When the gun is fired the marking theoretically leaves a serial number on the primer encased in the spent cartridge.

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The Liberator fired a standard .380 handgun round without visible damage, though it also misfired on another occasion when the firing pin failed to hit the primer cap in the loaded cartridge due a misalignment in the hammer body, resulting in an anti-climactic thunk.

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