Ballistic parameters of cal. 9mm×17mm industrial blank cartridges (cattle cartridges)

Frank, Matthias; Franke, E.; Philipp, K.P.; Bockholdt, Britta

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.08.002

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“…Still, there are cases of successful suicides with blank cartridge guns pressed against the head [20]. The dangerous pressure of blank cartridges was illustrated recently by systematic measurements of the 9×17 mm cartridge [21].…”

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Wounding capacity of muzzle-gas pressure

Schyma

2011

Int J Legal Med

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Wounding capacity of muzzle-gas pressure

Schyma

2011

Int J Legal Med

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“…Such devices are used to cause immediate unconsciousness in animals to be slaughtered. They are composed of a cylindrical metal tube containing an inlying steel rod, the so-called bolt, which is propelled by the powder gases of a blank cartridge [12]. The strength of the ammunition is indicated by color markings on the base of the cartridges.…”

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The punched-out tissue complex (skin-bone ”imprimatum“) in shots from captive-bolt guns: does it act as a secondary projectile?

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From the first half of the twentieth century to the present day, injuries and fatalities from captive-bolt livestock stunners are a major topic in forensic medicine. The vast majority of cases account for suicides with the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital regions being the most common sites of entrance (in descending order of frequency). Due to the limited length of the bolt, the corresponding wound channel within the braincase is only several centimeters long. It has been a controversial subject for a long time, whether the skin-bone complex punched out by the conically grooved end of the steel rod may act as a "secondary projectile" being propelled beyond the actual path of the bolt. To answer this question, experimental shots from various types of captive bolt-guns were fired to simulants. Video-documentation employing a high-speed motion camera showed that the punched-out pieces of skin and bone did not move further than the bolt. Thus, a secondary extension of the total wound channel could not be observed. However, the suction effect caused by the bolt's rearward movement may induce a slight retrograde displacement of the skin-bone complex.

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“…Besides their usage in starter pistols, gas or alarm weapons to make sound and smoke or to propel signal ammunition, blank cartridges bear an enormous energy potential which makes them usable in lots of different cartridge actuated power tools [10]. Injuries or fatalities due to these powder actuated devices or tools are mainly caused by carelessness or culpable negligence of the operator [11][12][13].…”

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