Ammunition Expert Witnesses

Lake Arrowhead, California

Firearms & Ballistics, Accident Reconstruction - firearm, ammunition, ammo, ballistic, gun, cartridge, bullet, projectile, manufacture, load, weapon, antique, reconstruction, training, design, engineering, forensic, shooting, crime, scene

• Court recognized as an expert in Firearms, Ammunition, and Crime/Shooting Scene Reconstruction. • Licenses: Type 10 FFL (Manufacturer of Destructive Devices), Special Occupations Tax Stamp, and all Dangerous Weapons Permits available from the State of California, DOJ. • Ongoing resource/consultant to numerous reloading equipment, projectile, and firearm manufacturers, including the areas of safety, training, and design flaws. • Designed and manufactured firearms and fire control systems. • Certified and testified in crime scene reconstruction and shooting accidents. • Recognized in the firearms industry as an expert in antique and replica cartridge development and manufacturing, including the production of proof loads. “Official” ammunition benchmark for half a dozen firearm manufactures. • Provide educational opportunities on the ammunition manufacturing process and corresponding toolmarks for law enforcement agencies, specifically for their crime lab and firearm unit techn...

Denver, Colorado

Firearms & Ballistics, Business Operations - Green Beret/Special Forces, Gunsmith Armorer, Unintentional Discharges, Unintentional Trigger Pulls, Inherent Design Flaws, Firearms Mechanics, Firearms Training, Gun Range Safety and Standards of Care, Firearms Sales Standards of Care, Gun Rentals, Gun Sales, Gun Holsters, Gun Ranges, Ammunition, Risk Management, Gun Explosion

Professional Biography Aaron Forum SFC USA (Ret.) March 2026 Aaron Forum, SFC USA (Ret.), is a firearms safety, firearms mechanics, shooting-range operations, and negligent security expert with more than two decades of experience spanning U.S. Army Special Operations, high-volume commercial gun range operations, firearms training, and firearms industry consulting. He leads a multidisciplinary group of experts composed of former and current law-enforcement professionals, tenured gunsmiths, and security specialists who support complex litigation involving firearms, security failures, and safety standards of care. Mr. Forum is the founder and former CEO of Shoot Center LLC, a commercial indoor firearms training facility, retail operation, and e-commerce business in Cape Coral, Florida, which he built from inception to approximately $10 million in annual revenue while serving more than 100,000 customers. Over the course of his career, he has personally trained more than 10,000 firea...