Major Anderson. 200 rounds.
Mr. Specter. Would there be any reason why the scores might differ from 212 to 191, based on the layout of the courses or any of the conditions surrounding those tests, Major Anderson?
Major Anderson. Yes; the day the 212 was fired appears to be according to the record book to have been an ideal day under firing conditions.
Mr. Specter. When you say the record book you meant Commission Exhibit No. 239 that you referred to?
Major Anderson. Yes; when he fired that he had just completed a very intensive preliminary training period. He had the services of an experienced highly trained coach. He had high motivation. He had presumably a good to excellent rifle and good ammunition. We have nothing here to show under what conditions the B course was fired. It might well have been a bad day for firing the rifle—windy, rainy, dark. There is little probability that he had a good, expert coach, and he probably didn't have as high a motivation because he was no longer in recruit training and under the care of the drill instructor. There is some possibility that the rifle he was firing might not have been as good a rifle as the rifle that he was firing in his A course firing, because may well have carried this rifle for quite some time, and it got banged around in normal usage.
Mr. Specter. What are the differences between the A and B courses, Major Anderson?
Major Anderson. The A course is fired at 200, 300, and 500 yards. The B course is exactly the same course as far as targets, number of rounds and positions are concerned, but it is fired entirely at 200 yards.
Mr. Specter. Are there compensations in the scoring to allow for the difference in distances?
Major Anderson. Yes; there is.
Mr. Specter. What other familiarity with weapons did Mr. Oswald possess according to that document identified as Anderson Exhibit No. 1?