title: [Wound ballistics of extremely short-range shotguns].
abstract: A 45-year-old man died from a homicidal shotgun wound of the neck. The autopsy showed that the plastic shell retaining cup had entered the body after the mass of the shot; the dispersion of the individual pellets was about 12 cm already. The perpetrator had used a conventional signal pistol equipped with a hand-made steel barrel, gauge 12, length 20 cm, and ammunition with 3 mm pellets (shot no. 5). By means of experimental shots with a similar weapon it could be proved that the entire shot including the plastic shell retaining cup can penetrate the skin at a muzzle-victim range of less than 2 m.
authors.affiliation: Aus dem Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin der Universität Innsbruck.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rabl
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eller
mesh_terms: D005389:Firearms; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D019838:Neck Injuries; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Zur Wundballistik extrem kurzläufiger Schrotwaffen.