FORENSICS 106
FORENSICBALLISTICS
By. Lykka Jane F. Procurato, RCrim
Course Instructor
LESSON 9
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENTS
USED IN FORENSIC BALLISTICS
LESSON OBJECTIVES Operate laboratory
1 equipment used in the
examination of
evidence.
2 Identify the types of
laboratory equipment.
Discuss the used of
3 scientific instrument
in the examination of
evidence.
BALLISTIC LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS
1 Analytical or Torsion
Balance 9 Stereoscopic Microscope
2 Bullet Recovery Box 10 Shadowgraph
3 Chronograph 11 Taper Gauge
4 Comparison Microscope 12 Calipers/Micrometer
Comparison Projector-CP 6 13 Bullet Puller
5
6 Helixometer 14 Endoscope Camera
Computerized
7 Measuring Projector-MP 6 15 Comparison Microscope
Integrated Ballistics
8 Onoscope 16 Identification System
ANALYTICAL OR TORSION
BALANCE
USE FOR DETERMINING
WEIGHTS OF BULLETS OR
SHOTGUN PELLETS - FOR
POSSIBLE DETERMINATION OF
TYPE,
CALIBER AND MAKE OF
FIREARMS FROM WHICH
FIRED.
BULLET RECOVERY BOX
IT USED TO OBTAIN TEST
FIRED BULLETS OR TEST
FIRED SHELLS FOR
EXAMINATION AND
COMPARISON TO THE
QUESTIONED BULLETS OR
SHEL.
CHRONOGRAPH
IT IS USED TO MEASURE THE
SPEED OF THE BULLET OR
THE MUZZLE VELOCITY OF
THE BULLET.
COMPARISON MICROSCOPE
IT IS DESIGNED TO PERMIT
THE FIREARM EXAMINER TO
DIFFERENTIATE TWO FIRED
BULLET OR SHELL, BY
SIMULTANEOUSLY OBSERVING
THEIR MAGNIFIED IMAGE IN
A SINGLE MICROSCOPIC
FIELD.
INTERMARRIAGE
Half of the same image of
the evidence bullet/shell
and half of the same image
of the test bullet/shell of
the same direction, the same
magnification, and
the plane are merge into one
image to look for same level
or plane the congruency of
stations or the
same markings.
JUXTAPOSITION
Critical side by side
comparison at the same
time, direction,
magnification, image
and level or plane to
find the same feature,
structure to the
specimens under
observation.
COMPARISON PROJECTOR-CP 6
SIMILAR TO BULLET
COMPARISON MICRO-SCOPE IN
WHICH TWO FIRED BULLETS
OF THE SHELL CAN BE
COMPARED
SIMULTANEOUSLY BY
PROJECTING THE IMAGE ON A
LARGE SCREEN AND IS
OBSERVED AT A VERTICAL
AND COMFORTABLE
VIEWING.
HELIXOMETER
IT IS USED IN MEASURING
THE PITCH OF RIFLING OF
FIREARMS. THIS INSTRUMENT
IS GENERALLY USED IN
HIGHLY
ADVANCED BALLISTICS
LABORATORY. WITH THIS
INSTRUMENT, IT IS
POSSIBLE TO MEASURE THE
ANGLE OF TWIST IN RIFLED
PISTOL OR REVOLVER
BARREL.
MEASURING PROJECTOR-MP 6
THIS PROJECTOR DETERMINES
THE WIDTH OF LANDS, WIDTH
OF GROOVES, DIAMETER, AND
TWIST OF A FIRED BULLET
ONOSCOPE
A SMALL INSTRUMENT THAT
IS SOMETIMES USED IN
EXAMINING THE INTERNAL
SURFACE OF THE GUN BARREL
WITH A TINY LAMP AT THE
TERMINAL PORTION AND THIS
INSERTED INSIDE THE BORE
FOR INTERNAL EXAMINATION.
STEREOSCOPIC MICROSCOPE
IT IS GENERALLY USED IN
PRIMARY EXAMINATION OF
FIRED BULLET AND SHELLS TO
DETERMINE THE RELATIVE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE CLASS
CHARACTERISTIC OR FOR
ORIENTATION PURPOSES. IT
CAN ALSO BE USED IN THE
CLOSED-UP
EXAMINATION OF TAMPERED
SERIAL NUMBER OF FIREARMS.
SHADOWGRAPH
IT CONTAINS A SERIES OF
MICROSCOPIC LENSES OF
DIFFERENT MAGNIFICATIONS
THAT CAN BE USED IN
EXAMINING FIRED BULLETS OR
FIRED SHELLS TO DETERMINE
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS AND
FOR ORIENTAL PURPOSES.
TAPER GAUGE
A MEASURING DEVICE USED
FOR DETERMINING THE BORE
DIAMETER OF THE FIREARM
AND DIAMETER OF FIRED
BULLET.
CALIPERS
Or MICROMETER
THIS INSTRUMENT
DETERMINES THE BULLET
DIAMETER AND BORE
DIAMETER OF A FIREARM.
BULLET PULLER
IT IS USED TO SEPARATE
THE BULLET FROM THE
CARTRIDGE CASE.
ENDOSCOPE CAMERA
A THIN CAMERA USED TO
RELAY IMAGES FROM INSIDE
THE GUN BARREL. THE
DEVICE USED, KNOWN AS AN
ENDOSCOPE, IS A LONG,
THIN, AND FLEXIBLE TUBE
THAT HAS A CAMERA AT ONE
END AS WELL AS A LIGHT
SOURCE.
COMPUTERIZED COMPARISON
MICROSCOPE
IT IS SIMILAR TO THE
BULLET COMPARISON
MICROSCOPE; THE ONLY
DIFFERENCE IS THE
MAGNIFIED IMAGE IS
SEEN IN THE MONITOR. IT
MORE CONVENIENT TO USE
THAN A MANUAL ONE.
IBIS or Integrated Ballistics
Identification System
IT IS A COMPUTERIZED
IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM THAT
STORES BALLISTIC INFORMATION
ON BULLETS AND CARTRIDGE CASES
SUBMITTED AS EVIDENCE IN
CONNECTION WITH A CRIME. THIS
SYSTEM ALSO STORES TEST FIRED
BULLETS AND CARTRIDGE CASES
AND CAN CROSS SEARCH AND MATCH
THE KNOWN WITH THE UNKNOWN IN
AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY A
CARTRIDGE CASE OR BULLET.
PARTS OF A FORENSIC BULLET
COMPARISON MICROSCOPE
BINOCULAR HEAD
MAGNIFICATION
MAGNIFICATION CORRECTION SYSTEM
LIGHT SOURCES
BULLET HOLDER SET
WORKING STAGE
FRONT VIEW PHOTO ADAPTER
ULTRAVIOLET LENS AND FILTERS
EXTRA EYEPIECES
AUXILIARY LENS
ANY QUESTIONS?
THANKYOU!
PRESENTATION BY:
MISS LYKKA JANE F. PROCURTAO, RCRIM
