No, the tests are meaningless as those tests were performed on a different rifle, and thus, have no bearing on what would have shown on paraffin tests performed with Oswald’s rifle. Moreover, despite testing only one *similar* WWII war-surplus MC, Guinn (or McKnight) jump to the conclusion that all Carcano’s have this defect. That is assumed, not established. The tests by Guinn are therefore meaningless as they haven’t been shown to have any bearing on what tests with Oswald’s weapon would have shown.
This is established in Ben’s citation:
“He [Guinn] sought out Gallagher to report the results of their tests on a
**** "rifle similar to the one reportedly owned by Lee Harvey Oswald." *****
The triple firing of the rifle, Guinn advised, "leaves unambiguous positive tests every time on the paraffin casts." Because of the inferior construction of the Mannlicher-Carcano [this particular war surplus weapon, not all], the Italian army's World War II assault rifle, Guinn noted that the blowback from one or three shots deposited powder residue "on both cheeks" of the shooter." (Breach of Trust - Gerald McKnight, pg 211)
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> THEY LIED BY OMISSION...
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> Gallagher was nearly the last witness called to testify, despite the
> fact that he'd been in charge of the NAA testing... as McKnight puts
> it: "If Gallagher could have testified that NAA testing disclosed that
> all this lead had exactly the same chemical composition, then the
> Commission would have had an airtight, scientifically rock-hard,
> incontestable case that the fatal bullet had been fired from Oswald's
> rifle. [or, at least, CE139 - which they *claimed* was Oswald's
> rifle!] Had the Commission had the scientific proof to state this case
> with confidence, then Gallagher would have been one of its first
> witnesses rather than slipped in at the fag end of the investigation.
> (ibid. pg 210)
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> The Warren Commission lied... and they knew it. Anyone care to defend
> the Warren Commission's burying of direct testing data that was
> exculpatory, and their assertion of data instead that was favorable to
> their hypothesis?
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How is testing on a similar rifle exculpatory? If I show a shooter getting off six shots in five seconds with a different MC, does that establish the capability of Oswald’s weapon?
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> Of course, Corbutt is like Chuckles in his lack of knowledge about
> this case, and probably has no concept of what the NAA consisted of...
> But Huckster, who does... will run like the coward he is...
>
> Huckster **CAN'T** respond... he knows I've proven a lie, and he can't
> defend the WCR from this obvious lie.
Begged Question logical fallacy.