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NIJ Training Course for Firearm Examiners: Using Casting Materials to Replicate a Fired Bullets From Linked Cases

An interactive tool used to supplement the NIJ online training course entitled 'Firearm Examiner Training', as outlined in the eleventh learning module, 'Bullet Comparison and Identification'. This brief video demonstration portrays the use of casting materials to replicate the surface of a bullet and to compare bullet markings from a linked case. 

Date Published: June 23, 2020