Mr. Ryder. Yes; we have this little optical instrument we use now which makes it simple and faster.
Mr. Liebeler. Have you ever worked with any rifles that came from Klein's in Chicago or mail-order rifles that came with scopes mounted on it?
Mr. Ryder. You can't tell unless a man tells you. In other words, to look at one you can't tell any difference in workmanship.
Mr. Liebeler. As far as how the scope was mounted, you mean?
Mr. Ryder. Right.
Mr. Liebeler. Do you have any way of knowing whether these scopes are boresighted when mounted by a mail-order house or not?
Mr. Ryder. Most likely they are. Now, I don't know how they operate, if they do boresight any there or not. I do know for a fact if you boresight or zero a boresight on a Redfield base or any base except Bausch and Lomb, other than those, other than the Bausch and Lomb, if you take the scope off and put it back on you have to rezero. In other words, if they did boresight it and take it back off and ship it, it's going to be entirely different when the man receives the gun. It might be close enough for a man to shoot one in but won't be near as close.
Mr. Liebeler. You think that a rifle would have to be zeroed in any event after it had been shipped from a mail-order house before it could be used to shoot accurately?
Mr. Ryder. Yes; take for example, I have a Model 70 Winchester .30-06 caliber with a K-4 Weaver scope; nearly every season prior to deer season I will shoot it in and I have found several times it has been off just by riding in the back of the car. Taking it in and out of a gun case, things like that will make them off. In other words, they are not built so rigid that a little something here and there can get bumped loose so it would be like I say, he would have to have it zeroed after he received it from the mail-order house, most definitely.
Mr. Liebeler. If I were to tell you that this particular rifle had been carried to New Orleans and back in a station wagon and had laid in a garage in Irving for 2 months prior to the assassination and had been moved around in the garage, would that lead you to believe it might be out of sight at that time?