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To: EnglishCon
-- Blowback perhaps? No idea what type of weapon Zimmerman had --

KelTec 9mm. One round fired, next round did not chamber, so slide didn't cycle all the way.

Martin's clothing and flesh were burned; Zimmerman's clothing had powder residue.

-- but if you shoot someone/something from close enough you can often get residue back scattering. --

Yep. I figure the point was that Zimmerman hadn't fired on a 3 or 4 foot distant target, and my impression is he did not have his arm extended. All the forensic evidence is consistent with a close quarters shot.

132 posted on 04/21/2012 12:41:29 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

Thanks - Not one I am familiar with (only handgun I have ever had was an issue Browning 9 mm), but yeah, sounds like a combination of residue blowback from a target closer than 3 feet away and the partially open slide.

The L96 or AS50 are more my tools of choice, though they are significantly more difficult to carry in your waistband!


141 posted on 04/21/2012 1:12:27 PM PDT by EnglishCon (Gingrich/Santorum 2012.)
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