>>Based on his military record at the time, he just made the
>>grade in marksmanship.

Meaning he could hit the target?

>>The background data did not list Oswald as a hunter or
>>gun enthusiest and you would have me believe that he
>>could work a bolt action rifle of questionalble reliability and
>>hit the targets each time?

I could be misrembering but I thought he fired twice and missed once?

In any event, if I were going to shoot the President of the United States, I'd probably practise up a little first, so the fact that he wasn't a hunter or gun enthusiast strikes me as kind of irrelevant. I'm not a hunter or gun enthusiast either, but I'm pretty sure I could hit a stationary man-sized target at that range if I went out and practised for a couple of weeks. Hell, I could do it at twice that range in basic training, and I was a radio operator.


>> I've had bolt actions, pumps, lever actions, and semi-
>>autos, and in my experience semi-autos are best for
>>maintaining repeat target acquasition for follow up shots.

And your point is? <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> (You're still assuming that whoever did the shooting was acting rationally and intelligently; take away that assumption and there's no reason not to believe that the shooter would use a cheap, mail order, bolt-action rifle. There's no evidence that the shooter was able to follow up any of his shots, so why is that relevant to the discussion?)