CRI 414 3RD EXAM PART 2
Advanced Firearm Identification Quiz
Test your knowledge on forensic firearms examination with our Advanced Firearm Identification Quiz. This quiz contains 32 carefully crafted questions that explore the intricacies of firearm identification, ballistics, and rifling techniques.
- Assess your understanding of key concepts in gun science.
- Learn about the components and markings that help identify firearms.
- Challenge yourself or others interested in forensic science.
a partial shaving near the nose of fired bullet, resulting from cylinder misalignment in a revolver. Also known as shearing marks.
- LANDS – the elevated portions.
- GROOVES – the depressed portion.
is measure as the “shortest” distance between the two side or edges of a groove.
the rifling inside the gun barrel may twist either to the right or left. The twist of the rifling cause the bullet to rotate as it passes through the bore for the bullet to have “gyroscopic stability” during its flight from muzzle to target.
it is a measure of the twisting of the lands and grooves. It refers to the “distance” advanced by the rifling’s in one complete run.
groove depth in the bore is measured on a radius of the bore as seen in cross section. Grooves are usually a few thousands of an inch deep. It is equal to the “height” of the side of a “land”.
those characteristics that are determinable even prior to the manufacture of the firearms. These characteristics are factory specifications and
within the control of man.
are those characteristics markings peculiar and not found in all other firearms. They serve as basis to identify a particular firearm. The individual characteristics are determinable only after the manufacture of the firearm.