Firing

Firing is a term used in the German Weapons Act , in forensics as well as in the police , military , hunters and sport shooters to describe the process of firing a shot .

Basics

The term describes the processes that take place after actuating the release device ( trigger , matchlock , wheel lock , ignition hole with fuse ) until the projectile hits the target (usually significantly less than a second). The term is used for the technical description of the process as well as for the temporal separation of the processes before, during and after the shooting. As is common in ballistics , the firing of a shot is divided into four phases:

1. Internal ballistics : processes in the cartridge chamber and barrel of a weapon when a projectile is fired
2. Exit ballistics : processes at the muzzle of a weapon when firing
3. External ballistics : processes during flight on the projectile that was fired
4. Target ballistics : Effect of the projectile in the target (especially wound ballistics for the legal and criminalistic concerns mentioned)

The firing of a shot can vary greatly due to the technical features of a weapon . Investigations into the release of a shot are viewed from different perspectives depending on the subject. Precision shooters are interested in the circumstances that are important for the repeatability of hits. Forensic doctors investigate the circumstances of the shooting in order to establish conclusions about the crime.

See also

• Trigger control
• Archery
• Firearm
• gun
• Firearms use
• Sport shooting

literature

• Dieter Anders, Hansjürgen Bratzke , Hans J. Gotthardt, Markus Parzeller, “The treatment of homicides”, securing and evaluating the traces of a shot, see page 195, Richard Boorberg Verlag, ISBN 978-3-415-03684-0
• Bruno Hespeler : “Before and after the shot: caliber, agreement, gunshot marks, hunting for hoofed game”, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8354-0023-8
• Ilse Haseder , Gerhard Stinglwagner : Knaurs Großes Jagdlexikon , Weltbild, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-1579-5

Web links

Commons : Firing a shot  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Schematic sequence of the firing of the shot (PDF file, file size 166 kB, accessed on January 5, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WaffRNeuRegG, Technical Guideline - Blocking Systems for Hereditary Weapons
2. ^ Hans-Joachim Duderstaedt: Before and after the shot. DJZ, Parey-Verlag ( Memento from December 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Haseder, p. 71