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Ballistics & Bullet Matching

Published on Apr 03, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THREE COMPONENTS OF BALLISTICS

  • Interior: within the firearm
  • Exterior: after the projectile leaves the barrel
  • Terminal: impact on a target

THINGS THAT CAN BE DETERMINED FROM THE EXAMINATION OF FIREARMS

  • The guage of the shotgun
  • The manufacturer or marketer
  • And possible shot sizes

HOW YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE PATTERN ON A FIRED BULLET

  • You can id the bullet by looking at its terminal

HOW YOU CAN IDENTIFY WHAT WEAPON THE BULLET CAME FROM

  • By reconstructing the bullet and comparing it to other callibers

HOW CAN BALLISTIC SCIENCE PROVE SOMEONE WAS AT A CRIME SCENE WITH A FIREARM

  • By looking at the bullet
  • By looking at the gunshot residue

TRAJECTORY

  • Trajectory of a bullet can be determined by the technique of stringing.

WHAT TRAJECTORY CAN HELP WITH

  • How far away he/she was
  • Where the criminal was
  • What angle they fired at

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