- 01: Introduction
- 02: History
- 03: Powder, Ammunition, and Firearm Development
- 04: Manufacture of Firearms
- 05: Small Arms Ammunition
- 06: Handling Procedures
- 07: Equipment and Instrumentation
- 08: Examination of Firearms
- 09: Cartridge and Shotshell Examination
- 10: Characterization and Evaluation of Fired Projectiles
- 11: Bullet Comparison and Identification
- 12: Gunshot Residue and Distance Determination
- 13: Toolmark Identification
- 14: Communicating Results
- Resources
National Institute of Justice
The Research, Development, and Evaluation
Agency of the U.S. Department of Justice
Index
A : B : C : D : E : F : G : H : I : J : K : L : M : N : O : P : Q : R : S : T : U : V : W : X : Y : Z
- 0-9Top
- 1800s
- 1900-1907
- 1908-1915
- 1917-1920
- 1921-1924
- 1925-1929
- 1930-1939
- 1940-1950
- 1955-1958
- 1961-1963
- 1968-1969
- 1970-1978
- 1980-1989
- 1991-1994
- 1995-1999
- 2003 to present
- ATop
- Accuracy and Custom Specifications
- Advanced Case Linkage and Fired Cartridge Case Comparisons
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 01 - Introduction
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 02 - History
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 03 - Propellants, Firearms, and Ammunition Development
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 04 - Modern Firearms Manufacture
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 05 - Small Arms Ammunition
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 06 - Evidence Handling Procedures
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 07 - Equipment and Instrumentation
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 08 - Examination of Firearms
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 09 - Cartridge and Shotshell Examination
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 10 - Characterization and Evaluation of Fired Projectiles
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 11 - Bullet Comparison and Identification
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 12 - Gunshot Residue and Distance Determination
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 13 - Toolmark Identification
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Module 14 - Communicating Results
- AFTE Knowledge and Ability Factors, Safety
- AFTE Range of Conclusions, Cartridge and Shotshell Examination
- AFTE Range of Conclusions, Bullet Comparison and Identification
- AFTE Range of Conclusions, Basic Toolmark Identification
- AFTE Theory of Identification, Cartridge and Shotshell Examination
- AFTE Theory of Identification, Bullet Comparison and Identification
- AFTE Theory of Identification, Toolmark Identification
- Alternate Explanations
- Alternate Materials
- Ammunition
- Anodizing
- Appearance
- Assembly, Modern Firearms Manufacture
- Assembly, Other Jacket-forming Technology
- Assembly, Small Arms Ammunition
- Assessments
- Associative Evidence
- At the Crime Scene
- At the Firing Range
- Autoloading - Full Automatic Pistols
- Autoloading - Semiautomatic Pistols
- Autoloading Pistols, Examination
- Autoloading Pistols, Safety Features
- BTop
- Ballistic Testing
- Balloon-Head
- Barrels for Muzzleloading Arms
- Base Construction
- Base Shape
- Bashinski Transfer
- Basic Toolmark Identification
- Benefits
- Biohazard Evidence
- Biohazards, Safety
- Biohazards, In the Courtroom
- Biological, Firearm and Toolmark Examination Considerations
- Biological Evidence
- Black Powder
- Blowback Action
- Bluing
- Bolt Actions
- Box Magazine
- Breech-Loading Firearm Design
- Breech Sealing
- Broached
- Broaching
- Buffer Material, Fired Shotshell Components
- Buffer Material, Examination
- Bullet Comparison and Identification
- Bullet Design
- Bullet Examination
- Bullet Features
- Bullet Recovery
- Bullet Recovery Equipment
- Bullet Seating, Assembly
- Bullet Seating, Centerfire Ammunition
- BulletTRAX-3D™
- Button-Swaged
- CTop
- Caliber/Diameter
- Calibration
- Canister and Bulk
- Cannelures
- Cartridge and Shotshell Examination
- Cartridge Case Manufacture
- Cartridge Cases, Ammunition
- Cartridge Cases, Examination Challenges
- Cartridge Naming Systems
- Case Assignment
- Case Design
- Case Linkage, Cartridge and Shotshell Examination
- Case Linkage, Bullet Comparison and Identification
- Case Tracking Within the Laboratory
- Casting, Projectiles
- Casting, Bullet Comparison and Identification
- Cataloging
- Categories
- Celluloid
- Centerfire, Cartridge Cases
- Centerfire, Cartridge Case Manufacture
- Centerfire, Primer Manufacture
- Centerfire Ammunition
- Centralized System
- Chain of Custody, The Crime Scene
- Chain of Custody, Laboratory Evidence Handling
- Chambering and Throating
- Characteristics
- Characterization and Evaluation of Fired Projectiles
- Chemical Ignition
- Chemical Testing, Examination
- Chemical Testing, Distance Determination
- Chemicals
- Chemistry, Modified Griess Test
- Chemistry, Dithiooxamide Test
- Chemistry, Sodium Rhodizonate Test
- Class and Individual Characteristics
- Cleaning
- Closing Remarks
- Collection of Evidence
- Color and Finish
- Communicating Results
- Communication Basics
- Communication Impact
- Communication Skills
- Communication Synergies
- Comparison Microscope
- Comparison Microscopy
- Comparison of Evidence Toolmarks and Test Marks
- Comparison Process
- Components, Evolution of Firearms
- Components, Small Arms Ammunition
- Composition
- Compound Microscopy
- Computer Numeric Control Machining
- Computer-Based Technologies
- Conclusions, Characterization and Evaluation of Fired Projectiles
- Conclusions, Communicating Results
- Consecutive Matching Striae, Identification Process
- Consecutive Matching Striae, Identification
- Consecutive Matching Striae, Basic Toolmark Identification
- Considerations
- Contact Shot
- Continuous Improvement
- Contouring/Profiling
- Controlled Access
- Cordite
- Core
- Cosmetic Finish
- Cotton Box
- Course Content
- Courtroom Personnel
- Courtroom Testimony
- Creating an Extended Outline
- Criminal Proceedings
- Crimping, Assembly
- Crimping, Centerfire Ammunition
- Crimping, Shotshell Assembly
- Cup and Draw Operation
- Current Manufacture
- Cut Rifling
- Cutting Operations
- Cycle of Fire Steps
- Cylinders
- Cylindrical
- DTop
- Damaged Bullets
- Deep Hole Drilling
- Demeanor
- Detachable Magazines
- Deterrent Coatings and Stailizers
- Developments
- Die Casting
- Die Extrusion
- Digital Equipment
- Digital Imaging
- Digital Measuring Equipment
- Digital Scales
- Digital Trigger Pull Testers
- Dimensional Data and Measurement Tools
- Dimensions
- Disadvantages
- Distance Determination, Gunshot Residue and Distance Determination
- Distance Determination, At the Firing Range
- Dithiooxamide Test
- Documentation
- Double Action Revolvers
- Drawing Operations
- Drilling
- Drop Testing
- Drug Evidence
- Drying
- ETop
- Early Metallic
- Effects of Firing
- Ejection Ports and Feed Ramps
- Electrical Discharge Machining, Fine Forming Operations
- Electrical Discharge Machining, Rifled Barrels
- Electroplating
- Elimination, Cartridge and Shotshell Examination
- Elimination, Bullet Comparison and Identification
- Elimination, Toolmark Identification
- Emergency Response Preparation
- Equipment, Identification
- Equipment, General Rifling Characteristics
- Equipment, Toolmark Identification
- Equipment and Instrumentation
- Ethics
- Evidence Distribution
- Evidence Handling Procedures
- Evidence Receipt
- Evidence Submission
- Evidence Without Related Firearm
- Evidence Without Related Firearm
- Evidentiary Value
- Evolution of Firearms
- Evolution of Propellants
- Examination, Fired Projectiles
- Examination, Gunshot Residue and Distance Determination
- Examination, Handguns
- Examination, Shotshell Components
- Examination Challenges
- Examination Documentation, Evidence Receipt
- Examination Documentation, Examination
- Examination of Firearms
- Examination of Unfired Ammunition
- Examiner Based System
- Examples of Associative Evidence
- Expert Witness Qualification
- Extrusion
- FTop
- Falling Block Action
- FBI GRC File Standards
- Field Support Equipment
- Final Assembly
- Final Steps
- Fine Forming Operations
- Finishing
- Firearm and Toolmark Examination Considerations
- Firearms, Examination Challenges
- Firearms, Safety
- Firearms and Fired Ammunition Components
- Firearms Evidence
- Firarms Identification Information
- Firearms With Related Evidence
- Firearms Without Related Evidence
- Fired Bullets, Collection of Evidence
- Fired Bullets, General Guidelines
- Fired Cartridge Cases and Shotshells
- Fired Case Examination
- Fired Shotshell Components
- Firing Facilites
- Flintlock
- Flow and Style
- Forensic LIMS
- Forging
- Frame Design
- Frames or Receivers
- Frequency of Occurrence
- Full Metal Jacket
- GTop
- Gas Operated
- Gas-Operated Action
- General Guidelines
- General Rifling Characteristics
- Giving Testimony
- Glass Measuring Reticules
- Grinding
- Gunshot Residue
- Gunshot Residue and Distance Determination
- HTop
- Hammer Forged
- Hand Fitting
- Handguns
- Handguns
- Handloading and Reloading
- Head Turning Operations
- High Security
- High Stress Load Parts
- History
- ITop
- IBIS®
- Identification, Cartridge and Shotshell Examination
- Identification, AFTE Range of Conclusions (Cartridge and Shotshell Examination)
- Identification, Bullet Comparison and Identification
- Identification, AFTE Range of Conclusions (Bullet Comparison and Identification)
- Identification, AFTE Range of Conclusions (Toolmark Identification)
- Identification Process
- Identification Resources
- Ignition Systems
- Imaging Equipment
- Impact Damage
- In the Courtroom
- In the Laboratory
- Incidental Toolmarks
- Inconclusive, AFTE Range of Conclusions (Cartridge and Shotshell Examination)
- Inconclusive, AFTE Range of Conclusions (Bullet Comparison and Identification)
- Inconclusive, AFTE Range of Conclusions (Toolmark Identification)
- Inconclusive Results
- Inconsistencies
- Individual Characteristics
- Indoor Ranges
- Input Information
- Inspection
- Integrity, Biological Evidence
- Integrity, Laboratory Evidence Handling
- Integrity, Physical Evidence
- Integrity and Safety
- Intercomparison
- Intercomparison of Fractured Objects
- Interpretation Challenges
- Introduction
- Introduction, Module 01 - Introduction
- Introduction, Module 03 - Propellants, Firearms, and Ammunition Development
- Introduction, Module 04 - Modern Firearms Manufacture
- Introduction, Module 05 - Small Arms Ammunition
- Introduction, Module 06 - Evidence Handling Procedures
- Introduction, Module 07 - Equipment and Instrumentation
- Introduction, Module 08 - Examination of Firearms
- Introduction, Module 09 - Cartridge and Shotshell Examination
- Introduction, Module 10 - Characterization and Evaluation of Fired Projectiles
- Introduction, Module 11 - Bullet Comparison and Identification
- Introduction, Module 12 - Gunshot Residue and Distance Determination
- Introduction, Module 13 - Toolmark Identification
- Introduction, Module 14 - Communicating Results
- Introduction, Safety
- Introduction / Timeline
- Introduction to e-Learning
- Investment Casting
- JTop
- LTop
- Laboratory Evidence Handling
- Lapping
- Latent Fingerprints
- Lathe Operations
- Lead-Free Bullets
- Lead-Free Shot Pellets
- Legal Issues
- Limitations
- Location of Evidence
- Long Guns, Examination
- Long Guns, Safety Features
- Long or Shoulder Firearms
- Low Stress Load Parts
- MTop
- Machine Guns
- Machinery
- Maintenance and Calibration, Compound Microscopy
- Maintenance and Calibration, Comparison Microscopy
- Making Ball Propellants
- Management and Supervisory Responsibilities
- Mannlicher Action
- Manufacturer Determination
- Manufacturing Process
- Matchlocks
- MatchPoint+™
- Materials and Methods
- Mauser Action
- Measurement, Standards, and Accuracy
- Measuring Impressions
- Medical and Autopsy Procedures
- Metal-Forming Operations
- Metal-Forming Techniques
- Metal Smears
- Microscopic Comparison, Fired Case Examination
- Microscopic Comparisons, Toolmark Examination
- Microscopic Marks
- Microscopic Procedure, Fired Case Examination
- Microscopic Procedures, Bullet Comparison and Identification
- Microscopic Procedures, Toolmark Examination
- Military Firearms
- Milling, Cutting Operations
- Milling, Fine Forming Operations
- Modern Developments
- Modern Firearms Manufacture
- Modern Machining Techniques
- Modern Propellants
- Modern Single-Action Revolvers
- Modified Griess Test
- Morphology
- Mushrooming
- Muzzle Velocity of Bullets
- NTop
- OTop
- Objectives, Module 01 - Introduction
- Objectives, Module 02 - History
- Objectives, Module 03 - Propellants, Firearms, and Ammunition Development
- Objectives, Module 04 - Modern Firearms Manufacture
- Objectives, Module 05 - Small Arms Ammunition
- Objectives, Module 06 - Evidence Handling Procedures
- Objectives, Module 07 - Equipment and Instrumentation
- Objectives, Module 08 - Examination of Firearms
- Objectives, Module 09 - Cartridge and Shotshell Examination
- Objectives, Module 10 - Characterization and Evaluation of Fired Projectiles
- Objectives, Module 11 - Bullet Comparison and Identification
- Objectives, Module 12 - Gunshot Residue and Distance Determination
- Objectives, Module 13 - Toolmark Identification
- Objectives, Module 14 - Communicating Results
- Objectives, Safety
- Open Point
- Opinion Testimony
- Other Cutting Operations
- Other Equipment
- Other Evidence Types
- Other Jacket-Forming Technology
- Other Systems
- Outdoor Ranges
- Output Information
- PTop
- Parts Fabrication
- Passive Safety Features
- Pattern Identification, Basic Toolmark Identification
- Pattern Identification, Identification
- Pattern Identification, Identification Process
- Percussion Cap
- Persistence
- Physical Characteristics, Basic Toolmark Identification
- Physical Characteristics, Identification
- Physical Characteristics, Identification Process
- Physical Evidence
- Physical Features
- Physical Integrity of Evidence
- Physical Plant
- Plasticizer
- Possible Cartridge Types
- Possible Toolmarks
- Powder
- Powdered Metal Technology
- Powders and Residues
- Preparation for Delivery
- Prerequisites for Examination
- Presentation Skills
- Presenting Technical Information
- Presenting to Audiences
- Preservation and Packaging
- Pressure
- Pretrial Preparation
- Primer Evolution
- Primer Manufacture
- Primer Pocket/Folded Head
- Priming
- Priming and Loading
- Procedure
- Production of Test Toolmarks
- Projectiles, Ammunition
- Projectiles, Evolution of Firearms
- Projectiles, Rifled Barrels
- Projectiles, Small Arms Ammunition
- Proof Marks
- Propellant Charging
- Propellants
- Propellants, Firearms, and Ammunition Development
- Properties
- Protecting the Scene
- Protection of Personnel
- RTop
- Reagents and Test Media, Dithiooxamide Test
- Reagents and Test Media, Modified Griess Test
- Reagents and Test Media, Sodium Rhodizonate Test
- Reaming
- Receipt of Evidence
- Recoil Action
- Recording the Scene
- Recovered Bullets and Projectiles
- Recovered Firearm With Related Evidence
- Recovered Firearm Without Related Evidence
- Related Evidence
- Relationship Building
- Reloaded and Handloaded Bullets
- Reloading and Handloading
- Reloading Process
- Repeating Firearms
- Repeating Mechanism Components
- Report Contents
- Report Writing
- Reproduction Results
- Residues Consistent with the Discharge of a Firearm
- Residues Consistent with the Passage of a Bullet
- Resources
- Resources, Course Content (Introduction)
- Reticules
- Reverse Lighting Technique
- Reverse Modified Griess Test
- Revolvers, Examination
- Revolvers, Safety Features
- Rifled Barrels, Evolution of Firearms
- Rifled Barrels, Modern Firearms Manufacture
- Rifles
- Rifling
- Rifling Impressions
- Rimfire, Assembly
- Rimfire, Cartridge Cases
- Rimfire, Cartridge Case Manufacture
- Roles and Expectation
- Rolling Block Action
- STop
- Safety, Biological Evidence
- Safety, Resources
- Safety Features
- Safety Training
- Scales
- Selected Bibliography, Module 01 - Introduction
- Selected Bibliography, Module 02 - History
- Selected Bibliography, Module 03 - Propellants, Firearms, and Ammunition Development
- Selected Bibliography, Module 04 - Modern Firearms Manufacture
- Selected Bibliography, Module 05 - Small Arms Ammunition
- Selected Bibliography, Module 06 - Evidence Handling Procedures
- Selected Bibliography, Module 07 - Equipment and Instrumentation
- Selected Bibliography, Module 08 - Examination of Firearms
- Selected Bibliography, Module 09 - Cartridge and Shotshell Examination
- Selected Bibliography, Module 10 - Characterization and Evaluation of Fired Projectiles
- Selected Bibliography, Module 11 - Bullet Comparison and Identification
- Selected Bibliography, Module 12 - Gunshot Residue and Distance Determination
- Selected Bibliography, Module 13 - Toolmark Identification
- Selected Bibliography, Module 14 - Communicating Results
- Selected Bibliography, Overall
- Selected Bibliography, Safety
- Semiautomatic and Automatic
- Serial Numbers
- Shock Test
- Shot Pattern Reproduction
- Shot Patterning
- Shot Pellets, Projectiles
- Shot Pellets, Examination
- Shotgun Slugs
- Shotguns, Long or Shoulder Firearms
- Shotguns, Rifled Barrels
- Shotshell, Cartridge Case Manufacture
- Shotshell, Primer Manufacture
- Shotshell Assembly
- Shotshell Projectiles
- Shotshell Wads
- Shoulder Arms
- Significance of Results
- Single-Action Revolvers
- Single- and Multibarreled Pistols, Handguns
- Single- and Multibarreled Pistols, Examination
- Single- and Multibarreled Pistols, Safety Features
- Slides
- Small Arms Ammunition
- Small Pins, Screws, Springs
- Small Tools and Supplies
- Smokeless Primers
- Snaphaunce
- Sodium Rhodizonate Test
- Specificity
- Stamping
- Standard Trigger Weights
- Standards, NIST Traceability, and Laboratory Accreditation
- Steps 1-5: Feeding, Chambering, Locking, Firing, Obturation
- Steps 6-9: Unlocking, Extraction, Ejection, Cocking
- Stereo and Comparison Microscopes
- Stereomicroscope
- Storage Options
- Straigtening
- Strategies for Success
- Stress Relief, Annealing, and Hardness
- Sufficient Agreement and Best Known Nonmatch, Basic Toolmark Identification
- Sufficient Agreement and Best Known Nonmatch, Identification
- Sufficient Agreement and Best Known Nonmatch, Identification Process
- Supplies
- Swaging
- System Developments
- TTop
- Taper, Trim, and Neckdown
- Techniques
- Terminology
- Test Firing, Final Steps
- Test Firing, Handguns
- Test Procedure, Dithiooxamide Test
- Test Procedure, Modified Griess Test
- Test Procedure, Sodium Rhodizonate Test
- Testing, Primer Manufacture
- Testing, Shotshell Assembly
- Testing, Grading, and Blending
- The Crime Scene
- Tool Actions
- Tool Manufacture
- Toolmark Evidence
- Toolmark Examination
- Toolmark Identification
- Toolmarked Items
- Toolmarks
- Top Break Action
- Touch DNA Evidence
- Trace Evidence, Firearm and Toolmark Examination Considerations
- Trace Evidence, Physical Evidence
- Trainee
- Trainer
- Transitional Adaptations
- Trigger Pull
- Trigger Pull Measurements
- Trigger Systems
- Trigger Weights
- Turning
- Turning Thoughts in Prose
- Types of Evidence
- UTop
- Unfired Ammunition, General Guidelines
- Unfired Ammunition, The Crime Scene
- Unsuitable, AFTE Range of Conclusions (Basic Toolmark Identification)
- Unsuitable, AFTE Range of Conclusions (Bullet Comparison and Identification)
- Unsuitable, AFTE Range of Conclusions (Cartridge and Shotshell Examination)
- Using the Training Content
- VTop
- Value of Associative Evidence
- Vaporous Lead Residues
- Velocity and Function Firing
- Verbal Communication
- Visual and Microscopic Examination
- Visual Examination
- WTop
