vocabulary
Study of projectile in flight
Ballistic
The tube the bullet moves through when fired
Barrel
GSR
Gun shot residue
projectile fired from a firearm
Bullet
Who invented gunpowder for fireworks and weapons
China
End of the firearm barrel
Muzzle
Handgun with the barrel and chamber that are connected
semi-automatic
National Integrated bullet identification system
NIBIS
A portable gun that uses a confined propellant to expel a projectile out of the barrel
Firearm
Long gun with a smooth barrel fired from shoulder level
Shotgun
Handgun with revolving cylinder
Revolver
Long gun with a barrel with spiral grooves that is fired from shoulder level
Rifle
Part of the Cartridge left behind, not projected with the bullet
Shell Casing
Ridges and depressions on the inside of the firearm barrel that are created when the firearm is manufactured.
Lands and grooves
Who killed Abraham Lincoln
John Wilks Booth
Casing that holds the bullet, primer powder, and gun powder
Cartridge
Fires continuously when the trigger is depressed.
Fully Automatic
Flight path of a projectile
Trajectory
The spiral pattern of a fired projectile made by the lands and grooves in the barrel of a firearm
Rifling
Who killed John F Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
End of a barrel attached to the firing mechanism of a firearm where the cartridge is loaded and unloaded.
Breech
Inside Diameter of a firearm barrel
Caliber
Number of shooters in the Washington beltway murders
2
Soot and Particles of unburned gunpowder
Gun shot residue (GSR)
How many points of measurement are need to calculate the trajectory of a projectile.
3