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Originally Posted by Highwayman  I’d like to hear from one of the folks familiar with rules of evidence if having a gunsmith fit a replacement bolt would be considered tampering with evidence or not. Perhaps it’s not allowed.
Either way I don’t think it will constitute negligence on the part of the investigators and the lack of ballistics probably will hold up under appeal. |
I don't know if that is tampering or not, but...
if they replaced the bolt and fired the gun to get the rifling, (and unless I'm mistaken) you would still need to match up the indention from the original firing pin which would be in the bolt that is missing.
oh boy, I can't wait to get jumped on because what the heck would a girl know about guns.