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Firearms identification. Volume I, The laboratory examination of small arms, rifling characteristics in hand guns, and notes on automatic pistols by J. Howard Matthews is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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An event of the utmost importance in the field of firearms investigation'is how Julian S. Hatcher, Technical Editor of The American Rifleman, greets the publication of this monumental work. Here in two volumes is assembled the greatest mass of authoritative information on weapons investigation and identification ever brought together in one place. PART I consists of a comprehensive discussion of the principles involved and the laboratory procedures used in the identification of guns from fired bullets and fired cartridges, including descriptions of methods of rifling, instrumentation (both conventional and the newer instruments devised by the author), firearms photography, methods of restoration of serial numbers, and a chapter on'Pitfalls for the Unwary.'PART II is a very extensive research report, which gives the results of measurements of rifling characteristics of over 2300 guns originating in 23 countries, a task that took twenty years. PART III is devoted to'Miscellaneous Notes on Automatic Pistols,'including much previously unpublished information. PARTS IV and V contain nearly 3000 photographs of handguns representing arms made in 23 countries and numerous makes and models,

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Author

J. Howard Matthews

Publisher

Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Limited

Published

1973

Language

EN

ISBN

9780398023560

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Technology, Social Science