Jinx, one bullet, more or less intact (not surprising, as it had a full metal jacket) but laterally flattened, was found on the gurney that carried Governor Connally into Parkland Hospital. Fragments from that bullet were also found in Connally’s wrist (the bullet passed through soft tissue in President Kennedy’s neck, nicked a neck bone which sent the bullet into a tumbling end-over-end motion, exited his throat, entered Connally’s back lengthwise, tore a gaping exit wound in his chest, shattered his right wrist, and lodged superficially in his thigh).
Minute fragments from another bullet were found in President Kenendy’s skull and brain; two larger fragments were found in the presidential limousine. In addition, a bystander was hit on the cheek by a bullet fragment, probably from the fatal head shot, that deflected off a curb, leaving a forensically identifiable mark, although the fragment itself was not found.
The bullet from the first shot, which missed the motorcade, was never found, although at that point the view from the sniper’s nest on the sixth floor was partially blocked by an oak tree, which may have deflected the bullet.
Neutron-activated analyses of the metallic compositions of the gurney bullet, the fragments in Connally’s wrist, and the fragments from the limousine, were all consistent with each other, all coming from the same manufacturing lot. In addition, when a cartridge is fired, the microscopic characteristics of the weapon’s barrel are engraved into the bullet, along with its rifling characteristics. The gurney bullet and the fragments found inside the presidential limousine were large enough that they could be determined to come from Oswald’s rifle to the exclusion of all other rifles. Likewise, the three expended cartridge cases found on the floor beneath the sixth floor window all had marks that came unmistakably from Oswald’s rifle.
To put it another way, no bullets, bullet fragments, or cartridge cases were ever found that were inconsistent with each other or the round still in Oswald’s rifle when it was found. Nor was any bullet, bullet fragment, or cartridge ever found that showed markings inconsistent with having been fired from Oswald’s rifle.
