American Handgunner May/June 1978

USE LIKE A MARKING [TOUCH ~ ~ \ L l I k l ~ ~FOR SMALL NICKSAND SCRATCHES.it easy to touch up smaland scratches. Instant1duces a dark, rich bCat. #lo78let-Aer Corp., Paterson. N. J. 07ACCURIZEOWN .AS AUTO. COÑÑANdEWEDITIONFIREARMSINVESTIGATIONIDENTIFICATIONAND EVIDENCEBy Hatcher, Jury and WellerThe classic reference book of the ballisticstrade is now available in a newprinting to ballisticians and tool markexaminers. This is a limited edition of1000 copies.This outstanding reference work encompassesmany ballistics and tool marktopics, including: a history of firearmsidentification, modern firearms manufacture,firearms and cartridges tool marks,photography in investigation of firearmscrimes, firearms identification laboratoryequipment, investigation of firearmscrimes, laboratory investigation and proceedingsin "no gun" work, automaticweapons and rifle identification.1000 Limited Editions Only!Orders processed by postmark!AMERICAN HANDGUNNER MAGAZINE591 Camino de la Reina San Diego, CA 92108Enclosed is my check for ___ copy(ies) ofFirearms Investigation, Identification and Evidenceeach at $22.50 plus 50C postage andhandling. Allow six weeks for delivery.NameAddresscityState7ip-I did not say I'd never had one of them embarrassin accidentalshots. I have and my tail was in a crack just like yur describin.But you'll manage to come out all right, too, after you go beforethe town council next week and explain how you shot theTV in the police department squad room last Tuesday.You say the chief's too busy bein mad right now, and youcould reason with him if he'd speak to you. Who woulda everthought somebody'd be dumb enough to put that throw-downgun in the evidence locker with a round in the chamber? Andyou get it out to clear it beforegivin it to the judge, tho a .25 cal.bullet through the 19 inch Quasar ain't exactly clearing procedure.Something like that happened to Jesse Clinton, you rememberhe was the police champion a few years back at Jackson. Takesa big man to tell about himself, him bein a national champ andall, the way Jesse told me he'd shot a .38 round through the basementceiling. But there it was, he said, stickin up through thewood floor in the bedroom upstairs. Jesse's wife, May, she's areal good humored Mississippi lady, called down the steps, justreal calm and told him, "Jesse, if you're trying to kill me, justcome on up and do it, don't sit down there and shoot through thefloor."If you get a chance before they fire you, or tar and featheryou, tell those folks what Frank McNally up at that NYPD says'bout them accidental discharges. "Nat," he told me, "if youhandle guns every day, make your living round firearms, sooneror later you're going to let one go accidentally. Just be sure thatmuzzle's in a safe direction and while you may be embarrassed,you or somebody else won't be dead. Anybody tells you theynever shot one they didn't mean to, either doesn't handle manyguns-orhe's a liar."If that's good enough for New York City, with 90 firearms instructors,Green Pond PD should figger out someway to overlooktheir one instructor blowing up the TV.^latANDLOADINGthe mark on the head is at the bottom.(Continued from page 20)Fire several rounds in the manner justprescribed. You will find that in most instancesthe bulge will occur at the oppooncentric.Prove the foregoing statement site side of the case. To complete the test,i yourself by taking a gun whose fired fire another short string of markedases show a slight amount of bulge. Use rounds. This time, however, chambernce-fired cases that have no previous each round with the mark at the top of theigns of bulging, then mark the case head chamber. Fire the gun in a fully invertedi indicate the point at which the bulge is position. Again, the bulge should occur onccurring with relation to the chamber. the side opposite the mark. If bulging is'lace the round in the chamber so that severe accuracy and case life will be af-AMERICAN HANDGUNNER MAY/JUNE 1978