Oswald’s notes in his guidebook for marines

[John Iacoletti]

Marina never said that LHO practiced aiming and dry firing his rifle on the porch in New Orleans.
Did you miss the word reportedly?

I'll bite.  Who reported Marina saying that LHO practiced aiming and dry firing his rifle on the porch in New Orleans?

My conjecture is that after his shot at Walker he was still scratching his head over why he missed. And got his old guide book out and turned to the chapter on the rifle to refresh his memory on how to sight it in and the other aspects of the proper care of it.

Still makes no sense.  The guidebook is about an M1.  How's that supposed to help him sight in or care for a different kind of rifle?

[Jerry Freeman]

I'll bite.  Who reported Marina saying that LHO practiced aiming and dry firing his rifle on the porch in New Orleans?

Here is where all that comes from.....
 

Mr. RANKIN. When did you first notice the rifle at New Orleans?
Mrs. OSWALD. As soon as I arrived in New Orleans.
 Mr. RANKIN. Did you notice him take it away from your home there in New Orleans at any time?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. I know for sure that he didn't. But I know that we had a kind of a porch with a---screened-in porch, and I know that sometimes evenings after dark he would sit there with his rifle. I don't know what he did with it. I came there by chance once and saw him just sitting there with his rifle. I thought he is merely sitting there and resting.
Mr. RANKIN. From what you observed about his having the rifle on the back porch, in the dark, could you tell whether or not he was trying to practice with the telescopic lens?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. I asked him why. But this time he was preparing to go to Cuba.
Mr. RANKIN. That was his explanation for practicing with the rifle?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. He said that he would, go to Cuba.~~~~
Mr. RANKIN. You have described your husband's practicing on the hack porch at New Orleans with the telescopic scope and the rifle, saying he did that very regularly there.
Did you ever see him working the bolt, that action that opens the rifle, where you can put a shell in and push it back- during those times?
Mrs. OSWALD. I did not see it, because it was dark, and I would be in the room at that time.
But I did hear the noise from it from time to time not often.

All you have to do is tell the story right

[John Iacoletti]

Where's the part about him "dry-firing his rifle" supposed to be?

[Bill Chapman]

Where's the part about him "dry-firing his rifle" supposed to be?

On the porch, Johnny R&R

Mrs. OSWALD. I did not see it, because it was dark, and I would be in the room at that time.
But I did hear the noise from it from time to time not often.

[Charles Collins]

Where's the part about him "dry-firing his rifle" supposed to be?

Mrs. OSWALD. I did not see it, because it was dark, and I would be in the room at that time.
But I did hear the noise from it from time to time not often.

It appears to me that the noise she heard was most likely from LHO operating the bolt.
I am pretty sure that you will disagree. If so, what other rifle noise would she be able to hear from inside?

[Bill Chapman]

I'll bite.  Who reported Marina saying that LHO practiced aiming and dry firing his rifle on the porch in New Orleans
>>> Priscilla Johnson McMillan

Still makes no sense.  The guidebook is about an M1.  How's that supposed to help him sight in or care for a different kind of rifle?
>>> Practice with any kind of rifle goes into one's knowledge-base.

[Jerry Freeman]

Mrs. OSWALD. I did not see it, because it was dark, and I would be in the room at that time.
 But I did hear the noise from it from time to time not often.

Does anyone not see that this is a very strange statement?
They were in a room together...It was pitch black so she could not see Oswald [or this alleged rifle]....But from time to time heard the noise ....Maybe it was the boogieman.
 Posted by: Bill Chapman
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Practice with any kind rifle goes into one's knowledge-base.

Allegedly aiming at a screen in the dark of night is practice? How about dry firing a squirt gun does that count?