Ballistics

Ballistics
the study of projectiles, trajectories, and the effect on the target

Internal ballistics
_________________________

External ballistics
_________________________________

Terminal ballistics (wound ballistics)

_________________________________

Components of typical round

Sequence of events

Firing pin or striker hits ________________

_______________ detonation
Ignition/_______________ of powder
______________________pressure within casing d/t
expanding gases
Bullet forced from casing into ____________of barrel
Rifling imparts __________ as bullet traverses barrel
length
Bullet leaves barrel, followed by hot, still-expanding
gases (creates _______________ and
_________________)
* deflagration rapid ____________(NOT an
_____________)

Forensic applications
______________ firing pin toolmarks
__________________toolmarks
______________ markings (describe)
__________________________________________________________

_______________markings (describe)
__________________________________________________________

___________ markings (describe)

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___________ types

Primer indentation

Muzzle blast
the sound associated with __________________

Physics of recoil
For every __________, there is an _____
____________________________
Bullet travels __________, case is forced
______________against the _________or
______________, causing _________
In an automatic or semi automatic weapon,
this recoil is what drives the action to
__________
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Mechanics of projectile wounding

Mechanic of projectile wounding

Physical cutting/crushing of tissue
______________ related

Kinetically disrupting/stretching tissue that is

adjacent to the path of the projectile
__________________(most handgun rounds)
___________________ (rifle rounds & shrapnel
from explosions)
KE = ______________

Permanent & temporary

wound cavities

Fragmentation effect

GSR pattern

GSR pattern