Lee Oswald The Cop Killer

[John Iacoletti]

Do you believe Lee Oswald killed J.D. Tippit?

No.  I have no good reason to believe that.  Unfair and biased lineups are unreliable.

[Rob Caprio]

See this article, Rob. https://www.tactical-life.com/firearms/handguns/sw-victory-revolver/ The S & W .38 Special was called the Victory while the Colt .38 Special was called the Commando.

But there is a line item that matches the alleged pistol of LHO's on the order form and it is left BLANK. Why?

[Tim Nickerson]

See this article, Rob. https://www.tactical-life.com/firearms/handguns/sw-victory-revolver/ The S & W .38 Special was called the Victory while the Colt .38 Special was called the Commando.

Seaport Trader's offered a  S & W .38 Special that they referred to as Commando.



That's the model that Oswald ordered and the model that Seaport shipped to his PO Box.

[John Iacoletti]

Seaport Trader's offered a  S & W .38 Special that they referred to as Commando.

That's the model that Oswald ordered and the model that Seaport shipped to his PO Box.

That would be more convincing if the order blanks matched.

[Tim Nickerson]

That would be more convincing if the order blanks matched.

Would it? I doubt it.

[Martin Weidmann]

Would it? I doubt it.

The blank order form has a 38 Special on it for $16, 95 and a 38 S & W for 29,95 which is at least a bit confusing.

Having said that, it doesn't really matter as the mail coupon in the advertisment is completely different from the one Hidell used, which of course means that the advertisment itself also can't be the one from which Hidell ordered the revolver.

[Tim Nickerson]

The blank order form has a 38 Special on it for $16, 95 and a 38 S & W for 29,95 which is at least a bit confusing.

Having said that, it doesn't really matter as the mail coupon in the advertisment is completely different from the one Hidell used, which of course means that the advertisment itself also can't be the one from which Hidell ordered the revolver.

What was the description of the revolver in the advertisement on the page that Oswald clipped the coupon from? Or of any of the revolvers on that page.  We don't have that, do we? So, how can it be said that there's a line item "that matches the alleged pistol of LHO's on the order form that is left BLANK"?

[Martin Weidmann]

What was the description of the revolver in the advertisement on the page that Oswald clipped the coupon from? Or of any of the revolvers on that page.  We don't have that, do we? So, how can it be said that there's a line item "that matches the alleged pistol of LHO's on the order form that is left BLANK"?

What was the description of the revolver in the advertisement on the page that Oswald clipped the coupon from? Or of any of the revolvers on that page.  We don't have that, do we?

I don't have the advertisment, that's for sure, but that doesn't mean that you can simply use another advertisment from May 1962 to make a point.

What we do have is Hidell's order coupon and it mentions a 39 S & W Spec. for 39,95 and a 38 St. W. 2'' Bbl for 29,95, with the latter being the one that apparently was ordered.

How 38 St. W. 2'' Bbl becomes or relates to the S & W 38 Spec 2" Commando on the invoice (Michaelis 2) is a mystery to me.

So, how can it be said that there's a line item "that matches the alleged pistol of LHO's on the order form that is left BLANK"?

Why ask me? I never said that.