The technique shown on CSI is remarkably similar to a method documented in "The Wound Profile & The Human Body: Damage Pattern Correlation," by Martin L. Fackler, published in Wound Ballistics Review, Volume 1, Number 4, 1994, pp. 12-19. It was used to solve two long-range shooting incidents that I'm aware of.Basicly, the 9mm fmj round only penetrates 4 inches, stops in the victim's heart.. and there is noone around to have fired the shot.
So they figure out how to slow a 9mm down so that it only penetrates 4 inches. Oh, and the bullet is almost pristine, so it's not like the bullet was so badly deformed to have underpenetrated...
...Instead, they do a bunch of reloading, make ballistic gel until they get a bullet that only penetrates 4 inchs, chronoed at 550fps. So, they figure that the bullet was fired from 1800 feet away at almost a 90 degree angle.
I thought the Crime Lab could afford a Dillon progressive
Actually he locked the slide back with the empty mag in the gun then he removed the mag. I don't see a problem with that. And more importantly he kept his finger off the trigger.I like how one of the crime lab dudes cleared a beretta by operating the slide, then dropping the magazine.
I don't know how I feel about that....Just kiddingI are a CSI
Ever seat a 9mm round? It doesn't take the Herculean amount of pressure the actor was using.. but could SEE the RCBS logo on the press.
Remember, they don't have to be accurate to sell airtime to advertisers.