A Question for the supporters of Ruth Paine

[Gerry Down]

It could also be a case of whereby Oswald knew the rifle could not be sighted in without shims and so asked dial to charge for a sighting in fee in the hope that dial would be forced to include the price of the shims once he realised shims were needed. In other words LHO might have been hoping to effectively get the price of the shims for free. In other words to be included in the cost of a general sighting in fee.

[Greg Doudna]

18 minutes ago, Gerry Down said:

It could also be a case of whereby Oswald knew the rifle could not be sighted in without shims and so asked dial to charge for a sighting in fee in the hope that dial would be forced to include the price of the shims once he realised shims were needed. In other words LHO might have been hoping to effectively get the price of the shims for free. In other words to be included in the cost of a general sighting in fee.

That sounds like something a frugal Lee might do.

And if the scope could not be sighted-in properly in the form it was shipped from Klein's, could that be the reason Lee had taken the scope off in the first place?

Edited November 26, 2023 by Greg Doudna

[Gerry Down]

8 minutes ago, Greg Doudna said:

That sounds like something a frugal Lee might do.

And if the scope could not be sighted-in properly in the form it was shipped from Klein's, could that be the reason Lee had taken the scope off in the first place?

That sounds like a possibility. Lee took the scope off after he bought it and had done a few test shots as he realised it was no good. Then if he was going to sell it in Nov 1963, might as well put the scope on to make it more salable. 

[Gerry Down]

Would it have been possible to fire a shot at Walker accurately in the dark without a scope? Just wondering if the dark could have played a role in Oswald missing Walker.