tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3848899104006470330.post1481424732650728908..comments2024-02-20T03:32:09.579-05:00Comments on Stuff by Cher: Firewater Friday - Maggie's DrawersBräuistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03734615284171327354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3848899104006470330.post-5930565973378250902021-03-26T16:24:56.420-04:002021-03-26T16:24:56.420-04:00I went through basic at PI in late 1970. SteveL is...I went through basic at PI in late 1970. SteveL is exactly correct about the Marksman-Sharpshooter-Expert quals. Rifle qual is based on 250 total shots at what are called "dog targets" from 100, 200 and 500 yards.<br />"Marksman" is a score of 185-200 out of 250, Sharpshooter is 200-215, and Expert is anything above 215.<br /> Personally, my boot camp qual was "Marksman", that's 185-200 with the 7.62 M-14. My remaining quals were all Sharpshooter with M-14 and M-16 (.223), as 1971 was the last year the Marines qualled with the M-14.<br /> The reason I mention this is, although I do know the embarrassment of "Maggie's Drawers", I was a fair-to-midling shot, enough to get around in close combat; but sniper, no way.<br />I could have never made that shot from the Texas Book Depository, 220 feet downrange and 60 feet above a moving target, through a cluster of oak leaves that allegedly covered part of that window, with a 6.5mm Manlichter Carcano that has a reputation as junk.<br />No Marine Corps rifle Sharpshooter could.<br /> Marines are, or were, required to qualify with the rifle annually. What were Oswald's qual scores after boot camp? If his shooting never improved beyond Marksman after basic, then it would have been impossible for him to fore the shot that killed JFK.<br /> Besides, the impact on the Zabruder film shows the energy of the kill-shot as being fired from the front.<br /> The government was never good at its own coverups.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222376421448884331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3848899104006470330.post-9719345732414129582011-12-09T06:07:43.422-05:002011-12-09T06:07:43.422-05:00Oswald's documented marksmanship ability was n...Oswald's documented marksmanship ability was nothing special. Decent, but not spectacular. "Marksman" (the rating achieved by Oswald during his Marine service) is the lowest of the three qualification ratings used in both the US Army and US Marine Corps. Sharpshooter and Expert are the two ratings above Marksman. Any Marine rifleman is proficient, but this hardly proves the Warren Commission's official version of the "Lone Gunman" and "Magic Bullet" explanations of the JFK assassination. I would wave "Maggies Drawers" at the Warren Commission report!SteveLhttp://www.ctsas.infonoreply@blogger.com