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  2. Automated firearms identification - Wikipedia

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    Automated Firearms Identification has its roots in the United States, the country with the highest per capita firearms ownership. [1] [2] In 1993, the Federal Bureau of Investigation commissioned Mnemonics Systems Inc. to develop Drugfire, which enabled law enforcement agencies to capture images of cartridge casings into computers, and automate the process of comparing a suspect cartridge ...

  3. Caliber conversion device - Wikipedia

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    A .32 ACP FMJ cartridge, a .32 ACP FMJ cartridge in a blued .303 British supplemental chamber, and a .303 British FMJ cartridge (left to right) A caliber conversion device is a device which can be used to non-permanently alter a firearm to allow it to fire a different cartridge than the one it was originally designed to fire.

  4. List of cartridges by caliber - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Table of handgun and rifle cartridges; By name. List of Winchester Center Fire cartridges;

  5. Image scanner - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Murray and Richard Morse invented and patented the first analog color scanner at Eastman Kodak in 1937. Intended for color separation at printing presses, their machine was an analog drum scanner that imaged a color transparency mounted in the drum, with a light source placed underneath the film, and three photocells with red, green, and blue color filters reading each spot on the ...

  6. Ballistics - Wikipedia

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    Forensic ballistics involves analysis of bullets and bullet impacts to determine information of use to a court or other part of a legal system. Separately from ballistics information, firearm and tool mark examinations (" ballistic fingerprinting ") involve analyzing firearm, ammunition, and tool mark evidence in order to establish whether a ...

  7. Supertank printer - Wikipedia

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    Supertank printers are a type of continuous ink system (CISS) inkjet printer.Supertank printers differ from traditional inkjet printers in that the printhead is connected via a tube system that draws ink from large ink tanks built into the printer, which are filled and refilled via ink bottles, eliminating the need for ink cartridges.

  8. Firearm propellant - Wikipedia

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    Handgun propellants may reach peak pressure before the bullet leaves the cartridge case, while rifle propellants may move a bullet several inches before reaching peak pressure. [ 4 ] : 125 The motion and behavior characteristics of projectiles while under the influence of the gases produced by the propellant is known as internal ballistics .

  9. Cartridge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Magnum-action cartridges, are usually rifle cartridges that are both longer and more powerful than traditional full-powered rifle long-action cartridges, with a COL between 85 and 91 mm (3.34 and 3.6 in), including some of the long-action cartridges with a case head larger than 13 mm (.50 in) diameter, which is most commonly exemplified by the ...