Flaw in Firearm Design Leads to Dangerous Failure

Case Overview

This case takes place in New Jersey and involves a woman who suffered a significant injury to her hand when shooting a pistol’s. Several years after she initially purchased gun, the woman took the revolver target shooting. She gripped the revolver with her left hand on the pistol’s grip and her right hand wrapped around his left hand as shown on the gun’s safety & instruction manual. The woman fired the weapon once and, immediately after firing, noticed a sharp pain in both of her hands. She began bleeding profusely from her injuries, which were caused by a mechanical defect that caused the weapon to leak gasses from the chamber during firing.

Questions to the Mechanical Engineering expert and their responses

Do you have extensive experience as a firearms design expert/engineer? - Please explain.

I am the founder of an engineering firm specializing in firearms design, engineering and training. We have extensive experience helping firearms manufacturers develop new and revolutionary products worldwide.

Do you have knowledge of how an improperly designed barrel - cylinder gap can cause injury?

This is a case that I believe that I can help with as I do have knowledge of how an improperly designed barrel - cylinder gap can cause injury.

About the expert

This expert is a highly qualified mechanical engineer specializing in firearm design and technology, as well as ballistics engineering and theory. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, his master of mechanical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. He is a member of numerous societies in the ballistics engineering and firearms fields, and has received a variety of prestigious awards for his work. This expert has published more than 30 articles/chapters/books in the field as well. He is a former production engineer and design engineer, as well as the former chief of analysis and evaluation in the technology division of the U.S. Army. This expert is currently involved in senior research sciences for the U.S. Army, co-leads a government defense program, and serves as an associate professor of ballistics at a major university technology institution.

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Mechanical Engineering