Forensic Ballistic 1
Forensic Ballistic 1
Forensic Ballistic 1
ORIGIN OF FIREARM
Berthold Schwartz – a German monk, and Roger Bacon, an English monk are
both credited with gunpowder invention.
1245 – Gen Batu, The Tartar leader, used artillery in Liegnits when he
defeated the poles Hungarians, and Russians.
1247 – One of the earliest recorded uses of firearms in war far was that of an
attack on Seville, Spain.
1. Stones
2. Cubs Knives Spears and Darts
3. Sling shots to hurl objects
4. Bows and arrows
5. Cross – bows
6. Guns
7. Missiles
IMPORTATNT PERSONALITIES:
2. Horace Smith – Founded the great firm Smith and Weapon and
pioneered the making of breech – loading regales.
11. James Wolfe Ripley – Stimulated the development of the model 1855
riffled – musket.
15. Oliver F. Wichester – One of the earliest rifles and pistol makers.
1350 ---Small arms, Gunpowder was first used only in cannons. It was in the
middle of the 14 t h century that portable hand, F.A was introduced. These
guns were ignited by a hand-held wire or lighted match.
1498 ---Riffling, The first reference to rifled barrels appeared. Although its
important as an aid to accuracy was recognized by some, it was many years
after before rifling was generally used.
1575 ---Cartridges, Paper cartridges combining both powder and ball were
developed. This greatly speeded loading and reduced the hazards of carrying
loose powder.
1807 ---Percussion system, the discovery of Forsythe in 1807 the that certain
compounds detonated by a blow would be used to ignite the charge in a
firearm, for the basis for all later percussion and cartridges development.
1858 ---Center fire Cartridge. The Morse Cartridge of 1858 marked the
beginning of the rapid development of the center fire cartridge.
1884 ---Automatic Machine Gun. Hiran Maxim built the first fully
Automatic gun, utilizing the recoil of the piece to load and fire the next
charge.
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