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==Firearm projectiles== | ==Firearm projectiles== | ||
===Evidence=== | |||
*Bullets are often good evidence: | |||
**The calibre (size) and markings from the barrel (on handgun/rifle projectiles) allow it to be match to the weapon that fired it. | |||
**Thus, all projectiles are recovered from a body... and it is routinue to X-ray all gunshot victims. | |||
===Classification=== | |||
Two broad groups: | Two broad groups: | ||
*Shotgun projectiles.<ref name=HoFP147>{{Ref HoFP|147}}</ref> | *Shotgun projectiles.<ref name=HoFP147>{{Ref HoFP|147}}</ref> | ||
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**Bullets from handguns/rifles are marked by the barrel on the way-out (by grooves which in part spin on it to improve accuracy). | **Bullets from handguns/rifles are marked by the barrel on the way-out (by grooves which in part spin on it to improve accuracy). | ||
* | ====Subclassification==== | ||
*Rifled projectile are often group by diameter, e.g. ".22 caliber" (~5.6 mm). | |||
==Entrance wounds== | ==Entrance wounds== | ||