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Zapruder's report of one shot sounding unusually loud implies proximity because gunfire registers louder when closer, so a shot he heard as 'reverberating' likely originated nearer his knoll position than from the more distant Book Depository.
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See all →Controlled tests found the Mannlicher–Carcano's practical time between aimed shots averaged about 2.3 seconds, and because the footage implies roughly 1.5‑second intervals between impacts, a lone shooter using that rifle probably couldn't match the observed cadence.
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