General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Did Oswald act alone? [View all]exboyfil
(18,052 posts)Connally's entrance wound and clothing suggest the bullet was tumbling after exiting JFK. Not encountering anything solid until it struck Connally's rib, the round had been slowed considerably. That is why it is flattened on its side (the picture of the pristine bullet from the undamaged side is very deceptive). The biggest problem was how that bullet ended up on a gurney. I am not sure I believe the SS agent's story about finding the bullet in the limo and placing it on the gurney for someone else to find. If it is true, then that guy is a moron.
The final shot, in spite of book's like Mortal Error is pretty obviously from the rear. Reconstructed ballistics (firing into a gelatin filled simulated skull) produced similar skull fragmentation and spray patterns as seen in the recovered pieces of the skull and the image on Zapruder's film.