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To: wideawake
According to his records he was once rated as a sharpshooter with an overall 212 (210 is the minimum to make MM which is the middle ranking). His second qualification score was a 191 which, at the time, was only 2 points away from not qualifying, but garnered him a "marksman" rating which is the lowest. Testimony from Nelson Degado (someone that served with Oswald) before the Warren commission, indicates that he was a poor shot.

When Oswald lived in Minsk he belonged to a gun club there and members also reportedly said he was a poor shot.

Let me put it yet another way. Marine Corp Sniper Instructor Carlos Hathcock, who shouldn't need any introduction, examined the shots and tried to duplicate them at Quantico. When constraining the course of fire to be as exact as possible, not one of the marine corp snipers could make those shots.

143 posted on 08/08/2011 11:31:23 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Durus; oh8eleven
According to his records he was once rated as a sharpshooter

Again, it was twice.

Testimony from Nelson Degado

Delgado. Delgado claimed many things, but his claims contradict the established record. In his recorded testimony, Delgado can't keep the ranking of ratings in the Marine Corps straight in his head. For example, you say that 210 is the cutoff point for marksman, while Delgado claims in testimony that 170 is the cutoff point for sharpshooter - one ranking above marksman.

All Delgado is certain of is that he himself was an excellent, excellent marksman.

When Oswald lived in Minsk he belonged to a gun club there and members also reportedly said he was a poor shot.

How many gun clubs were there in Soviet Minsk?

Carlos Hathcock, who shouldn't need any introduction, examined the shots and tried to duplicate them at Quantico

I have yet to see the document in which Hathcock himself directly makes this claim.

Many things are said about Carlos Hathcock, but few are documented outside of official Marine Corps records.

147 posted on 08/08/2011 11:55:13 AM PDT by wideawake
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