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riesultrtel 1::awinntion:

1 The C251 bullet is a'calibtr .38 Special cooper- cop led letd hollet oS Wincl!outer-Ilutain manufacture. This' bellet weighs 154.1 grains and vas fired from a barrel rifled with firs acs title and grooves, right twint.

rhc 0252 billet is a caliber .38 Special lead bullet of Renlington-Peters mtnufactnre. Thin bullet weighs 1n4so erdoc. it WRS fired from a barrel rifled vith vivo . landa Rua grooves, right twist, .

I1oeC25.2 bullet is a'epppar-coated lead bullet of Winchester-Western rianufaoturo, This Uullot woighs 155.7 grainT end was fired from n barrel rifled with five lands and groove8, r:tglIt•trint.

• - A portion of the surfecu of each bullet, C251, C252 and 0253, is mutilated: ht.ever, microscopic marks remain on these buliets for computisen purpesos. The C251, - C252 anti 0253 bullet:swore compared rith. each other nnd with test bullots obtained ftem Onv.ald's revolver, the .38 Special Smith and Wesson rovni,:cr, Serial No. 1/6102M, Assembly No. 65248. No conclusion could be Tenches:, nn to whether or not 0251 through C23 vs:re flrod frolk the same aenpon or vphether or not they - rcre firo0 from Clb. In nOditien, it was found that even consecutive .33 Special bullets test fired from the C15 revolver could not bp identified with each other. In this connection, it shegld bp-noted that the barrel of C15 was designed for .33 - S &:.17 bullets nnd, therefore, it is slightly larger in..diameter C than bprrels dvelr.ned for .3B Epecial lmllets. ,Firing of Undersized bullets could cause erratic passage of the bullets • down the bnrrel c resulting in individual microscopic characteristics rhicb aro net conskstent. The bpurol of the weapon could Also be chnning due to the nocumulation of lead in the barrel or to icnr. That °De or both of tha above conditione existed is apparent from the fact that conseentive Special test bullets obtained fron.the Cif, revolver could not be Identified with each other.

Smith and Vossen revolvers such nn C15 are among the respo.in producing grInern). rifling charnoteristics of the type found on C2t:l nncl

The lead alloy of the C251, 0253 nod C13 (the first • • follet submitted by the Dallas rol ice Popartment in the Tippit eane) rinchester-t7antern eoppor-coated bullets was spectrogrnphically

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in eemeosttivn tc the lend alloy of the 1''3Gtern copper-coated

buljets in the C51, Cb2, C55, C56, C57, C5, C59 and 0137

cartlidgeu. At la noted that those cartrifigen were Among those

chthined from thn C15 revolver, Leo Hervey Oswald's pocket and

the' U. !;. Vecrt SPrvicr.

•Ihe lend nlloy comprising the C2:..2 Remington-Peters

bullet rns crcetrofr.rephicrIly tv,d found to be qualitatively similar in compecItion to the lend alloy comprising the Remington-

Peters bulJets in the CO3, C(4 and C138 cartridges, the remaining •

cartridgcti from thin obove gourcee.

UpCeiracrul C251 throur,h C253 are being retained in the

rrx Laboratory.

Note to FBI, Dallas:

This report confirms and supplements the teletype report

sent to your office on March 26, 1964.

The President's Commission .has been advised by letter

dated LSorch 27, 1964, of the results of the~ examinations set forth

in this report. Therefore, your office does not have to prepare

this information for dissemination to the Commission.

The President's Commission was also furnished with

photographs of the three bullets and it thrrefore will not have •

to be furnished photographs by your office. Attached for your.

use are two copies each of the three photographs.

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