ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 March 1987
Page Count: 5

The Effects of Deformed Shot on Shotgun Pellet Dispersion
Rios, FG
Professor of forensic science and graduate student, University of California, CA

Thornton, JI
Professor of forensic science and graduate student, University of California, CA

(Received 25 February 1986; accepted 27 May 1986)

Abstract

It has been previously proposed that the outliers of shotgun dispersion pattern are due to shot which are aerodynamically less stable as a result of impulse deformation at the instant of discharge. This has been confirmed by an experiment in which all of the shot are intentionally deformed before the loading of the shotshell. Any pattern of dispersed shot is therefore likely to be in part a result of a shot packing factor which describes the propensity of shot to be deformed upon discharge or to be cushioned against such deformation.

Keywords:
forensic science, ballistics, shotguns

Paper ID: JFS11154J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11154J
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