Ballistics

Cannelure is used in firearms identification to determine:

• Manufacture of the firearm

• Type of Gun

• Manufacturer of the bullet

• Weapon of that fired the shot

A barrel of any firearm is legally classified as:

• Part of the firearm

• Accessory

• Nomenclature

• Complete firearm

Rate of twist in the rifling of the rifle or pistol barrel:

• Land

• Pitch of rifling

• Grooves

• Ogive

It is produced when the muzzle is held against the target or body when fired:

• Smudging

• Contact Burn

• Tattooing

• Contact Wound

Danao made firearms or homemade weapons are classified as

• Flare Guns

• Matchlock

• Zip guns

• Freakish Guns

A person who first applied all sciences in the detection of crimes and criminalities

• Calvin Goddard

• Richard henry

• Hans Gross

• Alphonse Bertillion

The science of dealing with the motion of projectiles at the time it leaves the muzzle of the firearm to the time it hits the target

• Interior Ballistics

• Terminal Ballistics

• Exterior Ballistics

• Posterior Ballistics

It literally means delay in discharge of the cartridge failure to explode on time.

• Misfire

• Ricochet

• Hang Fire

• Keyhole Shot

Measuring device used to measure the velocity of projectiles

• Caliper

• test Bullet

• Chronograph

• Bullet Recovery box