WOW! Just WOW!. The magazine follower and magazine can also be replaced. They could be placed in a different Carcano. CE-543 was positively matched to LHO's rifle by the bolt markings on it. I am not misunderstanding Frazier at all. Thompson falsely claimed that the only mark borne by the dented case, linking it to Oswald's rifle, could not have been incurred on November 22.
The lip indentation is what Thompson was referring to. That indentation was duplicated by the HSCA firearms panel during their test-firing of Oswald's rifle. There was no other indention on CE-143. You made one up.
Three shots were fired. Your two shots scenario is loopy. It is contradicted by the evidence.
You never read the Six Seconds in Dallas pages about what he wrote, or you would not be stating this:
"There was no other indention on CE-143. You made one up."
Because what you just stated, that is his whole point. It is either you never read it or you are afraid to admit what he observed. It appears you are having a panic attack over CE 543 and it having been used for dry firing.
There is great deal of evidence of only two shots. There is no evidence of three shots. Josiah Thompson’s observation is the final nail in the coffin of three shots. Maybe you are justified in having a panic attack. The one thing you can never say is you don’t know the answer, you just chose to pretend ignorance and ignore it.