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Three types of impression evidence
Fingerprints, tire tracks, footprints, and firing pin impressions
What is impression evidence?
Marks left behind when a harder surface impacts a softer surface
The marks left by an object reflect what kind of characteristics?
Individual characteristics
Firearms analysis is the same as what kind of analysis?
Impression analysis
Firearms Analysis
The identification of fired bullets, cartridge casings, or other ammunition components as
having been fired from a specific weapon
Ballistics
The study of an object in flight
Caliber
The inside diameter of a gun barrel , in hundredths of an inch or millimeters
Firing Pin
The pin or rod in the firing mechanism of a firearm that strikes the cartridge primer to fire
the cartridge