Ballistics 1
The science of analyzing firearm usage in a crime.
What is forensic ballistics?
This is the end of the barrel from which the projectile exits the firearm
What is the muzzle?
Handguns fired with one hand are called this.
What are pistols?
This type of firearm includes rifles and shotguns
What is a long gun?
"The path of flight of a projectile" is one definition of this word.
What is trajectory?
This is the portion of the casing that ignites the gunpowder
What is the primer?
Revolvers store cartridges in this.
What is the cylinder?
These are the portions of the barrel rifling that are raised.
What are lands?
These are the tiny particles expelled from a firearm when it is fired
What is gunshot residue?
Colt 45 is this type of handgun.
This includes primer powder, gunpowder, the bullet, and the casing material that holds them all together
What is the cartridge?
This is the portion of the bottom of cartridge casing that identifies the caliber and manufacturer of the bullet
What is a headstamp?
Revolvers and semi-automatic pistols fall into this firearm category.
What is a handgun?
This can be composed of lead, copper, or combinations of various metals. It can be metal-jacketed, hollow-pointed, or even plastic-coated.
What is a bullet?
These the portions of the rifling in the barrel that are set low.
What are grooves?
The spiral patterns of lands and grooves is a definition of this word.
What is rifling?
This type of firearm uses an actual wick to carry the flame to the gunpowder.
What is a matchlock weapon?
The use of the words "magnum" or "special" with a firearm refer to the use of a more powerful type of this substance.
What is gunpowder?
Of "centerfire" or "rimfire", choose the term which applies to lower caliber weapons.
What is rimfire?
Two major forces act on the bullet when it is fired. One is the forward force of the bullet and the other is this.
What is gravity?
NIBIS and Drugfire merged in the year 2000 to form NIBIN, which is an acronym that stands for this.
What is National Integrated Ballistics Network?
Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese more than a thousand years ago by combining these three components.
What are potassium nitrate or saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur.
The caliber of a bullet can be given in either millimeters or this measurement.
What is hundredths of an inch?
These two terms, both parts of a cartridge, work together to provide the mechanism of delivering the explosive charge of the primer to the gunpowder.
What are anvil and flash hole?
The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco merged their databases in this year.
What is the year 2000?