Citation

Kerkhoff W, Alberink I, Mattijssen EJ. J. Forensic Sci. 2018; 63(1): 239-243.

Affiliation

Netherlands Forensic Institute, PO Box 24044, 2490 AA, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/1556-4029.13498

PMID

28407235

Abstract

In this study, the cartridge case ejection patterns of six different Glock model pistols (one specimen per model) were compared under three conditions: firing with a loaded magazine, an empty magazine, and without magazine. The distances, covered by the ejected cartridge cases given these three conditions, were compared for each of the six models. A significant difference was found between the groups of data for each of the tested specimens. This indicates that it is important that, to reconstruct a shooting scene incident based on the ejection patterns of a pistol, test shots are fired with the same pistol type and under the correct magazine condition.

© 2017 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

Language: en

Keywords

Glock pistols; cartridge case ejection patterns; forensic science; magazine influence; magazine loading condition; shooting incident reconstruction