TYPICAL SMOKE MARK ON THE HAND MADE BY THE GYROJET PISTOL

• NCJ Number: 28428
• Journal: MINERVA MEDICOLEGALE Volume: 94 Issue: 2 Dated: (JULY-DECEMBER 1974) Pages: 101-103
• Author(s): P L B BOLLONE; M SCAFFA
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 3 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Country: Italy

Annotation

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS WEAPON IS SUCH THAT IT LEAVES A CHARACTERISTICS MARK ON THE HAND WHEN FIRED.

Abstract

THE GYROJET MARK I B PISTOL IS MADE IN TWO HALVES JOINED TOGETHER AT THE TOP. THIS ENABLES SMOKE AND GAS TO ESCAPE, WITH THE RESULT THAT A LONG, THREADLIKE AND MORPHOLOGICALLY CHARACTERISTICS MARK IS LEFT ALONG THE HAND. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) --IN ITALIAN