Individual characteristics
Surface features on a fired bullet or cartridge case that arise from random or unique events (tool wear, corrosion, service damage) and which, unlike class characteristics, are not shared by other specimens from the same manufacturing batch.
Explained in these topics
- Forensic Examination of Firearms, Bullets, Shells and Cartridges
- Tool Mark Evidence: Types, Comparison Principles and Collection
- Stereo Microscope and Comparison Microscope
- Bullet Striation Comparison and the Comparison Microscope
- Physical Evidence: Nature, Types, Collection and Chain of Custody
- Tool Marks: Fundamentals, Striations and Impressions