Marjan, thanks for detailing your thoughts, it helped me understand your hypothesis. It is a little more complex than I have heard before, so I would need to think about that more. I suppose here I can respond to a couple of questions and limitations.
You made the statement u are today saying that CE567 was probably from the headshot at Z313, & that CE567 after outshoot made the dent.
Yes, that is my current thinking on that. It is a simpler scenario than what you propose, but being simple doesnt necessarily make it right.
If I could help you with chrome dent testing I would, but I dont have the hardware capabilities or resources to conduct testing on windshields/chrome.
The best I can do here is say that the scenario I currently use is based on the data that nearly 50% of the bullet that CE567 came from, apparently was never recovered. It appears that a large fragment escaped the limo, likely heading in the direction of Tague. If CE567 hit the chrome, then it also missed exiting the limo by just an inch or two.
As I mentioned, I cant do much experimentation regarding this aspect, but L. Haag did. Some experimentation done by L. Haag would support the CE567 chrome effect and the missing fragment Tague possibility. Haag conducted some experiments which suggested large bullet fragments from a skull shot could be deflected upward (hence escape the limo).
I did do a quick look analysis on if such an escaping fragment could reach the curb by Tague, and a little to my surprise, it appeared that it could.
The following is a quote by Haag which describes his testing.
He describes the testing as A section of fresh bovine scapula 5 to 6mm thick (0.20 to 0.24-in.) was mounted against 10%w/w ordnance gelatin at an angle to represent the non-orthogonal intercept angle of the shot into the back of the Presidents head. A second piece of scapula bone was positioned on the opposite side of the small gelatin block as shown in this figure. A shot fired into this target arrangement with a WCC bullet launched from one of the authors M91/38 Carcano rifles secured in a machine rest exited in multiple fragments as recorded on a cardboard witness panel located approximately 3-feet downrange of the target
It is interesting to note that the majority of the bullet fragments were dispersed upward relative to these bullets pre-impact flight paths. This strongly suggests that this upward deflection was initiated very early during these bullets interaction with the first layer of bone.
This is all I can provide related to actual ballistic testing. The Tague curb thing was a mathematical model.
As far as the chrome dent or other limo damage goes, the only thing I could do for you along those lines is to follow up with a gentleman I met in a bowling league recently. He said his late dad had worked for Hess & Eisenhardt here in Cincinnati, and his dad saw the limo after it was returned to them after the assassination. I can ask him if he is aware of any comments that were passed down to the family related to the chrome dent or any other limo damage.
