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    Quote Originally Posted by H5piet View Post
    Do the SAPS have more than 1 facility to do ballistics? With all the thousands of FA being handed in under the FA amnesty, the turn around time can get very very long.
    There's a really hitech facility in Cape Town, I don't know about elsewhere

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    Quote Originally Posted by SSP View Post
    Mine didn't have fluids on it when it went in but I got it back in perfect condition, or at least no worse than it went in. Got my mag back and all my ammo too, less one round for testing.
    Did you at least get the spent brass back as well?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toxxyc View Post
    Did you at least get the spent brass back as well?
    Nope.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SSP View Post
    Nope.
    T'was a joke :P

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toxxyc View Post
    T'was a joke :P
    I know. However, strictly speaking I should have gotten my brass back as it remains my property and is no longer required as evidence.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SSP View Post
    I know. However, strictly speaking I should have gotten my brass back as it remains my property and is no longer required as evidence.
    Even the brass casings from the self defensive shooting?


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    Quote Originally Posted by H5piet View Post
    Do the SAPS have more than 1 facility to do ballistics? With all the thousands of FA being handed in under the FA amnesty, the turn around time can get very very long.
    Yup. There's supposed to be one per province.
    I've been told by my DFO that the Kzn one is in amanzimtoti, dbn

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    Quote Originally Posted by BBT View Post
    Yup. There's supposed to be one per province.
    I've been told by my DFO that the Kzn one is in amanzimtoti, dbn
    So for the amnesty, if the application is at provincial, it's likely to be awaiting the ballistics test?

    I know of three KZN amnesty applications made in March 2020 which are still stuck at provincial.

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    Default Re: Average wait for ballistic testing?

    They used my ammo. 5 rounds of I recall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steven001 View Post
    Even the brass casings from the self defensive shooting?


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    Yes. Why not? Regardless of its objective value it remains my property.
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