Establishment of a Virtual/Physical Standard for Bullet Signature Measurements

Published

January 1, 2001

Author(s)

Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger, M Ols

Abstract

The National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) is currently under development by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The National Institute of Standards and TEchnology (NIST) and ATF are currently working on a new project to provide virtual/physical bullet signature standards for the coming NIBIN. The virtual bullet signature standard will be a set of digitized profile signatures obtained from six master bullets shot at ATF and FBI central laboratories. The virtual standard is stored in a computer to produce the physical standard bullets on a numerically controlled dismond turning machine at NIST. In this paper, technical requirements, design, manufacture and test of the virtual/physical bullet standards are discussed.

Proceedings Title

Proceedings of 2001 National Conference of Standards Laboratories

Conference Dates

August 1, 2001

Conference Location

Washington, DC

Pub Type

Conferences

Keywords

autocorrelation function, bullet signature, standard bullet, traceability, virtual/physical standard

Citation

Song, J. , Vorburger, T. and Ols, M. (2001), Establishment of a Virtual/Physical Standard for Bullet Signature Measurements, Proceedings of 2001 National Conference of Standards Laboratories, Washington, DC (Accessed October 10, 2025)