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The process of assembling cartridges (reloading) has become very popular among owners of civil rifled long-barreled firearms. Special cartridge-assembly tools and devices are used for this purpose: decapsulators, presses, dies for various purposes and other devices. Homemade cartridges are not only not inferior in quality to factory ones, but they can surpass them in a number of parameters. The Russian criminal law provides for liability for illegal actions with cartridges, which makes it necessary to conduct examinations of homemade and reloaded cartridges in the criminal cases initiated on the facts of their illegal trafficking. The specifics of the reloading technology determines the problems of establishing the method of manufacturing cartridges during their forensic examination. In addition, the issue of identification of the tools and devices used in the assembly is relevant. This paper is methodical in nature and consists of two publications (parts) and each of which has its own purpose. In the first part is reviewed the technology of cartridge reloading. It is necessary for forming basic knowledge about the process. In the second part are described the marks of equipment for diagnosing the method of cartridge manufacture, and the potential of these marks for identification the cartridge assembly tools used are also evaluated.
FORENSIC EXAMINATION, IDENTIFICATION, CARTRIDGE, RELOADING, CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY, MARKS OF ASSEMBLY
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