Handbook of Firearms and Ballistics || Index

✍ Scribed by Heard, Brian J.

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
• Year: 2008
• Weight: 106 KB
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0470694602
• DOI: 10.1002/9780470694589.index

✦ Synopsis

AAS see atomic absorption spectroscopy accidental death 305, 307 accidental discharge 191-7 accreditation of experts 292-3 AccuTec USA ammunition 73 ACP see Automatic Colt Pistol AFTE see Association of Firearms and Toolmark Examiners AIT see average incapacitation time AK47s 212-13, 272 American proof mark 38 American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) 296 ammunition 43-99 base confi gurations 74-5 bullet types 67-74 calibres 46-7, 55 cartridge cases 48-9, 52-4 colour coding 64-7 components 48-77 forensic fi rearms examination 178-82, 197-203 gunshot residues 253-6 headstamps 64, 94-8 historical development 43-8 lubrication 75 materials 67-8 non-toxic shot 77-80 penetration 61-2 primer caps 50-2 primers 48, 86-94, 253, 256 propellants 48, 80-6 shotguns 52, 56-64, 68-9 terminology 48-9 types 49-50 Angelli, Giovanni 166 angle of barrel elevation 112-13 annular rings 167-9 antimony contaminants 246-7, 259, 267 antimony sulfi de 88, 89 arquebuses 3