The influence of manufacturing processes on the identification of bullets and cartridge cases – a review of the literature

Deterring gun crime materially using forensic coatings

“…Techniques of firearms manufacture have mostly evolved to meet commercial (rather than forensic) needs [62]. The methods described and evaluated here could easily be integrated with the manufacturing process for cartridge cases [62].…”

“…The methods described and evaluated here could easily be integrated with the manufacturing process for cartridge cases [62].…”

Role of contamination on the bondline integrity of composite structures

“…In real application, the adhesive bonding joints always suffer Manufacturing process (Bonfanti et al 1999) and loading history (i.e. attack motion) (Ekstrand, 2012;Grieve, 2013) of the tool are the main areas to study the uniqueness of the toolmark generation.…”

Firearm recognition based on whole firing pin impression image via backpropagation neural network

“…Similarly, Geradts et al [8] [9] deduce that the firing pin itself plays a huge role for individual characterization of the cases, and is therefore a crucial factor for firearm identification. Bonfanti and Kinder [10] indicate that a precise firearm identification process starts at the very point of the bullet release, until the bullet hits the target, with regard to each and every single mark present on the bullet case and the firing barrel. The current study by Ghani et al [4]- [6] have suggested that the extensive data extraction and compilation of the firing pin marks on the cartridge case images are viable features for firearms identification.…”