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Peters manufacture which have been loaded with 115-grain,. copper-jacketed, hollow-point bullets. A nurber of these cartridges bear mechanism marks which suggest they have been loaced and extracted from a weapon(s). ‘These marks are of possible -value for comparison and identification with suspect woepons. Cartridges of this type can be chamicred and fired in semiautomatic pistols and other automatic and semiautomatic weapons, ~ The hollov points of cartridces selected at random from Ql along with Q2, were foind to contain crystalline potassium cyanide sealed in the hollow points by a layer of - paraffin. Co. The hollow points of these cartridges do not appear to have heen substantially enlarsed. However, the possibility exists that some of the hollow points were slightly enlarged using a. a@rill. of approximately 1/8 inch diarneter, It 4s noted that the Q1 box bears an Interarms Alexandria. Virginia lahel. The twenty-five cartridges found du this box were probably not. purchased in this box, which would ‘have originally contained 9mm Luger (8mm Parabellum) cartridges loaded with full copper-jacketed bullets. Cartridges marketed “in this type of box usually bear a "“vFrr* headstamp, which indicates they were manufactured by the LAPUA! PATROUNATEMDAS, Lapua, Pinlanc Inked numbers and letters present on the bottom of this box are ‘placed there by the manufacturer and have no significance to Intenarms, who-is the United States importer and distributor. Therefore, a trace of this ammunition based on these numbers does not appear to be feasible. “A microscopic comparison was made of the mechanism “farks on the twenty-five cartridges, Q1 and 92, with the mechanism marks present on the thirty test cartridges, Kl and K3, which were loaded into and extracted from the 9mm Luaer (9nm Parabellum) J and R Engineering Corpany carbine, Model 4-68, Serial Humber 03304. Nothing was found to indicate the Ql and Q2 cartridges were loaded into and extracted from this weapon. 4 . It is noted that the mechanism markinas pres sent on | these twenty-five cartridges are random in nature and are not ~ _ typical O£ any particular make and model .of weapon. coe eta: Specimen 08. is a .30 caliber copper-jacl:2ted bullet like “thet loaded into .30 Carbine caliber cartricses. This. bullet was fired fron a barrel rifled with four lands and grooves. right twist, Like that found on .30 Curbine caliber U.S. carbines. Ml and M2. This bullet’ bears some individual microscopic marks . of velue fer comparison purposes with suspect waaponse 7.