Mike Pugh really enjoyed explaining how to

analyze gun shot residue and to characterize bullets at the 2009 Forensic Science Workshop

Mike and Dale Ensor hold up a shirt containing gunshot residue

 

and here are two of the possible sources of the residue

 

Mike Epstein and Eric Schurter enjoy Mike Pugh's lively explanation of the procedure (and that's the back of Carmen Gauthier's head, sorry)

 

Here is part of Mike's bullet and shell casing collection

 

Jack Haung prepares for the analysis of the residue

 

Mike Wells and Mike Pugh check out the contact sheets for the color development

 

Dwight checks the caliber of a bullet while Jack checks the lands and grooves in the barrel of a gun

 

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