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Even after weeks of practice and intensive training, Oswald barely managed to qualify at the level of "Sharpshooter," the middle of three rifle qualification levels in the Marines. He obtained a score of 212, two points above the minimum for the "Sharpshooter" level. In other words, even after extensive training and practice, and even though he was firing at stationary targets with a semi-automatic rifle and had plenty of time to shoot (even during the so-called "rapid-fire" phase), Oswald narrowly missed scoring at the lowest possible qualification level.

The next time Oswald fired for record in the Marines, he barely managed to qualify at all, obtaining a score of 191, which was one point above the minimum needed for the lowest qualification level, "Marksman." To put it another way, he came within two points of failing to qualify.

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Originally posted by Johnwayne:
You are talking because of the head snap Gordon?
I believe I saw a test with a dummy that did the same thing when shot from the supository.
I'm going to track this down a little to see if my memory is faulty.

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Wow that would be a talent!

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Originally posted by T e x:
"when shot from the supository."

lol, Duke...that *really* should be a different thread...

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Was he a good enough shot to fire from a different direction than where he was?

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Originally posted by Johnwayne:
That's odd Tex-
The show I watched on Discovery, at least claimed to be looking at his test score book and had him at 48 for 50 at least a few times.

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Originally posted by T e x:
"you do realise this would mean the secret service is part of it right?"

allz it would take is complicity of few dept/agency heads...the "troops" would just be following orders, no?

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