The invention refers to the forensic medicine and may be used for determination of short shots. The proposed method comprises revealing of the shots specific characteristics around the bullet orifice, intake of touches-marks from the walls of the bullet channel in the subcutaneous-fat tissue and its further microscopic examination. At the revealing the powder particles and soot one determines the diagnosis of a short shot. The result of the invention consists in revealing the powder particles and soot into the upper bullet channel sections. Claims: 1