick in a heartbeat!

[@JeremyS86]

the m38 carbine has the bayonet, so you get the best of both worlds lol

[@danieleyre8913]

I remember firing one of these about 20 years ago. The guy who owned it wanted us to be sparing with the ammunition because it was expensive. I thought it was a great bolt action rifle.

[@notarussianspy762]

the carcano is actually a VERY underrated rifle.

[@roberteugene7295]

@pmg8504 Actually, the point is that the murder weapon was a piece of junk. It was in pretty bad shape, according to the FBI crime lab and the US Army examiners.

[@cliffords2315]

Its really an Italian version of the German Mauser, its a good rifle

[@charlesbaker1628]

One of the major problems I have with the Kennedy shooting is that the first officers on scene( all WWII combat vets), identified the weapon found as a K98, and were required to change their incident reports to a M38. How could all the former combat vets be unable to correctly identify the weapon?

[@gastrofile]

Were they all in the European theater? If so, they should definitely know what a Mauser looks like, even if they aren't familiar with Carcanos. If they were in the Pacific, they might not know any Eropean rifles except as surplus.

[@somethin_cool493]

You've had decades to look at the evidence. They had moments. And their entire world was rocked in those moments. Things like that didn't happen back then. Could you correctly identify a military rifle under that kind of pressure?

[@MavisRecon]

​@@somethin_cool493 yes. lol. Are you insane? The men in this country can identify cars from a quarter mile away on a pitch black moonless night just by looking at the headlights. Thats what men do. And there isn't a single gun in use by coalition forces from OEF/OIF that I couldn't identify. Hell I even know most all of the Russian trash that the Taliban was using by sight, and could identify their guns during a live firefight if need be. And we often did identify their weapons during a firefight for various intel purposes. And if I couldn't do it, which would never happen, then one of my battle buddies could.

[@tiagomonteiro130]

​@@somethin_cool493There are pictures of the rifle taken by the press, you can clearly see that it's a k98 alone from the position of the sling not to mention the handgun is said to be a revolver but the pistol that shot the cop ejected 2 cases which a revolver would not doo also the calibers are wrong.

[@tiagomonteiro130]

​@@carolinausedmachineryWhat you know how many Mausers were taken by vets after the war? And how many they saw in their lives, that's like not being able to identify an AK47 after fighting in Afghanistan.

[@2009Berghof]

Another opportunity to relate my experience shooting a Carcano: Years ago I was shooting at a tin can with a WWI Carcano in 6.5. I was firing from the prone position with no support, not even a sling. I fired at the can as rapidly as I could. Using the 6-round en-bloc clip, of the six shots four shots made the can jump or move. The distance was about 75 yards. I came away feeling that there is no doubt that somebody could have done what Oswald may have done. Oswald's short rifle had a magnifying optical scope, and he had a window sill to rest the rifle on. Further, I've had the experience of firing a gun and had an echo come bouncing back at me. At first I thought somebody was shooting back at me. After two or three shots, I realized that my firearm's report was bouncing off a large metal warehouse about 100 yards distant. This explains the theory of another shooter to me. Lastly, for you Carcano owners. The method we will use to aim the original iron sights is not how the Italian Army was trained to shoot. Aim using our method and all Carcanos will shoot very high. Do yourself a favor and look up the correct method. I stumbled upon such an item on the internet. Somebody had taken the effort to secure and study an original Italian manual.

[@kennethcurtis1856]

If I remember, the scope on Oswalds rifle was a piece of crap, though. Plus, here it is shooting a a static target, while JFK was moving and on a slight decline.

[@basher5107]

Your missing the point It’s not the rifle it’s the ammo. The “magic bullet” went through two men creating seven wounds and was clearly a tangible bullet or Full Metal Jacket The third bullet that hit Kennedy in the head shattered on impact creating 42 shards of bullet in the president’s skull making it a frangible or hollow point bullet meaning two different rounds and two rifles equals conspiracy

[@easyenetwork2023]

Marines fire from cover, right? Even then, I think Marines would know to fire from some cover, so I doubt he had the gun even sticking that far out.

[@phantomstrangermedia]

The scope was found to be incorrectly adjusted - being several degree off true. There was also a big tree in full leaf blocking the line of sight. Add the problems of a moving target & you begin to understand why even great marksmen have not managed to emulate Oswald’s alleged performance.

[@falcon3719]

Why would Jack Ruby, with known mob ties, be so upset that he shot Oswald? He was a rough character. Again, why would Ruby be moved so much that he would throw his life away by killing Oswald?

[@Modine.]

The problem with that is Ruby didn't have any ties with the mob, he was a mobster wannabe. His chance to shot Oswald was pure dumb luck.

[@calinculianu]

Because.. it was an inside job and Oswald knew too much.. that's why.

[@camoss3724]

@@calinculianu Again, if that's the case then why didn't Ruby take Oswald out immediately after the assassination?

[@alanstevens1296]

Why does any person commit a murder? There is no secret about Ruby. He was as mad as Hades just like a lot of people were at what Oswald did. He popped his cork. He had a chance to plug him and he did.

[@farklestaxbaum4945]

Read the Early Life section of Rubys wikipedia page to find out...

[@jackgreenstalk777]

Alwyas looked to me like he was shot in the head from the front. The way the back of his head blows out, looks like an exit hole, not entrance

[@lesbolstad]

No. 100% he was shot from rear and all from Oswald. First shot missed, second hit upper back exit thru neck (this is the bullet that also hit Connally). Third shot was the fatal shot that hit right rear of JFK's head

[@themoon9442]

You are literally imagining that. In the Zapruder film the exit wound is clearly in the top right of Kennedy's head.

[@danieleyre8913]

Look again. First shot that hit Kennedy (second shot fired); went through his lower neck and into the Governor in the set in front of him. That’s why Kennedy suddenly puts his hands up around his throat. Second shot that hit Kennedy impacted the right rear of his skull, blowing his brain everywhere. It’s right there in the Zapruder film. And it is entirely conforming with the angles from the window in the book depository building.

[@lesbolstad]

@@danieleyre8913 This is the correct answer. I don't understand how there is any conspiracy theory saying otherwise

[@danieleyre8913]

@@lesbolstad You have to understand conspiracy theorists. It’s always really their own inferiority complex underneath it all.

[@easyenetwork2023]

This gun is accurate up to almost 600 yards, so 80 yards would be easy for this weapon.

[@butchssurvivorranch360]

Bro you got that left handed reloading on the bolt action down pretty smooth...

[@Matt_justlikethat]

I enjoy ur common sense approach to ballistics an the variety of weapons used. Happy Thanksgiving Thanks

[@1ShotTV]

Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you 🙏

[@stephenwooten8661]

I think the biggest difference between your speed test and real life would be you didn't have to find a moving target in between shots.

[@jason60chev]

In the case of Kennedy, yes he was moving, but slowing and directly away, thus making it almost a stationary target.

[@martindunwell6099]

Don't forget the stress factor that would have been off the scale. Nixon said lyndon and I both wanted to be president but I was not prepared to kill to get it

[@Docjonel]

​@@jason60chev Yes, most people seem to forget this point. The relative motion was very small as the presidential limo was slowly driving almost directly away. Shooting as the limo was turning onto Elm directly under his window required Oswald to pan his rifle much more quickly. The closer shot was the harder shot.

[@VitalArms]

I love seeing a carcano in a well put together modern video. Most are just old cell phone fudd videos 😂😂😂

[@jamesflanagan7693]

The thing about it though is that the majority of witnesses described the sound of the shots as *Bang*..,....*Bang...Bang*. The key to that would be the last 2 coming too close together to be fired from the same rifle.

[@9Ballr]

96% of the earwitnesses said the shots came from only one direction. Dealey Plaza is an echo chamber, which is why some witnesses mistakenly thought that two shots came close together.

[@larryw5429]

I do not believe Oswald used lead point rounds. He used full metal jacket!

[@SwampOperator]

You are correct

[@christianstokkeland]

Oswald did not fire a gun that day. Wake up!

[@markdelgado8963]

@@christianstokkeland Yes Lee did fire his rifle as eye witnesses saw and identified him. This is historical fact.

[@DonaldRickert]

@@markdelgado8963 wrong. That witness that claimed that they saw Oswald in the 6th floor window failed to identify Oswald in a police lineup, so that holds no water.

[@gdaddy5193]

Worked for a large gun store in New York in the early 80s. Every Sunday we took out a full page ad in various newspapers. We had a large shipment of Carcanos. The Ad Read "6.5 Carcano! The rifle that helped Italy loose the war" we got bomb threats ... Heh

[@Rubeless]

What did the sell for back then?

[@hellspawn3692]

@@Rubeless i worked in a gun store in the 80's and we sold them for 75 to 100 depending on the quality.people were getting them for their kids and ol'ladies to hunt with because of low recoil and its a small size rifle with a very flat trajectory.

[@FreedomPartisan]

You got bomb threats for an ad?! Amazing!

[@gdaddy5193]

@@FreedomPartisan Some of our Italian American freinds took offense.

[@Night-Jester]

The lack of recoil for such a big round kind of surprised me. Also you're truly an inspiration shooting a bolt action rifle with your disability :( Yah know being left handed and all ha!

[@MasterFatness]

It's a rather small round to be fair. A little less power than a .243 Win.

[@Night-Jester]

@@MasterFatness Yeah you're right. The case is only 1 mm longer than a .308 for some reason I was thinking it was bigger.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

With bullets of the same weight, the 6.5 Carcano is practically a twin of the 6.5 Grendel. Obviously you can't use on the Grendel the original 162 grain bullets of the Carcano, but that's the energy level. Having a larger case, the Carcano obtained it with a substantially lower pressure.

[@Night-Jester]

@@neutronalchemist3241 Dang I haven't thought about the Grendel in a while. Thanks for the info.

[@HalfWarrior]

Being left handed shooter is not a disability; but being hemiplegic and paralyzed on the left side is.

[@garydavis1845]

The back of JFKs head was blown.Not the front.

[@cliffords2315]

The Grassy Knowl

[@laurentdevaux5617]

And so ? The Carcano bullet was known for its lack of power at long distance, so...

[@garydavis1845]

The front of JFK 's head took the bullet.Not the back.

[@jimbo16720]

Don't forget it's harder with a straight 4 power scope finding the target. And it wasn't soft points.

[@snowdogthewolf]

Both the 6.5 Carcano and 6.5 Arasaka are on my bucket list to round out my C&R collection. Excellent video and sweet Carcano specimen.

[@harryurz]

What needs to be remembered is that Oswald didnt purchase the Carcano specifically for shooting JFK; he bought it to assassinate right winger General Edwin Walker in April 1963. A sitting target 120 feet away, the bullet cannoned off a window sill and missed Walker’s head by an inch.

[@bertilknudsen]

How do you know?

[@carterjones8126]

​@@bertilknudsen Because he didn't have a hole in his head.

[@DonaldRickert]

There's zero evidence to support that.

[@harryurz]

@@DonaldRickert On the night of the Walker attempt Oswald left behind a note for his wife listing what she should do if he didn’t come home. Marina submitted the note to the Warren Commission.

[@DonaldRickert]

@@harryurz there is no note. There is an unsubstantiated claim that he told Marina that he shot at Walker, but that's it.

[@jphil-mk8bw]

Hornady still makes the (nearly) original 170gr round nose 6.5 rounds

[@justincase9123]

Love this channel, it's entertaining AND informative. Keep up the great content👍🏾

[@68fmj51]

Fellow lefty here, I feel your pain! Shooting milsurp bolt guns on the left side can be a PITA. I have a M38 Carcano that I bought off Gunbroker several years ago and have only put one clip through the rifle because unfortunately it appears the barrel has been tampered with before I got it. The rifling is still strong but at 100 yards the bullets impact at least six feet off. I used the .268 diameter bullet Hornady used to make for the Carcano but I'm not sure if they still do.

[@dwwest8168]

From what I can find, it looks like Oswald fired his 3 shots in 8.4 seconds. First shot was at 240ft and the 3rd shot was at a range of 265ft. Allegedly.

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Patsy

[@allanfranklin9615]

So you're saying the car only traveled 25 ft in 8.4 seconds? The car was probably 25 ft long. It would have to be traveling at snails pace, from the film it was going much faster. Just a thought. Oswald was a patsy, he was involved but took the fall. We will never know who really killed JFK.

[@dwwest8168]

@@Marcuswelby-nx2te Agreed.

[@danieleyre8913]

@@Marcuswelby-nx2te He did it and did it alone. He was a piece of garbage compulsive lying communist.

[@roberteugene7295]

@dwwest8168 He had 5.6 seconds. First shot struck President Kennedy in the back.

[@jamesmarshall9598]

his head moves slightly forward at head impactPlay frames) followed by back move with mist forard proving shot from rear!

[@Docjonel]

This. The spray of blood is forward and up. No way this happens with a shot from the front. Watching the Zapruder film in slow motion, Kennedys head is initially pushed forward then his whole body arches back. Also, the skull wounds are only beveled in a back to front direction, not front to back.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

Now try those shots for accuracy on a moving target. He wasn't known to have used his 6.5 in practice shooting before his two attempted assassination

[@1ShotTV]

Yeah a moving target would definitely be tougher. I don’t believe the story but the shots would be possible. Not easy, but possible

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@1ShotTV I tried it with my Carcano Model 38 at a moving target with a few visual blocks and couldn't do it

[@Rubeless]

The target wasn’t moving fast, no where near fast. Easy shot

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@Rubeless the 5 miles an hour shooting at a large Cantaloupe size object, cycling the bolt, reacquiring the target with visible objects interfering anyone shot easy 3 shots in 8 seconds, it isn't so easy. I went after trying it on my range from height distance and having friends pulling it on a line, to believing in a second shooter.

[@Lovell93]

@@kirkmorrison6131I haven't watched this video yet but it definitely looks like he's shot from the front once and from the back after. But either way, definitely more than one shooter.

[@9mmfederalrimmed235]

The Carcano M38 changed the sights from complicated adjustable to one single notch fixed one. That notch was zeroed at 200 Meters. So it will shoot high at you 25 Meters and you hold the post at the bottom of the notch. The italians spent early in the 1930's all the money to early tanks and ran out of money and modern equipment by 1940 so they simplified the Carcano 1938 model using existing Carcanos from WW1 to modify them. Thats why they modified the M38 around the old WW1 Carcano in order to fit as much stuff in already existing rifles as possible even the new Carcano cartridge hat to fit the old rifle with just minore rechamberings and reborings. The sight of this one is at 200 Meters fixed.

[@jacobgavrilis4916]

On most ww2 era battle rifles the lowest setting on the rear sights was often 300m or 200m. Thus giving making it shoot very high at close range and why you have to dip the front sight down so far.

[@JefferyAshmore]

100 yards on all that I have used which is smle, mark 4-1, k98, mosin both Finnish and russian, m1 grand. M1 carbine All had 100 yard marks.

[@bad74maverick1]

Only the Carcano's were set at 200 to 300 meters. Funny thing is earlier Carcano's had a rear sight that you would flip over into a cutout in the handguard and the rear notch on the base was 100 meters.

[@JefferyAshmore]

@bad74maverick1 I had ak47 hunter like that, was wonderful and accurate. At 100 to 300 yards.

[@bad74maverick1]

@@JefferyAshmore It's an odd way to do a sight, but once you get used to them, they work just as fine as any other sight.

[@JefferyAshmore]

@bad74maverick1 I agree it worked good for that caliber could hit license plate at 300 yards with open sites that AK hunter had longer barrel and shot well.

[@ChristopherLambert-m7q]

This is one if my favorite old bolt guns, they never got any love everyone always crapped on them because the ammo situation but with the right diameter 6.5x52 ammunition its a deer slayer for me.

[@mikenstien1861]

When in the Service, Marines I think, Oswald did qualify as Expert during boot camp. Just before he left, he only qualified as marksman or whatever is the lowest qualified level. But he definitely had the skills.

[@sisleymichael]

He was a marginal Marine, and did not qualify expert. That theory keeps popping up because nobody wants to admit they picked a dud for a fall guy.

[@RL-RL]

@@sisleymichael Correct!

[@neutronalchemist3241]

@@sisleymichael He qualified sharpshooter. then reduced to Marksman just before leaving. More than enough to hit a human-sized target at 80 yrds distance.

[@sisleymichael]

@@neutronalchemist3241 Moving? Not so easy. Had he been a badassed grunt of some sort I might be inclined to believe he could do it. People who were interviewed said they heard three shots, all originating from different locations. The entire magic bullet theory was a poor cover story. Shooting from the rear, why was Kenedy's head blown out the back? That defies reality. Nothing about that event was what we were told. In the Las Vegas shootings, Early live streamed audio was clear to every infantryman who is familiar with them, a SAW and a 240. They have different pitches. Another example of nothing is what it seems.

[@LKaramazov]

@@neutronalchemist3241a human sized target is different than a neck shot and a head shot on a moving target.

[@keybuckley]

Pretty conclusive I'd say

[@LKaramazov]

I remember reading that this was a total p.o.s. rifle that you could buy dirt cheap in magazines?

[@danieleyre8913]

You probably read that, as it was something well circulated around the USA. But it wasn’t true. It is an excellent rifle, it’s just that a lot of Americans who bought them in the 50s-70s unknowingly used the wrong ammunition in them and got a wrong impression of them.

[@proudbirther1998]

Oswalds probably lined the front and rear sights level and that would explain why his shot at Gen Walker struck the wall above his head

[@imdaprophet]

Allegedly

[@mrtjbiga1784]

" will not confirm nor deny"

[@Thebaconmurderer]

So the reason you have to aim the post so low with the M38 is because when Italy designed it in the 30s they decided to fix a sight on it for a range of 200 meters. They came to the conclusion that almost zero confrontations happened at more than 200 meters and didn't want to add unnecessary machined parts to the gun. So unless you're shooting at 200 meters likely chance is you'll have to aim the post up or down. Also another part is that within those 200 meters you can easily adjust your aim since it has such a flat trajectory.

[@theinstructor2687]

But, let's not forget that Oswald, supposedly, got those three shots off in the time frame but shooting at a moving target. That adds a whole other level of difficulty. I was in high school at that time and didn't believe the Warren Commission version of things when it was released. The more I've seen, heard, and read over the years makes the 'official' version even less believable.

[@jacobstaten2366]

Cycling it that fast is entirely possible.

[@theinstructor2687]

@@jacobstaten2366 Yes, we're in agreement, on that. My point is, getting three shots off that fast, accurately and on a moving target is something totally different.

[@jacobstaten2366]

@@theinstructor2687 Dustin just did a pretty tight group on accident and Oswald was a good shot. The hardest part is the moving target, which isn't all that fast or moving all that far in this case. I think he really did do it. I just question if he was given motivation by an outside source, especially after he himself was assassinated in peculiar fashion.

[@angrydingus5256]

ayyy you finally have a video over 15 minutes. The algorithm will show you SO much more love now

[@imaniac330]

Thanks for all the hard work you put into the videos! It doesn't go unappreciated.

[@1ShotTV]

Thank you

[@mhughes1160]

@@1ShotTV PBS Nova did a video on the JFK shooting and showed how it is more than possible for one shooter to accomplish the assassination The echo people heard was just an echo .

[@marekwisniewski5572]

Hi I want to tell you that you're WRONG about direction of balistic-head move - if you look at it frame by frame and make marks on frames you will see that head gos DOWN-LEFT - but table give it RESISTANCE and then push back with oposite force front-rigth - it was BIG force since you;r table was pushed down by 1-2 cm - look at it very closle - it is 100% consistanc with zapruder film - JFK body is leaning towords Jacky ant its pushed DOWN = Left -back EXACTLY AS ON YOUR FILM @@1ShotTV

[@albertkinney8021]

Got a 1939 Berretta 6.5 carcano riffle and you can still get the original type rounds and the newer rounds I like the round bullet it tumbles on impact most the time leaving massive damage. Great video 👍

[@9Ballr]

The first shot from LHO was at approximately frame 160 of the Zapruder film, and shot two was at frame 224. This is 64 frames apart, so at 18.3 frames per second that means the time between the first and second shots was approximately 3.5 seconds. The time between the second and third shots is easier to determine, because they are both on the Zapruder film. Shot two is at frame 224, and shot three is at frame 313. That is 89 frames, which at 18.3 frames per second would be about 4.6 to 4.7 seconds between the second and third shot. The shots were also easy for Oswald, who qualified as a marksman and a sharpshooter in his two Marine shooting tests. In the rapid-fire part of each test, shooting at targets 200 yards and 300 yards away, he actually scored above the level of expert. Kennedy's limo was moving slowly away from Oswald at a distance of approximately 88 yards at the time of the fatal head shot.

[@robertcarveth8722]

Your timing is wrong...First shot is at zero seconds, this missed (likely deflected off a light pole) bullet witnessed striking road. second and third shots almost on top of each other about 5 or so seconds later. One shot 6.5 Cacarno shot hitting low on back of Kennedy's neck exiting throat and going on to hit Connelly multiple times. the third shot (AR15 round) entered back of skull fragmented inside his head and leaving a large exit wound above right eye (see Zaps film) blood and gore exiting forward.. Most military at ground level confirmed the two shots amost on top of each other and!!! smelt gunsmoke at ground level. There is a strong oppinion that Kennedy could have survived the first bullet (but would have been a complete cripple) but the .223 fragmenting round accidently discharged by George Hickey(in follow up vehicle) when he fell over backwards while holding a cocked AR 15 rifle when cars accelerated after the first shot was heard. I always say: Oswald attempted to kill Kennedy, but actually George Hickey killed Kennedy!!! (Kennedy's skull can always be re-examined years down the line its in the grave with the bullet holes..) Its amazing that so much bullshit could be written about six seconds!

[@9Ballr]

"Its amazing that so much bullshit could be written about six seconds!" Well, you got that part right.

[@Xonid1]

He could have made that shot.

[@Xonid1]

​@@robertcarveth8722That has been debunked. Someone saw a bullet hit the pavement but nobody saw the secret service shoot. Why not? A lot of eyes were on the car.

[@BrisLS1]

There is a new guy online now, saying that the first shot was before the Z film even started. It is titled something about Roshak test ( the ink blot where you bring your own opinion as to what it is ). Could be considered. Just imagine if modern phone cameras captured that whole thing. You could probably see each bullet mid-air. Anyway, this video was pretty chilling to me. That egg plant entry-exit makes you think, "back and to the left", but then everything he hits just explodes after that, leaving you back out in the cold regarding a second shooter from the front. Trivia : did you know Ruby was missing his trigger finger? Anyway, the whole incident is so surrounded by such flawed human behavior that it just creates an infinite amount of stories. You would think it would have created infinite reasons not to go through a town in an open car that slow. But that's just another sloppy human action that allowed for a tragedy. You would think the lesson from 1914 would be enough, or McKinley or Garfield.

[@jakenieten]

7:21 Dang!! From the looks of it, it appears YOU were the shooter back then!! Awesome shooting for a lefty shooting a bolt!

[@chrisdonnelly5904]

Your alleged "lucky" 60 yard groups were incredible! Keep up the good work man!

[@CTCAC2000]

your dog gives the camera a nod of acknowledgement at 1:20. cute!

[@justfly60482]

Still don't think he did it alone.

[@bobhope369]

He didn't. The shooter in the nest (the storm drain was who sent JFK back and up) was one of the other shooters. So no not a one man execution

[@Letswashiit]

your the man jesse! my wife and i are actually sitting here watching the jfk docu when i came across your new video!

[@alias-qb9kx]

I saw this recreated possibly on the history channel as mentioned by another comment and the distance of the shots fired were at about 75 yards same angle fmj bullet actually created the same wound effect as in the actual assassination. Enjoy your videos nice grouping 😊.

[@exothermal.sprocket]

Bullet diameter is .267 instead of the usual .264. Case capacity and size seems to be between 6.5 Creedmoor and 6.5x55 Swede. Saami pressure rating is 41,340 psi where the Swede is 51,000 and the Creedmoor is 62,000. Performance seems a good chunk less than the Swede but runs heavy bullets. I see Wikipedia quoting 162gr @ 2300 fps. Just for reference, I'd say a .30-30 is going to offer similar or slightly higher performance, but a larger projectile diameter and more air drag.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

It seems to me he's shooting Prvi ammo. They can be either 123gr SP or 139gr SP. Both have the correct .267 diameter (hence the accuracy). Out of a 24" barrel (but the short rifle has a 21" barrel) the 123gr is given for 2690fps (2680 Joules of energy), and the 139gr for 2526 fps (2670 Joules). Those are pretty impressive loads. Just a tad less powerful than the 6.5 Swede (Prvi ammo, 123gr 2712 Joules; 139gr 2705 Joules, however there are substantially hotter loads around) and substantially more than 6.5 Grendel (Prvi ammo, 123gr, 2615 Joules, and that's an hot load already. Norma 123gr only develops 2465 Joules).

[@exothermal.sprocket]

@@neutronalchemist3241 Good data. Thank you!

[@neutronalchemist3241]

@@exothermal.sprocket You are welcome. In reality, while the CIP and SAAMI specs for the 6.5X55 Swede are considerably higher than for the 6.5 Carcano, the difference in the original military loads was negligible (infact I think the Prvi 6.5 Swede load to be very similar to the original one). The original 6.5 Swede round nose service round, used until 1941, launched a 10.1 grams (156 gr) projectile at a muzzle velocity of 725 m/s (2,379 ft/s) with 2,654 J (1,957 ft⋅lbf) muzzle energy when fired from a 739 mm (29.1 in) long barrel. The original 6.5 Carcano round nose service round launched a 10.5 grams (162 gr) projectile at a muzzle velocity of 700 m/s (2,297 ft/s) with 2,572 J (1,897 ft⋅lbf) muzzle energy when fired from a 780 mm (30.7 in) long barrel. The Spitzer 6.5 Swede service round, adopted in 1941, launched a 9.1 grams (140 gr) projectile at a muzzle velocity of 800 m/s (2,625 ft/s) with 2,912 J (2,148 ft⋅lbf) muzzle energy when fired from the same 739 mm (29.1 in) long barrel. That are practically the Prvi specs, considering the 4.1" longer barrel.

[@exothermal.sprocket]

@@neutronalchemist3241 I think I've found someone who's even more of a nerd with ballistics than I am. hahaha! I've fired some Prvi .357magnum ammo and it felt quite stout. Must be one of the few import brands that's not cheating people out of powder.

[@arthursampson9644]

Norma,like most European ammo is pretty hot stuff,shot it in my 6.5 Carcano and in my 6.5 x 55 M38 Husqvarna Swedish Mauser.but the difference in either at 80 or 100 yds would be negligible.

[@matthev3759]

We're supposed to believe that someone with no known experience with a bolt action fired off all the shots in Dallas, killed a president, and was completely calm and relaxed, drinking a coke 78 seconds later. He also, slowly withdrew the rifle into the window, moved roughly 60 yards without being heard by people on the 5th floor, stashed the rifle, and went down four floors without being seen or heard by other people in the stairwell during those 78 seconds. Lee must've been a ninja.

[@richardcamacho7276]

Oswald would have actually had to enter each floor and then reenter the stairway. Two ladies who were on the stairway as well as a lady by the 4th floor stairs saw nothing. The stairs creaked mightily as well. So, in 90 sec Oswald killed Kennedy, hid the rifle, ran down 4 flights of stairs, unseen and not heard bought a coke, and was calm as a Cucumber when confronted by Mr. Truley his boss and an officer. A Ms. Reid made change for Oswald to get the coke at 12:29 or 12:30. There is no way he was up there on the 6th floor. My only hesitation is what happened to the guy(s) who actually shot Kennedy? How did they avoid detection, unless they joined in with the search party and never left. Hmmm.

[@Xonid1]

You don't know that he didn't practice.

[@smokeyrobin7881]

​@@richardcamacho7276 one of them became a president.

[@rickcamacho9079]

The overriding problem with the lone nut story is that one Cog of the scenario is plausible if facts are glossed over. Glossed over by those who didn't want the whiff of truth coming to light. Ruth Paine-s CIA connections Eben after the assassination. She ended up in Nicaragua helping the Contras. So was she just down there to improve on her Latin language skills? Oswald's movements such as being discharged on a hardship case to care for his ailing mother. He spent one day with her and flew off to Europe, despite being painted as always broke. He didn't really need money too much if his handlers paid the bill anyway. Was he promised financial rewards later upon completing these stealth missions such as the Fair Play for Cuba ruse and being operational at Camp St in New Orleans the same office as intelligence agents? He seemed motivated by public recognition than by $$. He tried to DEFECT to Russia but upon returning to the US reentered with no problem, was given a government loan to cover relocation expenses and even got a job requiring high security clearance. So much behind the scenes-he's O.H. Lee, he's Alex Hydell, he's LHO. Evidence about the assassination was destroyed such as the agent Hosty in Dallas being told to destroy the note Oswald gave to their office about leaving his wife alone. Why destroy it? Why the fake Secret Service agent on the grassy knoll if nothing is amiss? Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil sure helps murderers get away with anything, even the butchering of a President.

[@MehrLovin]

He was a Marine and ranked fairly high in shooting actually.

[@bad74maverick1]

Not too long ago I bought an M38 in both calibers. Old timers still call these guns junk and inaccurate and weak ect ect. They are all fine weapons. The inaccuracies are due people not realizing that the guns standard battle sight was set for between 200 and or 300 meters, so at 100 yards they shoot high. They got a bad rap and that has kept them very affordable surplus and easy to collect them all. Earlier models had a rear sight set for 200 meters and if you flip the leaf forward I believe the notch on the base is set for 100 meters. A feature I wish the M38s had.

[@farklestaxbaum4945]

They are actually excellent guns, the short rifles and carbines were some of the most practical bolt guns fielded in WW2, You are probably right about the weird sights giving people bad impressions. And the fact that much of the commercially available ammo is loaded with incorrect bullet diameters, and just overall hard to find.

[@bad74maverick1]

@@farklestaxbaum4945 Agreed! They are excellent. The ammo being made isn't the best for the gain twist rifling, but it also isn't the ammo completely. The rifles converted to carbines, and there were tons, had their gain twist ruined when they shortened the barrels and destroyed the accuracy of the rifles. The rear sights were just as I remember. I brushed up on them at "A Quick and Dirty Guide: Carcano Rifle Models" and they were in fact set for 200 meters base and later rifles 300 meters. Fact is they weren't smooth like enfields, they weren't accurate as Mausers, and they couldn't really be sporterized into anything good looking so they caught a bad rap. Several months ago several Carcanos came into the gun repair shop my dad works at. The owner, older guy, thinks they are junk. I bought a model 38 6.5mm for 175, and the other was an M38 7.35mm for 125, which I also bought. We both laughed walking away, but I know I got the better end of the deal!

[@2Aknight762]

Years ago I think the History channel did an experiment and they were able to reproduce the "magic bullet" shot that killed Kennedy almost exactly. Unique cartridge with very atypical bullet design creates an unpredictable trajectory.

[@hubertwalters4300]

Yeah,I saw that on the history channel,they had ballistic gelatin filled dummies with bone structure in a car like the one JFK and Jackie Kennedy were in,the shooter for this experiment was at the same height as Oswald was,and when the car was the same distance away from the shooter as it was when Oswald started shooting, he opened fire and the bullet behaved the same way the FBI said it did back in 1963,and they also experimented with a shooter on the grassy knoll,and that proved that if there was a shooter, shooting from there, the bullet would have went through President Kennedy and Jackie too probably killing both.

[@shooter86-uw8ce]

Too bad the magic bullet theory originated from people who erroneously thought governor connelly was seated directly in front of the president Which he wasn't Waste of the history channels time And everyone else's LOL

[@robinpage2730]

I'd love a link to that episode

[@richardsmith5532]

oswald was involved with running guns into cuba. he had access to much better weapons. he didnt need a cheap mail order rifle. not only was he a cia asset, fbi informant, he also worked for customs. dont believe it - try to find his tax info. thats right - all classified.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

So why the conspirators didn't put a "better weapon" in his hands?

[@richardsmith5532]

he wasnt the shooter. he was the patsy. he was framed from jump street.was he involved - most definitely. just not the shooter. he was probably tasked with infiltrating the group of cubans down there and got made. its a big club - and they were all in the club one way or another.@@neutronalchemist3241

[@jimgaul67]

I was a complete doubter that Oswald was the lone shooter. After a lot of investigation I changed my mind. An investigation that was on TV convinced me. They dispelled the shooting elapse time, head going backwards. Linebacker pose after the first shot, etc. I assume that Oswald used a FMJ which would explain why your soft point ammo made all the targets explode worse than the Oswald shot. Happened when I was fourteen and I have never forgotten that day.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

Similar here. And my doubts on conspiracy theories started exactly with the rifle. Why a rifle that had been made to allow scarcely trained conscripts to hit human sized targets up to 300m distance (with a little luck) shouldn't be able to hit a human sized target at 80m? The 6.5 Carcano is substantially more powerful than .223 Rem and 7.62X39. There is really someone believing it cant' kill? Then all the arguments like "Oswald never owned that rifle. It had been planted on him. And that rifle wouldn't have been able to kill JFK anyway." Ok, so, since they had to plant a rifle on Oswald, why had not they planted a better one? Who organised a conspiracy where the scapegoat had been given the wrong weapon? Dr. Evil?

[@twistedyogert]

​​@neutronalchemist3241 And wouldn't they plant something more commonly found in the US? 6.5x52 doesn't seem like it would be easy to find here in the states.

[@allanfranklin9615]

Was the "magic bullet" a FMJ? Didnt look like one to me.

[@galenhof3371]

I believe the cartridges used in Oswalds rifle were round nosed full metal jacket

[@kirkmorrison6131]

One of my favorite deer rifles out to 150 yards

[@MichaelGronski]

I've been watching you for a long time and I have to say that you ARE one of the best all around shooters that I have seen!! Keep up the great work!!👍

[@psycopaintball22]

I picked up a carcano carbine a few years ago, I've just been too lazy to get clips and ammo for it. I should do that lol

[@RL-RL]

One thing that has always stood out to me to debunk LHO, is that he was also left handed and the Carcano he "used" was right handed. Pretty hard to get off three shots in less than 5 seconds that way... Also the scope would impede his ability to pull this off.

[@jaysmith2151]

Also the rifle he had was a service rifle so it had a sling on it and the one they had in the courtroom didn't have any drill holes in it from where the sling would go on it or even any mounts for a sling. We all know the truth.

[@heywardmorgan7699]

​@jaysmith2151 that's an intreresting bit of information I haven't heard before, thanks for throwing that out here.

[@chrisdonnelly5904]

@@jaysmith2151 Ya seriously thank you I wasn't aware of that either!

[@jackgreenstalk777]

With a little bit of training its very possible to become proficient with non dominant hand. In pistol shooting, I was awful lefty when I first tried, but after a few weeks I'm a more accurate, albeit slightly slower shot with my off hand. I shoot shotgun both handed with almost 0 issues, even running the pump offhand, which is fairly similar.

[@somethin_cool493]

I'm pretty sure the Marine Corps wasn't handing out left handed rifles when they taught Oswald how to shoot, so Idk what difference him being left handed would make...

[@Stargazer80able]

Many early cartridges of the era did not go to spitzer bullets until later. The Carcano was one of them.

[@boztos6025]

I appreciate the effort. If only the target you had was moving at 11 mph…

[@Docjonel]

Almost directly away. Very little relative motion.

[@markoneil6562]

I love how in this video, and Brandon Herrera's recent MLK Jr. Assassination video have a fact check paragraph under the description of the video.

[@Lovell93]

Well yeah, the feds have to "set the story straight."🤔

[@GregMargraff]

I was perplexed about the movement of President Kennedy's head for a lone time until they released the info that he was in a back-brack. I would like to see some testing relating to this fact.

[@Overlorddz]

Yes, he was unable to move away quickly and here's another one. The backseat was elevated for the purpose of parades. This lined JFK up directly with Connelly in front of him for someone shooting from TSBD. I don't believe Oswald was alone though.

[@brucerichardson5647]

The head shot came from the grassy know and was a 221 fireball.

[@brucerichardson5647]

His head would have explored if it was hit with a 6.5 and he was hit above the temple on right side and exit out the back.

[@davidr2975]

Yea, it was Bigfoot, or the easter bunny, on the grassy knol.

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Yes it did shooter was wearing a floppy hat with spots.he's also a lefty

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Shhhhh

[@calinculianu]

Yep. I also think this. President was caught in a classic crossfire pattern and yeah unfortunately the rear-shooters couldn't make their head-shots so the final backup guy at the front had to do it. I forgot the guy's name.. some mafia hit-man named "Files" or something .. .I saw a documentary on him like years ago. Compelling confession with lots of details. If he wasn't the shooter.. he certainly was a great liar.

[@LorenHenderson-r5i]

Oswald was shooting FMJ not soft tip.

[@luciano-km7mq]

There were multiple shooters. He was hit from the front (notice he grabbed his lower portion of his throat) and the kill shot came from the rear (entrance holes are small while exit holes are nasty. Notice in slow mode you can see a pink mist shooting from the top of his head). Oswald was a patsy. He didn't pull any trigger. He was going to spill the beans, and that's why he was shot. It was a cover up. We don't know who the shooters were - let alone which firearmS were used.

[@calinculianu]

@luciano-km7mq What if I told you the official Zapruder film went missing for 15+ years and the version we saw was altered to show the Presiden't skull exploding in the front (to be more consistent with a shot from the rear). The doctors at Parkland hospital all said he had a huge gaping exit-wound hole in the back of his skull.. this is inconsistent with the Zapruder film. Also Jackie climbs onto the trunk to retrieve part of his skull and/or brain. Also inconsistent with a shot from the rear.. Zapruder film was altered by CIA and is not original.

[@luciano-km7mq]

@@calinculianu Why did jfk grab his neck? Do bullets curve? There were multiple shooters. At least acknowledge that. We have no idea what weapon was used.

[@calinculianu]

@@luciano-km7mq I def. agree there were multiple shooters, and I think they were at multiple angles probably front and back. He grabbed his neck because he was shot in his neck. :) Biggest deal to me is what the Parkland docs said the day of his death after they had worked on him -- he had a huge exit wound at the BACK of his head. I don't trust any of the photographic evidence, even the Zapruder film -- all photographic evidence can be tampered with (it isn't even considered the highest form of evidence for court criminal trials for that reason, unless a chain of custody can be established and witnesses testify to its veracity). Considering everything surrounding the assassination is lies -- I don't trust the Z-film. I do trust the Parkland doctors to have been telling the truth when they first said it was a huge head wound, exit wound.. at back of head.

[@Carl_Jr]

​@@calinculianu Wow. Really? She wasn't climbing on the trunk to retrieve part of his skull! She was trying to get away from the guy sitting next to her, whose head just exploded all over the car! I'm sure she was a devoted wife, but, really? That's next level devotion! 🙄

[@calinculianu]

@@Carl_Jr there is written and oral testimony that she was retrieving a piece of his head off the trunk. this is not controversial. search for it. she even handed a piece of his brain to the doctors at parkland that she was carrying.

[@brianpalmer769]

How about 50 feet in the air with a moving taget

[@liability69]

The 6.5mm (26 caliber) Carcano appeared more than a day later, from sources unknown. There were a couple of other rifles found.

[@tobygreen4257]

7.65 Mauser was found by Seymour Weitzman.

[@Docjonel]

No

[@Overlorddz]

Mannlicher Carcano used to have a nickname in the was among the lines of 'the gun that only kills by accident'. Still a marksman only needs a tool, doesnt have to be top of the line.

[@Kelly-oq9nh]

Lee Harvey Oswald was a skilled marksman with a rifle. It’s totally reasonable to believe that he could have made those shots. After watching a documentary that was very well done, I do believe that Oswald was the lone shooter. What’s harder to believe is why he did it, and that he was killed by Jack Ruby, just days later. I remember as a little boy the day it happened and how devastating it was to everybody. It would be nice to know the truth wouldn’t it ?

[@Rubeless]

He was not a skilled marksman, was not a good marine and still could have pulled this off. 80 yards with a magnified optic, car moving a walking pace

[@dontbetreadin4777]

Keep drinking the Kool aid

[@smitty_werben_jagerman_jensen]

Y'all roasting this kid he was just tryna tell y'all what's going on 💀🙏

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Wrong

[@exothermal.sprocket]

Knowing the truth about WW1, WW2, the oil crisis, 9/11, J6, and the last 3 years is something that billions of dollars are spent to make sure most people don't figure out.

[@liability69]

There’s never been any evidence that Oswald fired a rifle on 11/22/63. Dallas County Sheriff’s Deputy Seymour Weitzman, a firearms expert (as well as Dallas County Sheriff’s Deputy Roger Craig) both identified the rifle found on the 6th floor of the Book Depository, as a 7.65 mm (30 caliber) Austrian Mauser!

[@camoss3724]

And they quickly realized their mistake and identified the weapon as a Carcano. Nothing sinister about it at all.

[@DonaldRickert]

@@camoss3724 there were signed affidavits by Weitzman and Fritz confirming that they found a Mauser. This story only changed when it was found that the Carcano was ordered via mail by Oswald's alleged alias.

[@barrygoodson4952]

The head shot alone tells you he wasn't shot with this rifle !

[@RobertSmith-km6gi]

Many years ago I bought one of these, badly sporterized, for $35. I found a box of Norma cartridges with the long round nose bullet you showed at the beginning. I think they were 156 grain. I had some dry pine timber pieces leftover from building my house I lined up two blocks against a tree, 15” of wood. I shot once and nothing moved so I shot again, same result. Walking up there was a single hole dead center in the front block. Both rounds went through the same hole and too far into the tree to retrieve! Years later I cut that tree down and found both slugs.

[@arthursampson9644]

You must have had a sporterized SHORT RIFLE,long rifle models with cut off barrels usually key-hole the target because the bullet was not stabilized as it left the barrel.

[@RobertSmith-km6gi]

@@arthursampson9644 No, it was a 26” barrel I believe. These rifles had progressive twist rifling to help to stabilize the long bullet by increasing its spin. They were actually pretty stable in the air and tended to tumble only after striking an object. Also I was close to the target.

[@MakoRuu]

1. JFK says Israel will never get nukes if he can help it. 2. JFK invited by the Dallas Businessman's Council (mostly Jewish mob members) to attend a parade. 3. Dallas Businessman's Council insists that the parade route be diverted past the book repository, despite it not being a very direct route. 4. Zapruder, a Jewish DBC member, takes his very expensive and uncommon film camera to video at the exact point JFK was shot. 5. Lee Harvey Oswald, a Russian sympathizer, shoots the President in the head. 6. Jack Ruby, a Jewish mobster, with connections to the DBC, shoots Oswald to make sure he never talks. It's all pretty straight forward.

[@teddyfartypants]

Sources?

[@Lovell93]

Yikes. Watch it with the Jew stuff. Just because certain individuals involved happen to be Jewish doesn't mean Jews as a whole are bad. That's dangerous rhetoric. I'm not fan of Israel and the terrible things they're doing right now, but I'm not out here just blaming Jews for it.... The same way we don't blame Christians even though the majority of our evil politicians in the United States are "Christian."

[@MakoRuu]

@@teddyfartypants Follow the trail from Jack Ruby. AKA Jacob Leon Rubenstein. He was a Jewish American who owned the Dallas Businessman's Club.

[@teddyfartypants]

I mean let's get concrete sources and inform the public through a scholarly medium so they'll start kvetching lol

[@jussy1287]

actually oswald was not a good shooter, as far as i know he never did a training with this rifle... many people also heard the shots from the opposite direction, from that little "grass hill".

[@davidstewart5811]

I was supposed to be in a marching band to lead his parade that day. When I watched this video, I admit that at first, I cried for a moment. I have seen far too many of these kinds of videos over the years and all pretty much come to the same conclusions, that the rate of fire is consistent with this rifle, that accuracy at the range and conditions is satisfactory - as in, Oswald could have made the shorts and been expected to hit the target, The one disturbing aspect of this entire exercise is and remains the simple fact that the head just would not be expected to rock backward when hit in the rear. Sure, anything is possible, but physics tends to support the theory that the final bullet came from the front. I wonder if JFK was hit by two bullets and about the same time - one from Oswald and another from an unidentified shooter. The timing of the shots could explain the double tap. I wonder if this has ever been investigated.

[@charlescho7989]

You sound like someone that has never owned or shot one of these rifles, I own one of these and have shot it many times . It’s a piece of junk, no way he could have made those shots with that gun. Explain the head shot where the head went backwards . His own party had him killed.

[@828enigma6]

Not that we'll ever know.

[@arthursampson9644]

You Sir, I believe are on the right track about the seneroio and how the assassination was carried out,we the American people will probably never know the truth to be told by the powers that be. Yes the Carcano and probably LHO had a hand in the event, both being fully capable of it.But the backward thrust of JFK'S head tells me of a frontal hit as well, One rhe History Chanel story a Doctor said a rear wound could cause a " knee- jerk' effect for the hard to retract rearward, but I don't buy it!

[@recneps8672]

​​@@charlescho7989you literally just repeated what he said about the head rocking but in an argumentative, disagreeing way. God I hate when people do that. Learn to read.

[@Dcfinest79]

That back brace he had on makes it difficult to tell. His head does actually go down and to the front before going back. You can also see alot of matter come out the front of his head.

[@larkinoo]

A Mannlicher Carcano rifle DID NOT kill John Kennedy. The weapon that shot Kennedy from his right front was a weapon that could be rapidly stowed in a smallish case, resembling a small suitcase, as was testified by the railroad worker that saw the assassins behind the picket fence immediately after the last shots were fired. There was two of them at that location, one shooter and one lookout. These were French Mafioso. The guy that did the shooting from that location is now dead. Sorry, but I cannot remember his name, and may he rot in Hell for his deed, but PLEASE, PLEASE do not state or infer that Lee Oswald was an assassin. You need to research the plot/conspiracy into the Kennedy assassination before you post anything on his murder !!!!!

[@danieleyre8913]

You are a clown. It was Oswald. He used a Carcano from a vantage point in the book depository building. The initial investigation got it right. Wasn’t hard for them given how Oswald later panicked and murdered a Dallas policeman for no reason. Why can’t you just accept it?

[@proudbirther1998]

Jfk head went back and to the left because of Newtons 3rd law. You have jfks right front skull exploding and a huge mass of brain blood and bone ejected out at high speed in an upward forward direction. This will push his head back and to the left. Think of the apollo 13 service module that had a huge panel blown off of it. That massive panel blown out will push the spaceship in the opposite direction

[@tommyspann8852]

People always forget the jet effect of the brain, blood and liquid spraying out of Kennedy's skull. That can be quite severe and could force his head backwards

[@WadeMaster789]

JFK was shot from the front, by the driver. THAT'S why the back of his head exploded and fell to the rear. The Zapruder film shows it, when not overexposed, as the CIA and FBI manipulated it.

[@calinculianu]

Except that isn't consistent with conservation of momentum if he were shot from behind.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

@@WadeMaster789 The back of JFK's head didn't explode. It's still there, still with the entry wound (you can find the pictures online. the front/right part exploded.

[@insertnamehere313]

Wrong...this is already been debunked by many..Gerold Posner even changed that theory after it was debunked. Do you know what kind of CONSISTENT pressure has to be there to do that.😂

[@roosterfish3248]

​@calinculianu what your saying makes sense, but the effect of a bullet going through tissue transfers very little momentum. I am an avid hunter, and have never seen any animal knocked backwards from the bullet. I believe what we saw from Kennedy was a nervous response from the impact causing his muscles to react and tense up. I've looked out of the window of the bookstore also, and that wouldn't be a hard shot with a rifle. With experience with a scope, you can actually aim faster than with iron sights. Anyway, I believe the shots came from behind. That's about all I believe though.

[@frankmaze1972]

Not only d8d his head rock back, a large piece of skull landed on the truck behind him.

[@DiabloVentureGames]

Just curious but what brand 6.5 ammo were you using?

[@richnewport3240]

Ppu makes incorrect.. .264. Key hole crap for the. 268 bore. Graf and sons has Hornady. 268 for reloading

[@rawbacon]

There's a reason that rifle was made for so many years and used by armies around the world.

[@proudbirther1998]

The gap in time between the 1sr and 2nd. Shot was longer because LHO had to wait for the limo to reappear from behind the tree in front of the TSBD The 1st bullet most likely hit the traffic light cross support. No way he would miss the entire car at that close range.

[@PatrickJDoyle-bw3fu]

The standard load for the 6.5 carcano had a fmj round nose bullet?

[@seanfoltz7645]

LOL, I'm so used to people abusing the word clip for guns that I instinctively flinch any time I hear someone say it, even for guns where it's valid...I'm also a Mosin Nagant owner.

[@behindenemylines3361]

I’m with you on the bolt, one of the clunkiest actions I have EVER worked!

[@oldgoldtopgoldtop6039]

"6.5 soft point"...that will obviously result in a much diffetent wound through soft tissue than the fmj used in the JFK assassination. In the Zapruder film, Kennedy's head moves forward between the two frames at the moment of impact before bouncing back.

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

PS.. i would be very curious to see you do a Firing Test of a German 7.65 Mauser in the same way, being that all the JFK Assassination News Reports sad THAT wass the Rifle for about a whole day and that's even what detectives and a Police Weapons Expert who found it said the weapon was until they suddenly conveniently changed it.. Great work!

[@nickcharles1284]

On careful examination, Kennedy's head 'bumps' forward slightly when hit by the third shot. His head and whole body then spasms backward violently in response to the neurological damage overloading the nervous system - a well understood phenomenon. Blood spray moves forward of the head, as expected from a rear shot, until caught by the wind created by the movement of the car.

[@imeprezime1285]

That spasm movement was incredibly fast!

[@nickcharles1284]

@@imeprezime1285 Yes.

[@timberrr1126]

Wrong. JFK was hit from the front with a .221 bullet from a Remington 100 fireball 11” pistol/rifle that blew out the back of his head. The blood spray was air brushed on the film. The back of his head was blackened out by retouching. How do I know? Easy. Look at each frame for blood spray. The spray completely disappears from one frame to another. In reality, it condenses then falls downward. In this frame it 100% disappears. This means the conspirators did not understand the animation of blood spray. But Disney animators would know… The shot called the “Magic bullet” did not go through JFK. Paul O’Conner who received the body at Bethesda testified in trial (it is on You Tube) that the back bullet only entered about 1 inch-he called it a “short shot” bullet. The powder was aged. Then this bullet fell out of JFK back and lodged in the seat. SS man (i forget name) picks it up and put it on the JFK stretcher. This is the Magic Bullet. His testimony is on You Tube in an interview. This proves a conspiracy.

[@nickcharles1284]

@@timberrr1126 Its a home camera with a hand cranked, spring motor, prone to speed changes. In no way are you going to get full motion details. You are not proving anything, you are rehashing scenes from a movie, and a documentary. So they hired a specialist in doctoring films who didn't know that he had to continue the deception from one frame to the next? Brilliant.

[@timberrr1126]

@@nickcharles1284 The original JFK film was air brushed with red paint. In one frame there is full red spray, then the next frame there is not a hint of red spray. I suppose the frames are about 1/30 of a second apart. You gonna’ tell me bloodspray just disappears in 1/30th of a second? No, it must fall to the ground first. So where is it falling? Also, the wind on that day was 3 mph from the North blowing to the South. The wind could not blow blood spray to the West! I do know that JFK was hit in the head from behind. He was hit 4 times. But I doubt you know this.

[@stddisclaimer8020]

Even if Oswald's Mannlicher-Carcano was the worst piece of junk in the world, and he the world's worst shot, it's an irrelevant argument since firearms experts for the Warren Commission and the HSCA proved that it was the same weapon which fired three bullets in Dealey Plaza, two of which struck the President. There is no evidence of any other person's ownership of the rifle, nor of anyone else firing it. Therefore, the Oswald fanboys can give up their *_game_* of implying (by the weapon's quality or the shooter's skill) that it was someone else, not Lee. In view of the aforementioned investigative findings the game is over.

[@timetraveler1973]

my understanding is that the carcano is basically a 243 but probably designed for 120-140 g rain bullets instead of 90-120 grain. same kinetek energy output ... to a point.

[@davidjernigan8161]

Most likely a 300 meter battle sight which was fairly common

[@deejayimm]

Being left-handed with a bolt gun sucks until it's rested on a bipod, then we have a distinct advantage...

[@Ptpop]

Your target was stationary.

[@LKaramazov]

I love the “allegedlys” . KZbin can put up all the disclaimers they want, we all know…

[@thunderbolt2145]

To quote Gary Oldman who said what Ive thought all along, "It was a piece of sh!t."

[@doorswhofan]

Can't get this ammo ANYWHERE right now. I've had 700 rounds on order for about 3.5 years now.

[@farklestaxbaum4945]

Still looking for it? I can find you some in stock

[@gringostarr69]

60 years of ammunition development, mut that is one hard hitting rifle