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  • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafetoNews@lemmy.world•High-powered rifle recovered from Utah campus where Kirk's killer was able to blend in
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    2 months ago

    Agree totally. The entry wound is going to be 30cal sized. It’s the exit that’s the question. If it’s a solid there’s no way a 30-06 slug wouldn’t have kept going and hit something else (like the people behind him), if as was suggested it was a hollowpoint then in my experience the exit wound is going to be several inches in diameter (based on deer and pigs) on a human neck that means at least half his neck would have disappeared.

    Neither of those two things happened on the video, hence me doubting the calibre.

    On what I saw I’d be guessing 243, or 30-30 maybe even 300 blackout if we hadn’t seen a rifle pic, if the pictured rifle is correct than 300 BLK is way too new.

    Anyway, pure speculation as a hunter based on my experience with animals. Just doesn’t match what I’ve observed.

  • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafetoNews@lemmy.world•High-powered rifle recovered from Utah campus where Kirk's killer was able to blend in
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    2 months ago

    Broadly agree with everything you said, and well spotted to pick this one - it certainly has the “sound” of authenticity, the level of detail def gives a bit of confidence.

    I’d note that he said “With a new barrel, the rifle could be chambered in anything from .218 to .458. The claim of .30.06 is possible and likely correct.” so he’s just accepting the 30-06 because that’s what’s reported (which in the absence of evidence to the contrary is not unreasonable).

    Then again, the other question is whether it actually was the weapon used - we can’t trust this administration as far as they can be thrown.

    The bolt handle being changed is entirely plausible, I could see my father pulling out the oxy-acetelene and bending a handle he wasn’t happy without into a better shape. So the sort of guy comfortable doing a barrel swap and furniture replacement wouldn’t be too bothered doing that.

  • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafetoNews@lemmy.world•High-powered rifle recovered from Utah campus where Kirk's killer was able to blend in
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    2 months ago

    Rem 700 is a good guess, my thought was Ruger American - it doesn’t match the current model of either perfectly but as you say a 20 or 30 year old model will often be different, and yes no piccatinny rail in that pic.

    Based on the exit wound shown in the video I doubt it’s 30-06 to be honest - I think your guess of a .270, or maybe .243 would be my guess, particularly given how popular those two were 30 years ago for hunting. I guess could be .308 but as per other post in the thread the sort of damage I’d see on a pig or deer just doesn’t line up with what I’d expect a 30-06 to do and still light even for 308.