Methods of restoring a badly damaged bullet to its original shape if the bullet jacket is not folded too sharply and if a segment of jacket is intact from base to tip are detailed. Techniques of removing corrosion from bullets are then described, focusing on chemical dissolution as the preferred method of cleaning a lead bullet. The same techniques are suggested for use in removing dried blood and tissue. Recommendations are offered for evidence examination procedures which rely on a best-match orientation where a comparison is made to locate the areas of greatest similarity between an evidence bullet and test bullets. It is shown that after such evidence examinations, the medical examiner makes a subjective opinion of identification or elimination, based solely on the qualitative surface features of contour, depth, and spacing of striae. It is then suggested that the medical examiner rely to a greater extent on photographs to support the presentation of his opinion. Seven references are included.