стреляная пуля

English translation: fired bullet/ spent bullet

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Russian term or phrase:стреляная пуля
English translation:fired bullet/ spent bullet
Entered by: zmejka

14:19 Jun 28, 2004
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Military / Defense
Russian term or phrase: стреляная пуля
Известны случаи, когда перед Кабинетами ставилась задача идентифика-ция конкретного ствола (оружия, изъятого у подозреваемого) по стреля-ной пуле и гильзам.
zmejka
Local time: 18:26
fired bullet
Explanation:
The possibility of identifying probable type of smooth bore firearm from fired bullet has been investigated. Examination ...
www.geocities.com/j_ksinha/bclass.html
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Vladimir Pochinov
Russian Federation
Local time: 17:26
Grading comment
thanks to both of you for the help and for the links!
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5 +3fired bullet
Vladimir Pochinov
4 +4spent bullet
Jack Doughty


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
стреляная пуля
fired bullet


Explanation:
The possibility of identifying probable type of smooth bore firearm from fired bullet has been investigated. Examination ...
www.geocities.com/j_ksinha/bclass.html

Vladimir Pochinov
Russian Federation
Local time: 17:26
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thanks to both of you for the help and for the links!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kire (X)
1 min

agree  Maya Gorgoshidze
2 mins

agree  manana
51 mins
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
стреляная пуля
spent bullet


Explanation:
An alternative to fired bullet. Often used in such contexts.

From: NSSF Bullet Points Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:09 ...
... This system analyzes spent bullet casings found at crime scenes to compare ... change
over time, the unique marks that can identify a particular bullet or shell ...
www.rkba.org/research/nssf/ ballistic-fingerprint.16oct02.txt

Science Line - Articles & Features - Biology & Medicine - The ...
... constant battle between the discovery of new techniques to identify criminals and ... firearms
of criminals could be identified by the spent bullet and remaining ...
www.sciencenet.org.uk/articlesfeatures/bio/silent.html

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:26
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 224

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sergey Belous
7 mins

agree  Ivan Novoselov
7 mins

agree  Andrey Belousov (X)
11 mins

neutral  Dmitry Kozlov: I'm sorry, but doesn't "spent" better apply to "casings" in the first example?
34 mins
  -> A spent bullet casing is the casing of a spent bullet. The bullet is spent when it stops moving, either because its kinetic energy is expended or because it hits something. That's the way I understand it anyway.

agree  Andrew Vdovin
14 hrs

neutral  Kevin Kelly: "spent round" might be closer to actual usage....
2 days 22 hrs
  -> I think both are widely used.
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