Magazine Influence on Cartridge Case Ejection Patterns with Glock Pistols

• Autores: Wim Kerkhoff, Ivo Alberink, Erwin J.A.T. Mattijssen
• Localización: Journal of forensic sciences, ISSN-e 1556-4029, ISSN 0022-1198, Vol. 63, Nº. 1, 2018, págs. 239-243
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In this study, the cartridge case ejection patterns of six different Glock model pistols (one specimen per model) were compared under three conditions: firing with a loaded magazine, an empty magazine, and without magazine. The distances, covered by the ejected car- tridge cases given these three conditions, were compared for each of the six models. A significant difference was found between the groups of data for each of the tested specimens. This indicates that it is important that, to reconstruct a shooting scene incident based on the ejection patterns of a pistol, test shots are fired with the same pistol type and under the correct magazine condition