The article is devoted to the problems of expanding the limits of a ballistic expert’s competence during the conduct of specific types of forensic ballistic examinations and research, in particular establishing the circumstances of the use of firearms by shot traces.
forensic ballistic examination, shot traces, expanding of a ballistic expert’s competence, chemical methods of examination
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