Lee Oswald The Cop Killer

[Walt Cakebread]

I guess you missed the 80% of my post where I let the cat out of the bag as to why I think Hill decided the cases would have been from an automatic. Two hints: It doesn't include Hill's later claim, and it starts with the word "--However--" Also, ponder the meaning of the word "however"

As for the argument about where the cases were found versus where the gunman was determined to be, you are technically right. However (that word again!), Hill had only been at the scene for a few minutes. As evidenced by the radio traffic at the time, the emphasis at that point was on identifying, locating, and arresting the perpetrator, not on reconstructing the crime. At the time of his transmission, Hill may not have had a clear idea on who was where doing what and when during the shooting, so the distance between the car and the cases may not have been significant in his mind at the time.

BTW, where did Benevides ever say he saw a revolver?

where did Benevides ever say he saw a revolver?

Benavides said that he saw the killer remove a spent shell ( singular) from his gun and flip that spent shell away into the bushes....Do you believe that Benavides was referring to an automatic??   What else could Benavides have been referring to?, but a revolver....And a revolver that was NOT a Smith & Wesson.

[Bill Chapman]

where did Benevides ever say he saw a revolver?

Benavides said that he saw the killer remove a spent shell ( singular) from his gun and flip that spent shell away into the bushes....Do you believe that Benavides was referring to an automatic??   What else could Benavides have been referring to?, but a revolver....And a revolver that was NOT a Smith & Wesson.

Dirty Harvey:

Smith, Wesson... and Lee.

[Walt Cakebread]

Dirty Harvey:

Smith, Wesson... and Lee.

Benavides watched Tippit's killer extract a single shell from the revolver.....A Smith & Wesson dumps all spent shells in a single stroke of the extractor, just as FBI agent Cortland Cunningham demonstrated for the WC with "Oswald's S&W.

Clearly Tippit's killr was NOT using a Smith & Wesson.....

[Jerry Freeman]

A Smith & Wesson dumps all spent shells in a single stroke of the extractor ...........

Most all revolvers do that I know of 

[Walt Cakebread]

Most all revolvers do that I know of 

The majority of revolvers do not extract all of the spent shells at the same time.....Most revolvers extrat one shell at a time....Just as Benavides described of Tippit's  killer.

[Jerry Freeman]

The majority of revolvers do not extract all of the spent shells at the same time

If not, no one would buy one.
I know I wouldn't.
If you would ID these pistols that don't have extractor wheels?

[Mitch Todd]

where did Benevides ever say he saw a revolver?

Benavides said that he saw the killer remove a spent shell ( singular) from his gun and flip that spent shell away into the bushes....Do you believe that Benavides was referring to an automatic??   What else could Benavides have been referring to?, but a revolver....And a revolver that was NOT a Smith & Wesson.

IOW, he didn't say it was a revolver.

At least, I agree that he said he saw the gunman unload a single round from the weapon. That could definitely be a revolver. However, it could also be a derringer. Or a single-shot. Or a pepperbox. And, it could also be someone manually clearing a jam from an automatic.