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brainwired1 t1_iy20jyl wrote

Reply to comment by PerspectivePure2169 in Can bullets fired from the same gun be traced after thoroughly cleaning/polishing of the barrel?Would the bullet have the same imperfections? by Dapper_Team_2593

You have identified the problem exactly. There's virtually no difference at all between the two barrels as you described. Eventually, maybe, there might be microscopic differences between the two if both of them have been used a lot, but even then it's not the "focus, magnify, magnify, enhance" crap from NCISSICCIENDUF:New Orleans:SPUWIOM.

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PerspectivePure2169 t1_iy2174a wrote

Interesting. Had never really thought through it before now. But reasoning through it with an understanding of manufacturing makes sense that the ballistics matching wouldn't be anywhere near a "fingerprint"

More like a copy of a fingerprint 😄

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