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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Brass can usually be tied to the specific gun that fired it, and always to the make of the gun that fired it. Even with almost not space between the muzzle and the skull, there is going to be a LOT of back spatter of blood, brain, and bone. Heads do not go lightly unto this good night... You'll need some sort of 'shield' to keep the shooter from getting spattered upon. Should your victim be wearing a sports jacket, quickly raising the tail up to the base of the head and firing through it would work. Just don't leave epithelials from her hand on the fabric.
A .25 caliber round carries a LOT more powder than a .22, and thus usually much louder. However, if she had pulled the slug, dumped most of the powder, and re-seated the slug (not a very difficult task) that would eliminate much of the noise and still provide enough penetration.
Stitchawl
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Yes, as long as she found some nearly turn-of-the-century .25. ;-) And vis-a-vis the brass, that's why I said "derringer," so she wouldn't have to clean up after herself, rather than the .22 automatic. And, yes, of course, on the backsplatter; I think that's a given, no matter what she uses, as she cannot garrote him from behind, given their relative sizes, etc.
I do think that the positioning in the bathroom has now become really interesting. ;-) We'll have to wait for the next installment. (Maybe this is all just a really sneaky plot to get us intrigued in the book!)
Hitch