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T C a >! i ;*: a Serpent Pen ey atte i ee tae. Fyn, eles RS Sy ae 2 pies “i “ nay, * : % eae Le a Leas NE See, aot St at EET SAS 8 SG se pd SASS SOO ESE ae Specimens Q15 through 918 are .30 Carbine caliber. mi itary cartridge cases which wore identified as having been fired in one weapon. Specimens Q15 and Q17 bear a "LC 68" _headstamp indicating manufacture by Lake City Ordnance Plant, Independence, Missouri. . Speciiwens Q16 and O18 bear a “PC 42° headstamp indicating Peters Cartridge Ccoiwpany, Kings Mill, Chio manufacture. The mechanism markings present on these - four cartridc cases were compared to the markings present on the Q7 cartridge case from siegle' s Gun Shop, reportedly fired in a .30 caliber -U. S, carbine, Ml, Serial Number 3801. Kothing was found to indicate the 915 through Q18 cartridge cases were fired from the above-Cescribed weapon in its state of wear when the .97 cartridge case was fircd. The mechanism markings present on the QL5 through Q18 cartridge cases are consistent with these produced by .30 Carbine caliber U. S. carbines, Hl and 2, as well as possibly . other weapons. . i Specimens 094 through 099 are .30 Carbine caliber military cartridges which have been loaded with 110-grain, copper-jacketed bullets. The headstamp present on these Cartridges is "LC 68" like that pxvessnt on the O15 and O17 cartridge cascs. It is noted that .30 Caxbine caliber ammunition bearing the "LC 68" headstamp is widely available commercially. Rothing was found to indicate that specimens Q94 % through 099 have been loaded into or extracted from | @ weapon, a Specimen ois is a .380 Auto (Smm Short) cartridge - -case of Super Vrl. manufacture which bears marks of value for. compdrison and identification with suspect weapons. No thing was found to indicate that this cartridge case was loaded into. and extracted from the .380 Aute Walther pistol, todel PP, Serial Number 44435A represented by the twenty-five K2 test - eartridges which were loaded into and extracted from this weapon. The mechanism marks on the Q19 cartridde case are typical of the type produced. by a large number of .380 Auto caliber pistols. Accordingly, “no list of weapons is. being furni shed. The 99 copper~jackated bullet fragment and.the O10, Qll, 014 and 054 copper jacket fragments are too minute and mutilated to determines their caliber type, liowever, the land and groove widths present on several of these specimens are the same as those present on the 08°.30 caliber copper~-jacketed | | sbullet. This suggests these fragments may also be fragments: - 230 caliber bullets. Although specimens Q8 through Qidy o 2: O14 and O54 bear some: microscopic marks of possible value for identification purposes, no conclusion could be reached as +9 whether these. specimens were fire 2a from one barrel. Page 4. . a | BOTKS 5225. Pv on PR