Bullet hole perimeters test ammunition

Table 20.12 Bullet Hole Perimeter Test Ammunition...

Tests were also conducted to determine if it was possible to identify the bullet jacket material from examination of the bullet hole perimeter. The ammunition used is given in Table 20.12 and the test results are presented in Table 20.13. 

The Northern Ireland Forensic Science Taboratory (N1FST) was involved in the assessment of such ammunition for the police, and tests were conducted to compare lead levels using Nyclad and conventional ammunition. Unfortunately, the tests results did not survive the terrorist explosion at the laboratory in September 1992, but the overall conclusion was that the claims made relating to the reduction of lead were more than justified. (Other tests involving the examination of the perimeter of bullet holes in cloth that were caused by Nyclad bullets revealed that cobalt was repeatedly and readily detected by FAAS.)... 

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