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Evan Thompson:
Mr. Yasko if you would like to participate in the Hi-Point consecutively made barrel test send me an complete address where you would like the test sent to. 

The barrels from this test started as one long tube, rifled and cut into sections.  Participants receive two bullets fired from each barrel #1, #2 and so forth.  Then another set of two bullets A, B, C and so forth also fired from each of the ten barrels.  The participant is asked to answer which of the numbered bullets match the lettered bullets.  You should allow 6-8 hours of scope time to work through the test.

Unfortunately there are only four sets available to make their way around various worldwide labs.  So it may be a few months before you receive your set.

Evan Thompson O0

MaxYasko:
Dear Mr. Thompson, thank you for giving me your attention. I do would like to partisipate this test.  Please, sent the samples, if it'll be possible, to the following address:

Maxim A. Yasko
Belusha Str., 51a
Criminalistics Center
Grodno  230019
Belarus

Max Yasko  8)
 

Kim Haag:
Mr. Yasko,

Thank you for offering a great idea.  Further research is always beneficial and in this case, there are a variety of rifling methods that could be tested (hammer forging, ECM, etc.).

Thank you for your post and please post any additional resarch ideas you have!

Kim Haag
Chair, Research and Development Committee

Charlie DeArmond:
I've generally seen distorted but recognizable marks on fragments of even violently disintegrated bullets. The lee sides of bullets in yaw can retain clear markings even when fired into coarse sand, for example. Anyone ever tried using computer modeling software to virtually un-stretch jacket fragments in order to determine surface charactaristics? Might be possible to do this based on thickness variations. In other words, telling the program to draw material toward the center of each individual fragment until the proper jacket thickness is achieved. Other complications would of course arise, but this basic concept might be made to work. This is far beyond my ability to investigate, but someone here may want to consider it. If it's been done for a decade, please forgive me. I am not an FTE.

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