title: Wounds caused by contact with muzzle-lift relief ports (Mag-Na-Port).
abstract: Fan-shaped stippled burns were produced on the skin when a revolver whose barrel had been modified by the Mag-Na-Port process was fired twice with the side of the muzzle in contact. A grazing wound was produced by one bullet, and an oblique entry was produced by the other. The characteristics of Mag-Na-Port wounds and test shots are described, and these are compared with test shots from two other higher power revolvers.
authors.affiliation: Humana Hospital-Alaska, Alaska State Medical Examiner, Anchorage 99508.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Shem
mesh_terms: D005389:Firearms; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*