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Title: Progress In Developing NIST Standard Casings
Author: J. Song, T. Vorburger, m. Ols
Source: 2002 Measurement Science Conference
Year Published: 2002
Abstract: Standard casings and bullets are currently under development to support the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN). The master casings are obtained from the ATFs (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) National Laboratory Center at Rockville, MD, by a standardized shooting procedure. The electroforming technique, which we have previously tested for replication of surface roughness specimens, is used for replication of the prototype NIST (National Institute of Standards and technology) standard casings. Initial testing results show high agreement and reproducibility between the casing signatures of different standard casings. Further testing is still in progress. The standard casings, combined with standard bullets, aim to provide reference standards for ballistics laboratories of the ATF and FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) for instrument calibration, measurement quality control and measurement unification. In this paper, technical requirements, design, manufacture and testing of the standard casings are discussed.

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