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Three evenly spaced shots, or "bang . . . . . . . . bang - bang"?

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Benjamin Cole:
In his first statement, and most contemporaneous, Amos Euins said he thought the 11/22 shots had been fired so quickly he suspected an automatic rifle.

Tom Graves:

--- Quote from: Benjamin Cole on April 25, 2026, 03:29:24 AM ---In his first statement, and most contemporaneous, Amos Euins said he thought the 11/22 shots had been fired so quickly he suspected an automatic rifle.

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Wowie zowie!

Case Closed!

(LOL)

John Corbett:

--- Quote from: Benjamin Cole on April 25, 2026, 03:29:24 AM ---In his first statement, and most contemporaneous, Amos Euins said he thought the 11/22 shots had been fired so quickly he suspected an automatic rifle.



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JBC also said he thought the shots were so close together that he thought it might be an automatic rifle. If it were actually an automatic rifle, you wouldn't hear individual shots. Most automatic weapons fire at a rate of 10 rounds per second or faster. People often erroneously use the term automatic when speaking of semi-automatic weapons. When the trigger is pressed on a full-auto weapon, it will fire continuously until the trigger is released or the ammo is exhausted. A semi-auto uses the gasses from one shot to eject the empty shell and chamber the next round, just as a full auto does but it requires a second squeeze of the trigger to fire the next round. A semi-auto fires one and only one round for each squeeze of the trigger. A semi-auto can fire much more rapidly than a bolt action rifle or a lever gun and I'm sure JBC was referring to a semi-auto when he said he thought the shooter was firing an automatic weapon. As it turns out, he was wrong anyway.

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