I assume the 6th Floor Museum copy is a 1st generation film copy that can have all the scanning and digital enhancement planned for the original film done to it that can bring out Molina in better detail in front of Calvery on the steps...

Not theoretical.  That is exactly what witnesses said occurred: “ 'just about as fast as you could expect a man to operate a bolt action rifle” (Emmett Hudson).

Most witnesses described the last two shots as being in rapid succession and several estimated the time between them to be no more than two seconds.

You prefer your reasoning. But your reasoning is not evidence.

I prefer to base conclusions on evidence. Courts do too.
I would suggest it is ridiculous to suggest that your reasoning should supplant the evidence of 45+ witnesses who described the last two as being in rapid succession, real quick, etc.  Besides, reasoning could also work the other way: it makes sense that he would want to get the last shots off quickly as the car was getting farther away.

I should mention that you made this same argument in the thread "Appreciating the Research of Howard Donahue," and that I answered it. But, as usual, you have repeated this argument and ignored my previous reply to it. Just for everyone's information, here's my previous reply to this argument:

I was referring to the following point that Donahue made and that I discussed in the OP for the Donahue thread:

But, you've ignored all of this information and simply repeated your invalid, evasive argument. Most readers would probably not know this if I didn't point it out. You pull this stunt all the time, literally over and over.

You still have yet to explain the fact that an FMJ bullet would never, ever, ever produce the kind bullet fragmentation that we see on the JFK autopsy skull x-rays. {/quote]

I don't need to explain things that are based on your false premises.

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Those x-rays show a "lead snowstorm" of over 40 tiny fragments in the right-frontal region, which alone automatically rules out FMJ ammo, as world-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Vincent DiMaio pointed out:

An x-ray of an individual shot with a full metal-jacketed rifle bullet . . . usually fails to reveal any bullet fragments at all even if the bullet has perforated bone such as the skull or spine.If any fragments are seen, they are very sparse in number. . . .(Gunshot Wounds, p. 166)

In x-rays of through-and-through gunshot wounds, the presence of small fragments of metal along the wound track virtually rules out full metal-jacketed ammunition.. . . In rare instances involving full metal-jacketed centerfire rifle bullets, a few small, dust-like fragments of lead may be seen on x-ray if the bullet perforates bone. One of the most characteristic x-rays and one that will indicate the type of weapon and ammunition used is that seen from centerfire rifles firing hunting ammunition. In such a case, one will see a 'lead snowstorm'. . . . Such a picture rules out full metal-jacketed rifle ammunition or a shotgun slug. (Gunshot Wounds, p. 318)

Again, for at least the sixth time in the last two months, did you catch that? (1) In the "rare" cases when FMJ bullets do fragment if they penetrate bone, they will only leave "a few" fragments. And (2) if an x-ray shows a "lead snowstorm," this "rules out" FMJ ammo.

The JFK autopsy skull x-rays also show two isolated fragments very near the right orbit: the 3 x 1 mm and the 7 x 2 mm fragments that Humes removed during the autopsy. There is no other particle or fragment anywhere near those two fragments on the extant skull x-rays. How did they get there? Your scenario has no way to explain those two fragments.

Unlike you, I am smart enough not to think my analysis of the medical evidence based on a few photos and x-rays that have been made public should trump the opinions of the original autopsy team which had the body in front of them or the FPP which had access to all the original photos and x-rays. I'm the guy who trusts the opinions of people who actually know their shit. You're the other guy.

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As I've discussed previously, the largest of the tiny fragments in the right-frontal fragment cluster are at the left end of the cluster on the right lateral skull x-ray, clear proof, according to the laws of physics and ballistics, that the fragments came from a bullet that struck in the front, as a number of experts have noted. The heavier fragments in a fragment trail will travel the farthest from the point of entry, while the lighter fragments will come to a halt closer to the entry point.

In addition, the skull x-rays show a very thin genuine 6.3 mm x 2.5 mm fragment embedded in the rear outer table of the skull and inside the ghosted image of the 6.5 mm object. This is undoubtedly the rear head fragment mentioned by Sibert and O'Neill in their report. Sibert and O'Neill said this fragment was "the next largest fragment" (the largest fragment was the 7 x 2 mm fragment), and that it was "at the rear of the skull at the juncture of the skull bone" (p. 3).

On the AP x-ray, this fragment is 1 cm below the phantom cowlick entry site and over 3 inches above the EOP entry site. The only rational, scientific explanation for this fragment is that it is a ricochet fragment from the bullet that struck the pavement behind the limo early in the shooting.

Given the serious conflicts in the reports regarding bullet fragments and bullets found in the limousine, you are on shaky ground from the outset to be citing CE 567 and CE 569. Furthermore, (1) forensic science tells us that those two fragments could not have come from the ammo that hit JFK's skull; (2) there is no evidence that those fragments transited JFK's skull; and (3) the claim that NAA testing proved that CE 567 and the two fragments from JFK's brain came from the same ammo was exploded years ago.

"Proper Assessment of the JFK Assassination Bullet Lead Evidence from Metallurgical and Statistical Perspectives," by Dr. Erik Randich and Dr. Patrick Grant

"Ballistics and Baloney: Lucien Haag and the JFK Assassination," by Martin Hay.

This should not be surprising, since we know from forensic science that FMJ bullets will never, ever shatter into dozens of tiny fragments, much less while also depositing fragments on the outer table of the skull upon impact and while also magically depositing two fragments at the opposite end of the skull with no other fragments deposited anywhere near them.

Sooner or later, you and other WC true believers are going to have to face the fact that the ammo that hit JFK's head behaved nothing like the ammo that Oswald allegedly used, that Oswald's alleged ammo could not possibly have produced the bullet fragmentation seen on the JFK autopsy skull x-rays.

I was going to say that sooner or later you're going to have to face the fact that the only bullets recovered from the shooting were 6.5mm Carcano FMJ bullets, but then I remembered who I was replying to and realized it is unlikely you will ever deal with the realities of the situation. No other bullets or fragments of bullets were found in the body or in the limo.

Your FUBAR scenario with JBC struck at Z270 leaves only 43 frames, or 2.35 seconds, between the second and third shots. That's the bare minimum time the FBI determined the Carcano required to fire two aim shots. That is a theoretical time only.

It's ridiculous to think Oswald would have been trying to fire his weapon that fast. Accuracy was far more important than speed. Why would Oswald even try to fire that rapidly and why should we believe using the bare minimum time to fire his weapon he could have delivered such a deadly accurate shot. The reality is Oswald took 4.9 seconds to aim and fire the third shot.