Representative Boggs. You were firing at a simulated target?
Mr. Frazier. These targets previously introduced, or copies of the targets, are those which we actually fired.
Representative Boggs. My questions are really a followup of the Chairman's question.
These practices—were you just practicing for time, or were you practicing under conditions similar to those existing in Dallas at the time of the assassination?
Mr. Frazier. The tests we ran were for the purposes of determining whether we could fire this gun accurately in a limited amount of time, and specifically to determine whether it could be fired accurately in 6 seconds.
Now, we assumed the 6 seconds empirically—that is, we had not been furnished with any particular time interval. Later we were furnished with a time interval of 5.5 seconds. However, I have no independent knowledge—had no independent knowledge of the time interval or the accuracy. But we merely fired it to demonstrate the results from rapidly firing the weapon, reloading the gun and so on, in a limited time.
Representative Boggs. Were there other tests conducted to determine the accuracy of the weapon and so on?
Mr. Frazier. No, sir—only the rapid-fire accuracy tests were fired by the FBI.
Representative Boggs. There is no reason to believe that this weapon is not accurate, is there?
Mr. Frazier. It is a very accurate weapon. The targets we fired show that.