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Shooting Reconstruction<br />
Training Course Offered<br />
October 17-21, 2005<br />
GUNSITE TRAINING ACADEMY<br />
Paulden, AZ<br />
Michael Michael G. G. Haag Haag / / Lucien Lucien C. C. Haag Haag - - Instructors<br />
Instructors<br />
This is <strong>the</strong> third 5-day intensive training course by <strong>the</strong>se<br />
instructors. It is intended for forensic scientists and crime scene<br />
investigators who investigate shooting incidents or process<br />
shooting scenes.<br />
This course will again be held at <strong>the</strong> famous Gunsite Training<br />
Academy near Prescott, Arizona and will provide <strong>the</strong> participants<br />
with both a <strong>the</strong>oretical basis as well as practical experience<br />
in evaluating and reconstructing a wide variety <strong>of</strong> shooting<br />
incidents.<br />
The proper use <strong>of</strong> various tools, equipment and reagents<br />
necessary for <strong>the</strong> reconstruction <strong>of</strong> shooting incidents will also<br />
be covered during this 40-hour course.<br />
Firsthand experience into <strong>the</strong> nature <strong>of</strong> many terminally<br />
ballistic issues such as bullet penetration, perforation, destabilization,<br />
deflection, velocity loss, deformation and projectile<br />
ricochet will be demonstrated with a variety <strong>of</strong> common ‘target’<br />
materials such as tissue simulants, rubber, glass, sheet<br />
metal, wood, drywall, soil, cinder blocks and concrete. The use<br />
<strong>of</strong> lasers and photography <strong>of</strong> laser trajectories are included in<br />
this course.<br />
Trace evidence considerations at projectile impact sites<br />
and on recovered projectiles will also be demonstrated as well<br />
as <strong>the</strong> proper interpretation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> impact sites and <strong>the</strong> trace<br />
evidence materials generated during <strong>the</strong>se impactive events.<br />
Various methods and experimental designs for empirical<br />
testing <strong>of</strong> actual case situations will be demonstrated during<br />
this course.<br />
This training program includes an illustrated syllabus<br />
for each participant, classroom lectures with accompanying<br />
PowerPoint presentations in one <strong>of</strong> Gunsite’s modern classrooms<br />
and daily live-fire demonstrations on a special range set up for<br />
this purpose. The shooting portion <strong>of</strong> this course will be followed<br />
by firsthand examination <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> target materials and recovered<br />
projectiles. Methods for documenting results and court<br />
presentation are also included in this comprehensive program.<br />
The course will conclude with a written examination<br />
along with a Certificate <strong>of</strong> Completion from <strong>the</strong> instructors.<br />
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Class size will be limited to 25 attendees with enrollment<br />
approved by <strong>the</strong> instructors. Fur<strong>the</strong>r information regarding this<br />
training program, registration forms, cost and <strong>the</strong> special lodging<br />
arrangements associated with this special course can be<br />
obtained from Mike or Kim Haag though <strong>the</strong>ir website at<br />
www.forensicfirearms.com and Email address <strong>of</strong><br />
mhaag@forensicfirearms.com<br />
Do not contact <strong>the</strong> Gunsite Academy for registration or<br />
lodging questions. Use <strong>the</strong> contact sites listed above.<br />
Notes: The incident angles were -10 degrees for <strong>the</strong> hard stone and<br />
ca. -9 degrees for <strong>the</strong> 5/8" sheetrock. As you can see I was just at,<br />
and <strong>the</strong>n slightly below, <strong>the</strong> critical angle for <strong>the</strong> one series <strong>of</strong> shots<br />
into sheetrock. The slightly steeper strikes penetrated <strong>the</strong> sheetrock<br />
but <strong>the</strong> last, slightly shallower one ricocheted at a very high<br />
departure angle. These photos were taken with a Nikon D100, open<br />
shutter and a sound-activated fill-flash on a mount to my rightrear.<br />
The ammunition was Hornady Vector 115-gr. 9mm FMJ-RN<br />
These mini-tracers use a fine zirconium wire in <strong>the</strong> core to produce<br />
a bright, white trace for about 1.5 seconds <strong>of</strong> flight.