Forensic investigation of unusual firearms : ballistic and medico-legal evidence /: ballistic and medico-legal evidence. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J.K. Sinha.
• Authors: Sinha, J. K
• Contents: Forward; Acknowledgements; Preface; About the Author; ; Introduction to Unusual Firearms; Advent of Unusual Firearms in Crime; Making/Manufacture of Illegal Firearms; Illegally Modified, Legal Firearms; Substandard and Copies of Branded Firearms; Homemade Firearms; Inappropriate Constructional Features of Unusual Firearms; Irregular Rifling; Varying Barrel Shape and Size; Varying Bore Dimension; Varying Barrel Lengths Irrespective of Type of Ammunition ; Varying Muzzle and Breech Thickness Irrespective of Type of Ammunition; Varying Chambers: Shape and Size; Cartridge Headspace; Unusual Firing Pin Arrangement; Trigger Pull; Locking Arrangement; Unusual Locking Arrangement; Caliber Designation of Unusual Firearms: New Nomenclatures; Bore/Caliber Designation; ; Forensic Investigation of Fired Cartridges of Unusual Firearms; Breech Face Marks; Modified Procedures for Reproducing Breech Marks; Evaluation of Deceptive and Ambiguous Marks; Examination of Breech and Unusual Firearms; Chamber Marks; Chamber Shape and Size; Chamber–Bore Joint Marks; Modified Procedures for Reproducing Chamber Marks; Firing Pin Marks; Evaluation of Multifiring Pin Hits; Tampered Firing Pin; Extractor and Ejector Marks; Extractor Marks by Low-Pressure Round; Ejector Marks and Tampered Firearms; Summary of Modified Cartridge Identification Procedures; ; Forensic Investigation of Fired Bullets from Unusual Firearms; Inappropriate Rifled Bore Barrel Marks; Under-Bore Sized Rifled Barrels; Over-Bore Sized Rifled Barrels; Inappropriate Modified Chamber; Inappropriate/Irregular Rifling; Mismatch Rifled Firearms; Smoothbore Firearms Using Rifled Ammunition; Nature of Smoothbore Barrel Marks Using Rifled Ammunition; Class Characteristic Parameters of Unusual Firearms: New Parameters; Identification of Bullets Fired from Smoothbore Firearm; ; Forensic Investigation of Fired Shot Charge of Unusual Firearms; Dispersion of Pellets and Possible Misleading Range Determination; Type of Wad; Barrel Dimension; Linkage of Fired Pellets with Suspect Firearm; Barrel Marks on Fired Shot/Pellets; Reproducibility and Identification of Barrel Marks; Misleading Conclusion on Number of Fires from Fired Pellets; Pellets without Striations Appear as Unfired, Whether Fired or Not; Reloaded Shot Size from a Fired Shell; Dispersion of Wads and Reconstruction of Shooting Incidents; Wads at the Crime Scene; Unusual Firearms and Flight of Wads; Unusual Barrel Marks on Wads; Cartridge Splits and Unusual Chamber Marks on Fired Wads; ; Unusual Firearms and Medico-Legal Evidence ; Shape and Size of Bullet Hole; Unrifled Bore Using Rifled Ammunition; Unusual Rifled Firearms; Presence or Absence of the Close-Range Phenomena; Burning; Scorching; Blackening; Powder Tattooing; Metal Vapor Smudging; Projectile Scrapings (Bullet Chips); Gunshot Residue (GSR) Particles; Unusual Firearms and Contact Shots; Abraded and Dirt Collar; Abraded Collar; Dirt Collar/Ring; Visual Examination of Firearm Injuries and Caution Needed ; Blackening and Blackened Bullet Periphery; Detection of Powder Particles on the Bare Body; Probable Caliber of Bullet and Type of Firearm from Bullet Hole; Caliber from Bullet Hole; Determining the Type of Firearm from a Bullet Hole; Entry Wound and Direction of Fire; Projectile–Tissue Interactions and the Wound Track; Exit Holes and Unusual Firearms; Wounding Effect of Fired Bullets of Unusual Firearms; Determination of Striking Velocity; Orientation/Area of Presentation of Nonspinning Bullets at Impact; Wounding Capability of Nonspinning Bullets of Unusual Firearms; ; Additional Reading; Firearm Discharge and Time of Firing; Evidence of Firing and Unusual Firearms; Time of Firing; Unusual Rifling Marks on Jacket Pieces and Lead Core; ; Index;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 363.2562; Forensic ballistics; Firearms -- Identification; Firearms -- Markings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466571389
• Related ISBNs: 9781466571372
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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