so ive been watching tv shows were bullets could be traced back to the exact gun used in shooting or crime. How does that work wouldn’t they need the gun that was used tho to track. or could they proceed with just a bullet
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The answer from u/sudoku7 on microstamping is the right one. Think of it like the gun stamping on the bullet: “I am the weapon that fired this bullet”.
What you might see in shows like CSI (I am starting to feel old here) where they match rifling patterns on bullets to a specific weapon, but that is far from being a foolproof method, it has its limits. In some cases, it can identify from which weapon a bullet was fired and in others, not so much.
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