2007-10-16 10:20:57 · 10 answers · asked by Fabrus G 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
No bullet shelves are useless in that regard. It doesn't matter where you keep your bullets, it only matters who you're pointing your gun at.
2007-10-16 10:53:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Each firearm will leave it's own set of markings on a casing, or shell, as I assume you mean. However, conclusively identifying what gun fired it is harder than it would seem. Despite the fact that some states spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on 'ballistic fingerprinting' fired casings, most guns will vary from the original markings after shooting through a few loadings. From two brand new guns of the same make and model, the system is only 60% accurate, which is hardly better than guessing.
And if you need to change your casing 'fingerprint', that's as easy as wiping the chamber with an abrasive substance, or changing barrels.
2007-10-16 20:17:19 · answer #2 · answered by fishtrembleatmyname 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you mean shells (not shelves) then the answer is absolutely YES. Each firearm will leave its own unique markings on shell casings, just like on the projectile. So the experts at the CSI lab can determine from shell casings left on scene if a firearm they recover from a suspect's home was the one used in a crime.
2007-10-16 19:06:24 · answer #3 · answered by bob_ber_down 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the police find shell casings [ empty brass] at a crime scene...they know that a semi-auto or full auto weapon was used: a revolver retains the cases. In some circumstances they can tell what major group of weapon fired a round by the imprint of the firing pin, caliber, extractor marks, etc.
there may be more info than this to be learned.
2007-10-16 18:36:24 · answer #4 · answered by sirbobby98121 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If in fact you were referring to "shells" and not "shelves" I can assure you that bullet casings can in fact be traced back to an individual gun, as they each leave distinctive marks on the casings and primers that make them traceable....
2007-10-16 17:46:48 · answer #5 · answered by JD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, in the old, old dime store detective novels the good guy would be armed with a Dick Special .38 and the bad guy with, oh... Say a .32 acp. The .38 Special shells belonged to the good guy and the .32 acp shells belonged to the bad guy. In the real world, probably not.
Best.
H
2007-10-16 21:51:10 · answer #6 · answered by H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
After 2010 in commie-fornia, yes.
Google microstamping.
thanks Arni. >:[
2007-10-20 00:45:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely.*
2007-10-17 12:09:44 · answer #8 · answered by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would you like to try that again, in English?
2007-10-16 17:36:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
If you mean from casings, no, unless you have something to compare it to.
2007-10-16 18:15:27 · answer #10 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋