From: mst4298@zeus.tamu.edu (Mitchell S Todd)
Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.jfk
Subject: Re: Head Shot - Lead or Copper Jacketed Bullet?
Date: 13 Apr 92 22:19:00 GMT
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In article <schuck.703059944@sfu.ca>, Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca writes...
>Was JFK shot in the head by a lead bullet , or
>by a copper jacketed bullet (the kind supposedly fired
>by Oswald) ?

>Evidence for a lead bullet:

>Fragmentation was massive, with the bullet leaving a
>large exit wound  Massive fragmentation is common to lead bullets,
>uncommon in copper jacketed.

	It depends on the bullet type and what the bullet has to pass
	through to penetrate the body. More on this later.


>No copper fragments were found in JFK's head or
>on skull pieces. Copper was found on JFK's jacket,
>indicating the back wound was caused by a copper
>bullet (or instrument if it was done after Parkland)

	Since very few bullet fragments were recovered from JFK's skull,
	I don't find this suprising.


>Copper jacketed bullet do not fragment like lead bullets.

	Generally, they don't. However, FMJ bullets can, and do, undergo serious
	fragmentation depending on bullet design, impact and penetration
	velocity, etc. 

	
>No copper was found in the wound.

	What tests did Bethseda and/or Parkland use to detect copper?



>10 gelatin filled skulls were fired upon using Copper
>Jacketed bullets. One out of the ten caused similar wounds
>as the wound the WC puts in JFK's head.
>"The whole skull...was struck 2.9 cm to the right and
>almost horizontal to the occipital protuberance"

>"The bullet blew out the right side of the reconstructed
>skull..."

>What a test! A bullet hits in the wrong location,
>on a dried up skull(not as elastic as a live one)
>without the benefit of a scalp (which helps to hold
>a skull together) and 1 in 10 bullets cause the same
>wound!

	How big was the wound itself? 

	More importantly, I'd like to know what the *exact* results for 
	the other skull tests were, where the bullet hit, where it
	exited, etc. Did none of the other bullets cause massive
	skull injuries, or did none of the other bullets blow out
	the right side of the skull? 

	Actully, the old "argument by improbability", star of stage,
	screen, and creationism is being used again. Not impressive.
	Skull test bullets fired by Drs Olivier and Lattimer show the
	same type of deformation as found in the bullet fragments 
	found in the Presidential limosine.

	And who did the test?

>There is zero evidence of him being hit by a copper
>jacketed bullet (which are the ones supposedly used
>by Lee Harvey Oswald)

	Lessee here. No evidence for an FMJ (ie, not a 'copper') bullet.
	Even the fragments recovered from the persidential limo were
	only *pretending* to come from an FMJ round (actually, they
	*really* were a pair of world famous celebrity impersonators
	aided by the most incredible make-up job since Terry Salad's
	last disguise).  


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