Indian homemade firearm—a technical review

Autopsy Review of Gunshot Deaths in A South Eastern Tertiary Hospital of NIGERIA FROM 2008-2012

“…Also are not known for long distance; and material used is of cheaper quality. 11 There is a powerful correlation between the acquisition of a gunshot and its use in suicides, murders, assaults and unintentional deaths. As a result of the invention of more advanced gun types and availability, there has been dramatic increase in death rates due to gunshot injuries.…”

Development of firing pin and breech face impression on lead and plasticine surfaces- a case report

“…However, the necessity of applying heat and pressure simultaneously, which may not be a serious disadvantage in the laboratory, makes this method rather impractical to use at the crime scene in the recovery of tool marks. Another material commonly used for lifting firing pin impression is plasticine, it is also used for replication of rifiling marks of fired bullet (Jain et al, 2004).…”

“…It has wide range of application in forensic science. It has been used successfully in examination of footwear impression (Morgan et al, 2009), facial reconstruction (Stephan & Henneberg, 2001;Benazzi et al, 2009;Claes et al, 2006;Cesarani et al, 2004;George, 1987), forensic ballistics (Jain et al, 2004;Hejna & Safr, 2009), restoration of obliterated marks (Kuppuswamy, 2011), tool mark impression (Rees, 1969) and Odontology (Gorea et al, 2007).…”

Wounds due to a modified shot gun (home-made): A case report

“…Very limited information regarding such type of country-made firearms is available in the literature. 5 We, from the department of forensic medicine, Kasturba medical college, Manipal, have encountered one such case of homicide by a country-made firearm, which is discussed.…”