Post by John Duncan on Jul 8, 2019 20:16:24 GMT -5
THE HSCA COULD NOT CONNECT CE 399 OR THE FBI 1964 TEST BULLETS WITH THE C2766 RIFLE:
Mr. MCDONALD. Did you compare the FBI test bullets with your own test bullets that you recently fired out of 139?
Mr. BATES. Yes, we also made a microscopic comparison of that.
Mr. MCDONALD. And what did the comparison show?
Mr. BATES. The results of this examination indicated that we could not determine whether the FBI test bullets were, in fact, fired from the rifle, CE-139.
Mr. McDONALD. And would you please explain your answer?
Mr. BATES. Based upon the microscopic comparison, there were differences in the individual identifying characteristics found within the land and groove impressions on the FBI test bullets and on the panel test bullets.
Mr. McDONALD. Just so we are clear, when you are speaking of bullets, you are referring to the tip of what would be known as a cartridge, the complete projectile would be called the cartridge; correct?
Mr. BATES. No; the loaded projectile in the cartridge case is the cartridge. The bullet is the portion, or tip that is released upon firing of the cartridge.
Mr. McDONALD. And you are saying in your test fires, your comparison with the FBI test fires, you could not say that those bullets came from CE-139?
Mr. BATES. That is correct. (1 HSCA 463-464)
CE 399 MATCHED THE FBI TEST BULLETS THAT COULD NOT BE CONNECTED TO THE C2766 RIFLE.
Mr. BATES. As a result of our comparative microscopic examinations, it is our opinion that the bullet, CE-399, was fired through the same firearm barrel that fired the FBI tests, CE-572.
(1 HSCA 465)
IN OTHER WORDS, CE 399 WAS FIRED FROM A M-C RIFLE USED BY THE FBI FOR IT'S "TESTS".
Mr. MCDONALD. Did you compare the FBI test bullets with your own test bullets that you recently fired out of 139?
Mr. BATES. Yes, we also made a microscopic comparison of that.
Mr. MCDONALD. And what did the comparison show?
Mr. BATES. The results of this examination indicated that we could not determine whether the FBI test bullets were, in fact, fired from the rifle, CE-139.
Mr. McDONALD. And would you please explain your answer?
Mr. BATES. Based upon the microscopic comparison, there were differences in the individual identifying characteristics found within the land and groove impressions on the FBI test bullets and on the panel test bullets.
Mr. McDONALD. Just so we are clear, when you are speaking of bullets, you are referring to the tip of what would be known as a cartridge, the complete projectile would be called the cartridge; correct?
Mr. BATES. No; the loaded projectile in the cartridge case is the cartridge. The bullet is the portion, or tip that is released upon firing of the cartridge.
Mr. McDONALD. And you are saying in your test fires, your comparison with the FBI test fires, you could not say that those bullets came from CE-139?
Mr. BATES. That is correct. (1 HSCA 463-464)
CE 399 MATCHED THE FBI TEST BULLETS THAT COULD NOT BE CONNECTED TO THE C2766 RIFLE.
Mr. BATES. As a result of our comparative microscopic examinations, it is our opinion that the bullet, CE-399, was fired through the same firearm barrel that fired the FBI tests, CE-572.
(1 HSCA 465)
IN OTHER WORDS, CE 399 WAS FIRED FROM A M-C RIFLE USED BY THE FBI FOR IT'S "TESTS".