Recovered Firearm Without
Related Evidence

All firearms submitted to the laboratory should be test fired and the bullets recovered for the following reasons:

To determine if the firearm reliably reproduces microscopic marks on test fired bullets that are suitable for comparison purposes
To allow the examiner to assess the quality of marks produced by the firearm
To retain physical samples of bullets fired from all firearms entering the laboratory

These bullets are retained for these purposes:
- Comparison with new evidence submissions at a later time
- Entry into digital image reference files