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Button Rifling


Single point cutting


Drilling


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Gang Broach (Rifling)


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Honing


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Related AFTE Journal Articles

  • CONSECUTIVELY RIFLED GUN BARRELS PRESENT IN MOST CRIME LABS. - Review
  • Blackstar Bore Treatment and the Threat to Firearms Examiners - Review
  • Sub Class Characteristics of Sequentially Rifled .38 Special S&W Revolver Barrels - Review
  • The Effects of Firelapping on Forensic Handgun Identification - Review
  • Bore Lapping Compounds and Their Effect on Traditional Firearms Identification - Review
  • Method of Rifling by Manufacturer - Review
  • Book Review: "Rifling Machines and Methods" By Clifford F. LaBounty - Review
  • An Examination of Five Consecutively Rifled Hi-Point 9mm Pistol Barrels with Three Lands and Grooves Left Twist Rifling to Assess Identifiability and the Presence of Subclass Characteristics - Review
  • Rifling Methods of Factory Fitted 9 mm Luger (9 x 19 mm) Pistol Barrels: A Reference Resource - Review
  • The Categorization of Toolmarks and Tool Types - Review
  • Subclass Characteristics: From Origin to Evaluation - Review
  • The Effect on Firearms Identification by Tubb's Final Finish Treatment - Review
  • Perplexing Ballistic Identification Problems with Contemporary Hi-Point C9, 3-Left 9mm Pistols - Review
  • Comparison of 500 Solid Copper Bullets and an Analysis of their Influence on the Individual Rifling Characteristics of Firearms - Review
  • An Assessment of the Foundational Validity of Firearms Identification Using Ten Consecutively Button-Rifled Barrels - Review
  • Converted Blank and Gas Pistols - Their Constructions and Forensic Examination - Review
  • Polygonal Rifling - Review
  • Heckler & Koch Polygonal Rifling - Review
  • Bullet Identification From H&K USP Polygonal Barrels - Review
  • Individual Characteristics Criteria - Review
  • The Miami Barrel Saga Continues - Review
  • Glock Experiments with New Prototype Rifling Method Barrel - Review
  • Glock Marking Barrels – An Evaluation of Individual and Subclass Characteristics - Review
  • A General Discussion of Gun Barrel Individuality and an Empirical Assessment of The Individuality of Consecutively Button Rifled .22 Caliber Rifle Barrels - Review
  • Electrochemical Machining: A New Barrel Making Process - Review
  • Electrochemical Machining - A New Barrel Making Process Part 2: Testing the Coonan Arms Model B Pistol and the Reproducibility of Rifling Striae - Review
  • Validation Study of Electrochemical Rifling - Review
  • Consecutive Revolver Barrels - Review
  • Identification Problems with Sawed-Off Rifled Gun Barrels - Review
  • The Origin of Some Markings on Fired Bullets - Review
  • The Reproduction of Characteristics in Signatures of Cooey Rifles - Review
  • Rifling Methods - A Review and Assessment of the Individual Characteristics Produced - Review
  • An Examination of Two Consecutively Rifled Barrels and a Review of the Literature - Review
  • The Identification of Fired Bullets Having Bearing Surfaces with General Contour Variations but Minimal Fine Striae - Review
  • The Identification of Fired 40mm Less Lethal Projectiles - Review
  • Investment Casting in Barrel Manufacture of the Thunder Five - Review
  • The Miami Barrel - Review
  • Bullet Markings from Consecutively Rifled Shilen DGA Barrels - Review
  • A Comparison of Three Individual Barrels Produced from One Button Rifled Barrel Blank - Review
  • Striae Reproducibility On Sectional Cuts of One Thompson Contender Barrel - Review
  • Case Report: Identification of a Compensated Glock Pistol - Review
  • Subclass Characteristics in a Gamo Air Rifle Barrel - Review
  • Identification of Homicide Bullets to a Gun Barrel Section - Review
  • Identification of Rifled Slugs - Review
  • Hacksaw Blade, Shotgun Barrel, Tool Mark Case - Review
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