Dr. Olivier. I believe that it was. That is my feeling.
Mr. Specter. To be certain that the record is complete on the skull tests, would you again state the distance at which those tests were performed?
Dr. Olivier. Yes, the skulls—it was fired at the skulls at a range of 90 yards.
Mr. Specter. With what gun?
Dr. Olivier. The 6.5 mm. Carcano which was marked Commission Exhibit 139 and using Western ammunition lot 6,000, again the 6.5 mm. Mannlicher-Carcano.
Mr. Specter. Going to the results of the test on the cadavers, what was the average exit velocity?
Dr. Olivier. The average exit velocity on the wrist was 1,776 feet per second.
Mr. Specter. Had Governor Connally's wrist been struck with a pristine bullet and the bullet exited at that speed, what damage would have been inflicted had it then struck the area of the thigh which was struck on the Governor according to the Parkland Hospital records which you have said you have examined?
Dr. Olivier. It would have made a very severe wound.
Mr. Specter. Would it have been more severe than the one which was inflicted?