ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 July 1983
Page Count: 4

Case of the Homemade Duplex (Double-Bullet) Cartridge
Mittleman, RE
Associate medical examiner, Dade County Medical Examiner's Department, FL

Hart, RP
Firearm and tool mark examiner, Crime Laboratory, FL

(Received 26 October 1982; accepted 13 December 1982)

Abstract

Multibullet cartridges are used to create the salvo effect with increased hit probability and wounding capacity. These cartridges are not new; however, until recently, their usage has been confined to the military. The following report is the first published case concerning homemade duplex (double-bullet) cartridges manufactured in the Greater Miami area. When gunshot wound entrance and exit sites do not add up, multibullet cartridges must be considered.

Keywords:
criminalistics, ballistics, wound ballistics

Paper ID: JFS11576J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11576J
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