Re: Missing the first shot

Good observation ****zam1.

Anyone who has any experience with firing a weapon through a scope at a 
target at close range, as I do, will tell you it's extremely hard to find 
the target quickly in the view of the scope. It's much easier to find it 
with the target further down range. Add to that the Texas Live Oak, the 
left to right movement of the limo underneath the TSBD, Oswald's probable 
nervousness of taking a shot at the president of the United States in such

a public way, and you have a recipe for missing completely.

James


<****zam1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Has anyone considered that the reason Oswald apparently missed on his
> first shot attempt was because of the rifle scope's magnification and
too
> close range which would have presented Oswald with a very unstable view
at
> such close range.  Too, shooting at a left-to-right moving target for a
> right handed shooter is more difficult than a target moving straight
away
> from the shooter.  Oswald's hesitation after the first shot was probably
> to allow more distance that would present a easier target.
>