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Originally Posted by 35NCO
Oddjob,
I would be interested to see for an interest of understanding that.
Is there a good resource that references weapons projectiles specifically in xrays and scans? Or something that discusses the response signature of metallic objects being scanning while in the body?
Thank you.
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There's no public reference database I know of.
I have a selection of cases available for anyone to read, where some projectiles have been X-rayed in situ and then recovered. These are from handgun cases mainly. You can see some of those cases in the link below:
https://www.linkedin.com/today/posts...tolli-b6500522
I have a bunch of handgun projectiles which were X-rayed and photographed in the same position. I have posted some of those on other boards, mainly when a specific question came up about some aspect of that projectile. For example one question was about the difference between jacket materials as seen radiographically.
I have two Winchester Silvertip rounds which I fired into dry paper wads intentionally, in order to get the jackets to peel away from the core. The first round was a .32ACP which had an aluminium jacket and was not visible under normal medical X-ray exposures. The second one was a 9mm bullet with a nickel plated copper jacket which was visible on X-ray.
Here are the two bullets and the explanation alongside. I shot those rounds in South Africa many moons ago...
Edit: I should add that not all .32 Silvertips had an aluminium jacket. I have another one in my collection which is nickel plated like the 9mm one above.