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Old 02-11-2008, 10:38 PM   #163
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Originally Posted by badnarik View Post
I would be interested to know how it was set up back then if you can get that information easily. I spent 6 years in the Marines and shot at several different ranges. All of them had firing lines at 200, 300, and 500 yards. Kennedy's head probably looked like a beach ball to Oswald.
Unfortunately beyond the type of rifle that Oswald used, I haven't been able to dig up much on the power of the scope that he used. But yeah, if you sat at the window that Oswald shot from, rested your arms on the sill and looked at the distance, hitting Kennedy wasn't an extraordinary shot.
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