Firearms experts who say; ?I can't do it so it can't be done?, cannot be trusted

[John Iacoletti]

In the testimony of Mrs. Oswald:
http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/oswald_m1.htm
we learn that he did at least have some practice working the bolt of the rifle.

I suggest you read it again.

And even if he had no more practice than Michael Yardley, he should have about a 50-50 chance of getting off 3 shots. Yardley attempted firing 3 shots in quick session 7 times.

Are you suggesting that Oswald?s skills were comparable to Yardley?s?

[Joe Elliott]

Why was Yardley using the scope, which he obviously had enough practice to sight in? Otherwise, what a waste of time and money.
 

Yardley was using the scope. I would prefer tests where half the time he used a scope and half the time he didn?t.

In the following article we learn:

http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/jfkinfo/jfk8/mc.htm

we learn that riflemen with only a few minutes of practice working the bolt was able to use the Carcano iron sights were able to firing rapidly at targets of various distances of 143, 165 and 266 feet, even with very tight timing of only 5 seconds and even under 4 seconds. Of course, between z153 and z312, Oswald had 8.8 seconds.

In any case, testing the scope is not ?worthless? because, for all we know, the scope may have been used by Oswald. We don?t know if the scope was aligned properly or not because it was removed to check for fingerprints (and Oswald?s fingerprints were found) on the evening after the assassination. I believe it probably was not. But I could be mistaken on this point. Nobody knows.

And did he dust the rifle for his prints afterwards, and found none?

The Dallas Police Department found Oswald?s fingerprints on the rifle when they took off the scope and dusted the rifle the evening after the assassination.

The FBI was not able to find any fingerprints when they tried to lift fingerprints later. This is not surprising because one cannot continue to lift fingerprints time after time again and always find more fingerprints. After one or two such ?lifting?, subsequent lifting attempts will always fail.