Since it is obvious that lone-gunman theorists here are simply not going to admit that the HSCA FPP's SBT actually destroys the SBT, let us take a moment to revisit the fact that there were too many bullet fragments deposited in Connally's body to have come from CE 399, the SBT's alleged bullet.
In his 11/29/63 supplemental x-ray report on Connally's wounds, Dr. Jack Reynolds, Parkland Hospital's chief radiologist and later a professor or radiology at Southwestern Medical School, said the metal fragment in Connally's thigh measured approximately 3.5 mm x 1.3 mm on the AP x-ray and about 2.0 mm x 1.5 mm on the lateral x-ray, so it was definitely somewhat dense and not any kind of a "flake":
There is, however, one density which remains constant on both films and appears to lie beneath the skin of the region of the subcutaneous fat in the medial aspect of the thigh meters posterior to the exterior of the anterior cortex. The shape of this density is irregular but is roughly oval. Precise measurements are difficult but it is estimated that the greatest length in the AP projection is about 3.5 millimeters and the greatest width about 1.3 millimeters.
Measurements of the densities in the lateral projection reveal the greatest length to be about 2 millimeters and the greatest width to be about 1.5 millimeters The long axis of the metallic object is oriented generally along the axis of the femur. ("Supplemental Report Describing in Detail the Appearance and Location of a Small Metallic Density Superimposed on the Soft Tissue Shadows of the Medial Aspect of the Left Thigh of Governor John Connally on Films Dated November 22, 1963," 11/29/63, pp. 1-2)
In his 11/9/77 HSCA interview, Dr. Reynolds said the identifiable opacity in the thigh x-rays "definitely has metal characteristics" and that his 11/29/63 report describing "the location of this fragment" was "correct":
Dr. Reynolds stated that an identifiable opacity exists in the thigh x-rays and that it definitely has metal characteristics. He stated that his 11-29-62 report, describing the location of this fragment as just beneath the skin in the region of the subcutaneous fat, is correct. (7 HSCA 320)
Dr Shires said the fragment was about 1mm in diameter. Dr Gregory said it looked to be about 2mm x 0.5mm. Here's what the HSCA FPP wrote:
The panel concurs with Dr. Reynolds' opinion that the 2-millimeter density is a missile fragment that was just under the skin andwas not deep within the thigh in the femur bone, as described in the Warren Commission Report.And as you informed us, Russell Kent wrote that the fragment was 3.5mm x 1.3mm.
But just to exaggerate the size of the fragment, let's go with the numbers that Dr Reynold's wrote in his Supplementary X-Ray report. He said that the fragment was roughly oval. Let's assume for the sake of argument that the thigh fragment was perfectly rectangular. Using the three greatest dimensions estimated by Dr Reynolds, we get 3.5mm long by 2mm wide by 1.5mm thick. At those dimensions, its volume would be 10.5 cubic millimeters.
Converting to cm³: 10.5mm³ = 0.0105cm³
The density of lead is about 11.35 grams/cm³
0.0105cm³ x 11.35 g/cm³ = 0.119g or 119 milligrams
One grain is equivalent to 64.8 milligrams.
119/64.8 = 1.836 grains
In addition, Dr. Reynolds said there were "at least" four bullet fragments visible in Connally's wrist wound:
Robert Frazier weighed the total mass of those four fragments to be one half a grain.
Total mass of fragments deposited in Connally: 1.836 + 0.5 = 2.336 grains.
One of the three WCC bullets weighed by Robert Frazier weighed 161.5 grains
161.5 - 2.336 = 159.164
159.164 - 158.6 = 0.564.
