06-03-2014, 06:56 PM
Mitchell Severson Wrote:Bob, do you know much about the prices for competent rifles in '63? Was the alleged murder weapon that cheap (with coupon, of course)?
Yes it was a very cheap rifle. A much better rifle for this job would have been the semi-automatic M1 Garand. This was the rifle Oswald trained with in the USMC. However, it also sold for much more. On the same page as Oswald's rifle, an M1 Garand was advertised for $80.
Cheap military surplus rifles, both foreign and domestic, were not difficult to find in the 60's, and Oswald would have had no problems finding a cheap rifle in a gun store in Dallas. This would also have left no paper trail.
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