Method and system for creating marks on bullets

A method of creating marks imparted by a barrel of a gun on a bullet, comprising:

• securing the gun to a frame of a cold-firing apparatus;
• inserting the bullet within the barrel;
• deforming the bullet in a radially outward direction relative to a central axis of the barrel by pushing on the bullet towards a muzzle of the barrel using a member engaged to the bullet, the member engaged to a pulling device of the cold-firing apparatus, the pulling device secured to the frame;
• and extracting the bullet in an axial direction along the barrel with the member and the pulling device thereby imparting marks on the bullet.

A cold firing apparatus for creating barrel marks on a bullet with a barrel of a firearm, comprising:

• a frame;
• a holding device secured to the frame and operable to hold the firearm;
• a member operable to push the bullet out of the barrel while the bullet is inside the barrel;
• and a pulling device engaged to the member and secured to the frame, the pulling device operable to pull on the member such that the member exerts a pushing force on the bullet along the barrel of the firearm and towards a muzzle of the barrel.