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FORENSIC BALLISTICS

Veritas Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages:130-134
Mr. U Udaykanth Reddy

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Forensic ballistics is the area of forensic science concerned with the
investigation of firearms and any other relevant evidence found at the
scene of shooting, their connection to the firearm, and the identification
of the shooter.

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HOW A FIREARM FUNCTION
The gunpowder is set ablaze by the small fire from the priming com-
pound; the gas created by the powder burning expands quickly inside
the cartridge. The bullet is forced to exit from the cartridge and down
the barrel by the expanding gas the bullet spins as it exits the barrel due
to rifling imparted to the barrel.

Fig 1: Image shows the internal working of a firearm

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