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GOPHER SLAYER
10-06-2014, 05:07 PM
I learned something last night while watching a British mystery on PBS. I didn't know that you could fire a rifle, say a 7mm [they showed the two bullets for comparison. They were spitser style, maybe 165 grain ] into water, retrieve them, fire it in a shotgun, which would preserve the markings on the bullet from the rifle since the shotgun is a smooth bore, kill someone and thereby blame the owner of the rifle. Hey, I am as shocked as you are. When they got around to returning the rifle to the owner's family you could easily see it was an air rifle, the kind that uses the barrel break over method to cock it. Who says PBS isn't educational?
blademasterii
10-06-2014, 05:38 PM
Guess they need to remove a P from their name.
Plate plinker
10-06-2014, 05:38 PM
Wish they would try it on say........ Piers Morgan.
runfiverun
10-06-2014, 07:46 PM
well they got it close..
gew98
10-06-2014, 07:57 PM
Make a sabot for a recovered fired bullet..... like a 223 slug in a 30 cal with a sabot..... yeah murder she wrote.
JonB_in_Glencoe
10-06-2014, 07:57 PM
Sabot ?
that'd keep it from getting scuffed up as it goes through the shotgun barrel.
JonB_in_Glencoe
10-06-2014, 07:58 PM
too slow :(
hardy
10-06-2014, 08:45 PM
Hi",Inspector Lewis",the old lady specifically asked for the return of her"air gun"(post# 1)The female doc told the cops that the BULLET had not exited the corpse and Insp.Lewis mused that it was maybe low velocity(post#7) I like PBS but you,ve gotta stay awake for some of their plots.LOL Cheers,Mike..P.S.They,re so anti gun in the UK that they,re not going to give out info on how to do it properly!!
bugkiller
10-06-2014, 08:49 PM
Guess they need to remove a P from their name.
Wow. Must be time for bed, that one took me a minute....:-?
1911cherry
10-06-2014, 08:53 PM
Remington Accelerators .223 projectile 30-06 case 4000 fps circa 1977
Hannibal
10-06-2014, 08:57 PM
Sheesh. The term "Too much time on my hands" comes to mind. :roll:
r6487
10-06-2014, 09:19 PM
Can't paper patching can be used to practically eliminate rifling marks for ID purposes also?
runfiverun
10-06-2014, 10:14 PM
paper patching done properly leaves rifling marks in the core.
done improperly and it goes wherever [shrug]
you could miss a 30 yd shot or hit side way's with a lucky one.

saboting the used projectile would be the preferred method.
doable with a shot shell round for sure, but not by some yokel with no knowhow of how either cartridge works.