Shooting distance estimation for shots fired by a shotgun loaded with buckshot cartridges |
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| Authors: | Alessandro Alfonsi Sandro Calatri Emidio Cerioni Piero Luchi |
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| Affiliation: | Istituto di Medicina Legale e delle Assicurazioni, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09100 Cagliari Italy |
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| Abstract: | The present study was carried out to clarify the problem of shooting distance estimation, by studying shots fired with buckshot ammunition in 12 gauge shotgun.For this purpose, the pattern diameter (PD) and the distances between buckshot (DBB) within the pattern were evaluated.Experimental shots were carried out with three differently choked barrels: full, half and cylinder; Winchester-Western OOB and OB buckshot ammunition were used.The results show that the estimation of shooting distance, based on the present parameters, is scarcely reliable especially when this estimation must be calculated on the basis of only a few wound holes on which measurements are made. |
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| Keywords: | Shotguns Range estimation Pattern diameter Intershothole distance |
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