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Hunting accidents are a underestimate cause of injuries and death. Brenneke® slugs are the most common used shotgun ammunitions in hunting. A particular type of Brenneke® slug is the SuperSabot, characterized by high speed, high energy and very good precision. Deaths due to a Brenneke® SuperSabot are rarely described in literature. Three hunters we...
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... (Fig. 2). On the right chest an irregularly-shaped wound was observed, 2.8 x 2.8 cm in size, showing marginal tears caused by the projectile pushing the skin outward. No burning, smoke or powder soiling were evident. The wound size was slightly bigger than the entrance wound. The morphological features were compatible with a wound of exit (Fig. 3). The wound course traveled from left to right and from backward to forward and ...
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... [5] Another case of a hunting accident, involving two dead hunters, was reported by Gitto et al. in which both radiological and veterinarian expertise were used to aid in the assessment of the dynamic of the incident. [8] Procaccianti et al. reported another case of a wild boar hunting accident; genetic analyses on the bullet were performed, revealing both human and wild boar DNA, suggesting a crucial role of genetics when assessing whether a fatal shooting was voluntary or accidental. [7] One more case was described by Cascini et al., who peculiarly performed a veterinary necropsy of the wild boar head and x-rays. ...
... Gitto et al. presented a case where circumstantial evidence played a critical role in estimating the shot distance since the projectile was not discovered. [8] Cascini et al. described how the necropsy of the wild boar's head allowed them to explain how the impact with the beast reduced the velocity of the bullet while the deformation of the bullet fragment was justified by ricochet and destabilization phenomena. [15]. ...
Assessment of wound characteristics and the identification of various constituents of firearm discharge at autopsy play a key role in the determination of range of fire. In relation to wounds caused by shotguns, identification of the wad within the wound track, or of injury caused by the wad, is typically thought to suggest a fairly close range of fire. We present a case of a fatality due to a shotgun slug wound where the presence of the wad within the decedent's body was proposed by defense at criminal trial to favor accidental close range discharge during a struggle for the weapon—as opposed to the prosecution's contention of intentional firing of the weapon from a greater range and through an intermediate target. We undertook test firing of a shotgun of similar design to that which was fired during the interaction (a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun) using shotshells consistent with the slug that was recovered from the body (Winchester Super X brand), which demonstrated that the non-attached fiber wad present in this shotshell design can accompany the slug over distances of at least up to 22 feet (6.7 m) and even after transit through intermediate targets such as a vehicle headrest. These novel data provide assistance with estimation of range of fire in instances of injuries caused by shotgun slugs.
