What about that dent?

[Jack Nessan]

Well, there is irony for ya: The guy who complains about the use of AI turns around and uses it to bolster his position. When are people going to understand: AI is fine if you want to know some specific fact like the boiling point of water (323° F., my AI tells me) or the date of the JFKA (November 11, 1982). It is not some "separate mind" that analyzes data and reaches a reasoned conclusion. It just scans the internet and regurgitates what seems to be the prevailing opinion. Besides, AI is an alien plot to transform humanity into a non-biological life form, or something like that.

[John Corbett]

To follow up on my previous post on this subject, it appears the source for the AI response I cited was the from the OP of this thread posted by Tom Graves. If I understand correctly, he cited an AARC document so it's off to another source for further confirmation or refutation of the statement. My previous search of the HSCA Report did not find a mention of the dented shell in it's findings. It did conclude that CE543 and the other two shells had been fired by Oswald's rifle.

[Jack Nessan]

I did not endorse or refute the AI answer to this question. I merely put it out there for discussion. The important question here is whether the sources AI turned to correctly documented the findings of the HSCA firearms panel on this subject. The source it used for that answer came from this forum so based on that information, the source might or might not have correctly stated the finding. Now if you want to explore this question further, I could delve deeper and find or more credible source but my belief is if the person who posted that had incorrectly stated the findings of the HSCA firearms panel, somebody would have refuted that and AI would have found the refutation as well and made note of that in its answer.

No. The dent in CE 543 is not remotely similar to the dent that the HSCA is referencing. It doesn't take an expert to look at them and see the dramatically visible difference. The HSCA dent is a rounded lip. CE 543 has a dent that looks like it was center punched in the middle. Nobody has duplicated it.

[Ted Sager]

Dented neck was to hold wadding for a blank round.

[Ted Sager]

To make a blank round.

[John Corbett]

Dented neck was to hold wadding for a blank round.

How do you know this?

[Ted Sager]

A dent could not have come from ejecting a shell or just landing on the ground. shell brass is tough: it had to be made by someone to hold wadding for a blank round.