JFK Assassination Forum

Are there any advantages to practicing the manipulation of the bolt that way?

You can see the cloud of mist expand and dissipating in the next two or three frames after z313.

It's worth pointing out that the magenta, cyan, and yellow dyes used in color film fade over time, but do not do so at the same rate. Magenta takes longer to degrade than the other two colors. As the other dyes fade, the image becomes increasingly skewed towards magenta, which has the effect of reducing the contrast between magenta (and red and pink) areas and the rest of the photo. The cloud of spray was probably more distinctive in 1963 than it was 30 years later when the Z film was digitized, which would go a long way towards explaining why Dino's recollections do match what many researchers want to expect.

Then again, in 2013, Brugioni was a 90-year old man who'd just been shown copies of film frames that he hadn't seen for 50 years. I doubt it's wise to put so much faith in the detailed reliability of such old memories.

There is mist in several frames' forwards then backwards.

Why not practice working the bolt action without a round in the chamber?

To see how hard it is to chamber a round and then eject the "spent shell" by ejecting said complete round?

I posted this a few weeks ago at another forum:

Dr. Gregory said he thought the bullet entered the top side of JBC's right wrist and exited the bottom side. If so, how could a bullet that exited JBC's chest have done that? We know that JBC was holding his cowboy hat in that hand. Was he holding his cowboy hat really awkwardly near his chest or somewhat lower equally awkwardly when he was shot at Z-222?


Another member replied:

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Dr. Gregory was absolutely right about the wrist wound orientation, but his interpretation does not contradict the Single Bullet Theory once you factor in Connally’s real arm position.

Three key points:

1️⃣ Connally was NOT holding his hat up by his chest

At Z-222/223, Connally’s right wrist was held low and turned inward, almost flat across his lap. This position is visible in multiple Z-frames.

➡️ He only raises the hat after he has been hit and is reacting.

2️⃣ The bullet exiting Connally’s chest was traveling downward and to his right

This matches:

• the sixth-floor angle,

• Connally’s rotated body position,

• and the inward-turned orientation of his wrist.

Thus, the bullet exiting his chest would naturally continue forward-downward → into the top, radial (thumb-side) portion of his wrist, exactly as Dr. Gregory described.

3️⃣ The wrist wound does NOT require an “awkward” hat-holding position

Connally was holding the hat loosely by the brim, low over his lap.

His wrist was not vertical — it was angled inward and slightly raised.

➡️ When the bullet exited his chest, his wrist was already in the line of fire.

No strange or contorted pose is needed.

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Why Dr. Gregory’s testimony actually supports the SBT

People often quote Gregory as if he disproved the SBT — he didn’t.

He said the entry to the wrist slanted downward and toward the thumb side.

That is exactly the direction the bullet would travel after:

1. entering JFK’s back → exiting his throat

2. entering Connally’s back → exiting his chest

3. continuing forward/downward → striking Connally’s wrist

Gregory did not say the wrist wound was inconsistent — he said he could not determine the exact direction without seeing Connally’s arm position at the moment of impact.

The Z-film now shows us that position clearly.

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🔍 So the correct reconstruction is:

• At Z-222, Connally is rotated rightward.

• His torso is turned.

• His wrist is low, across his lap, turned inward.

• Hat held loosely by the brim.

• The bullet exits chest → strikes wrist in the orientation Gregory described.

Everything matches the physical evidence.

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Bottom Line Answer:

The wrist wound is perfectly consistent with the bullet that exited Connally’s chest.

No awkward hat position is needed.

No second shooter is required.

This is why every modern forensic reconstruction (not just the Warren Commission) reaches the same conclusion.