Mr. Frazier. It is fairly common now, but at the time it was manufactured or used primarily it was not. It was imported into this country as surplus military equipment, and has been advertised quite widely.
Representative Boggs. These three cartridge—these three shells that you had were the same as the live ones that were found there, were they not?
Mr. Frazier. There was one live cartridge found. They are identical.
Representative Boggs. And the live one was manufactured also by——
Mr. Frazier. Yes, the Western Cartridge Co. It bears the head stamp "WCO" and "6.5. mm."
Representative Boggs. These are not difficult to obtain? You can buy them anywhere?
Mr. Frazier. Well, you can buy them from mail-order houses primarily, or a few gun shops that have accumulated a supply by ordering them. The information we have is that two million rounds were imported into the United States in one lot, one shipment—and they have been transmitted over the country and are for sale by several different surplus gun shops—used guns—mail-order houses and places of that nature—and gunsmiths, and firearms shops sell this ammunition.
Representative Boggs. Go ahead.
Mr. Eisenberg. Mr. Frazier, what is the basis of the statement you made earlier that no two bolt faces would be the same?
Mr. Frazier. Because the marks which are placed on any bolt face are accidental in nature. That is, they are not placed there intentionally in the first place. They are residual to some machining operation, such as a milling machine, in which each cutter of the milling tool cuts away a portion of the metal; then the next tooth comes along and cuts away a little more, and so on, until the final surface bears the combination of the various teeth of the milling cutter. In following that operation, then, the surface is additionally scratched—until you have numerous—we call them microscopic characteristics, a characteristic being a mark which is peculiar to a certain place on the bolt face, and of a certain shape, it is of a certain size, it has a certain contour, it may be just a little dimple in the metal, or a spot of rust at one time on the face of the bolt, or have occurred from some accidental means such as dropping the bolt, or repeated use having flattened or smoothed off the surface of the metal.