Representative Ford. Would that be your conclusion, too?
Mr. Nicol. Yes, it would be. It has been my experience that there is a rapid erosion with the high pressures and high temperatures that are involved in a weapon of that velocity.
Mr. Eisenberg. Now, Mr. Nicol, did you examine the three exhibits which were given to you as Q-1, Q-2, and Q-3, and which are now, I believe 567, 569, and 399——
Mr. Nicol. Yes sir; I did.
Mr. Eisenberg. To determine whether or not they had come from the identical barrel as that in which the two—the bullets in Exhibit 572 had sheen fired?
Mr. Nicol. Yes, I did.
Mr. Eisenberg. Can you give us your conclusions?
Mr. Nicol. Yes. It is my opinion that the same weapon that fired Commission's Exhibit 572 also fired the projectiles in Commission's Exhibits 569, 567, and 399.
Mr. Eisenberg. That would be to the exclusion of all other weapons?
Mr. Nicol. Correct.