Possible influences on bullet trajectory deflection in ballistic gelatine

In shooting incident reconstructions, assumptions must often be made about a bullet’s deflection from its original trajectory after perforation of a victim. An incorrect estimation of such a deflection will result in an inaccurate trajectory representation. Unfortunately, there are no published data from controlled experiments available to help guide these assumptions. One possible way to test the made assumptions would be to conduct deflection experiments with ballistic gelatine. Ballistic gelatine is a well-established medium for studying bullet behaviour in soft human tissue [1–12].

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