A DOUBLE-action revolver, 10 rounds of ammunition and spent bullets were shown to jurors in the Supreme Court on Friday during a drive-by shooting trial in Launceston.
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Crown prosecutor Luke Brett told the court the revolver and 10 cartridges of .22 calibre ammunition were recovered from the rear passenger foot-well of a Ford Falcon on September 30, 2013.
He described the firearm as a .22 calibre Harrington and Richardson nine-chambered revolver.
Mr Brett said two of the spent bullets were found in York Street, Launceston on July 30, 2013, while the third had been removed from the right leg of complainant Isaak Heathcote on the same date.
Crown prosecutor John Ransom called Tasmania Police ballistics expert Stephen Denholm to give evidence.
First Class Constable Denholm said the metal fragment found near the rubbish bin in York Street had been too extensively damaged upon impact to be thoroughly examined.
However, he said the size and weight of the object was consistent with being a spent .22 calibre bullet.
In reference to the spent bullet seized near the York Street car park and the one removed from Mr Heathcote's leg during surgery, Constable Denholm said they were both .22 calibre.
He said they were capable of having been fired from the same type of firearm, but he was unable to say if they had been fired from exactly the same firearm.
"You can't tell us about the individual characteristics... because of the damage to the bullets?" Mr Ransom asked.
"That's correct," Constable Denholm said.
The witness then agreed with Mr Ransom he could explain the "family" of the weapon capable of firing both bullets.
Constable Denholm said a rifle or pistol was capable of firing the two bullets, but it had to be a .22 calibre weapon.
He also said damage to the spent bullet recovered from Mr Heathcote's leg was consistent with it having ricocheted or struck something along its path.
The trial of Sean Gregory Richardson, 25, and co-accused Damien Wesley Marshall, 32, continues.
The men have pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated assault against Robert Williams and Paul Axton, which the Crown argues was payback for an earlier shooting of Mr Marshall, and the wounding of passer-by Mr Heathcote, on July 29, 2013.