Insight by Michael
Because rifle bullets travel and inflict wounds in fractions of a second, the roughly 1.5-second gap between visible reactions on the Zapruder film is more consistent with separate shots striking different men than with a single bullet passing through both and still having enough energy to break bone.
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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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