My god, it's a library. I'm surprised the government doesn't shut it
down as a threat to national secruity. I'll buy the printing press.
Jon
(Do not place this human near any source of heat, explosive or flame, it
may become a dangerous weapon.
wbarwell@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (William Barwell) writes:
>Might be worth going to your local library and looking up pyrotechnics.
>Try:
>Delta Press Ltd
>P.O. Box 1625
>Dept 94f
>El Dorado, AR
>71731-1625
>
>They have a catalogue full of books and stuff dealing with explosives,
>guns, weapons, paramilitary nonsense, military instruction books and
>handbooks, Survivalist weirdness and other bizarre crap. It is quite a
>hoot.
>
>Books they list as selling:
>The Poor Man's James Bond, Vol 1 and 2
>Ragnar Benson's Homemade C-4
> (apparently not really exactly C-4 but it goes boom.)
>Beer Can Mortar plans
> (I read a newsarticle some years ago where two goofballs made
> one of these and got arrested when they tried it out on some
> cows. The farmer who owned 'em objected and called the county
> sheriff. Duhhhhh...)
>Homebuilt Claymore Mines
> (Don't get cuaght doing this. Class II explosive weapons no-no.)
>Improvised Weapons of the American Underground
> (Ammonuim nitrate as an explosive, silencers primers, fuses, plastic
> explosives, ect.)
>The Science of Revolutionary Warfare Johann Most (German anarchist.)
> (Dynamite, fulminate of mercury, gun cotton, nitrogeletine)
>CIA Explosives for Sabotage
> (Alledgedly CIA written.)
>Special Forces demolition Training Handbook
> (Your tax dollars at work.)
>The Fire Cracker Cookbook
> (about the only book they sell I would actually trust.)
>Field Expedient Hand Grenades
> (alledgely the author is a professional ordinance designer)
>Professional Homemade Cherry Bombs and Other Fireworks
> (Look Ma! No fingers!)
>Advanced Homemade Fireworks
> (Happy, happy, joy, joy!)
>The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives
> (Ah crap! Who needs this technical stuff, lets's just
> go blow sumpin up real good.)
>Improvised Munitions.
> (How to make Ammonium Nitrate explode.)
>The Private Weaponeer Tracer And Stuff The Complete Guide To Making
>Tracers And Other Little Bombs.
> (Why bother when you can just by tracers off the shelf?)
>Improvised Munitions Vols 1 - 3
> (Originaly written for the Special Forces and CIA.)
> (These three volumes will give you hours of fun.)
>Improvised Landmines
> (No more pesky Jehova's Witnesses)
>Terroristic Explosives Handbook
> (IRA bombs. British intelligence report and countermeasures.)
>The Anarchist Arsenal
> (The author is alledgedly a former military explosives specialist.)
>Homemade Semtex C-4s Ugly Sister.
> (Alledgedly the explosive many Middle Eastern terrorists use.)
>Counter Bomb
> (How to deal with teh security problems of dealing with car bombs and
> similar devices.)
>Improvised Shaped Charges
> (Take out the neighbor's Pinto.)
>Improvised Radio Detonation Techniques
> (Why dose this one make me sweat thinking about it?)
>Two Compound High Explosive Mixes
> (Frankfort Arsenal report on very powerful new classes of explosives)
>Black Book Companion
> (More of the same. Explosives, munitions, booby traps.)
>DeathTrap
> (Everything you wanted to know about booby traps.)
>Explosives and Propellants
> (Black powder, improvised primary explosives, detonators and more.)
>Vigilante Handbook
> (Yesterday I couldn't spell vigilante, today I are one.
> Blow 'em up real good!)
>Improvised Explosives
> (Another former U.S. Army explosive expert writes another
> book on explosives. 10 simple but powerful recipes.)
>The Anarchist handbook series.
>Volumes 1, 2 & 3.
> (Oh lord.....)
>Deadly Brew
> (More how to explosives using two part mixes)
>CIA Filed Expedient Incidiery Manual
> (Just remember, nobody is so small they can't set fire to something)
>Ragnar's Guide To Home and Recreational
>Use Of High Explosives.
> (Details plans, techniques and hazards...)
> (Plus tall tailes and stories and anecdotes.)
>OSS/CIA Assasination Device
>Plans For A .22 Caliber Cigarette Lighter.
> (Don't get caught with this one in school, kids.)
>Boobytraps. FM 5-31
> (Apparently official U.S Armed forces stuff.)
>Improvised Muintions Vols 1 - 2
> (Franklin Arsenol series Collected U.S armed forced manuals)
>Explosive Principles
> (A primer on explosives and the techniques of using them.)
>Homemade Grrenade Launchers
> (How to make illegal Class II weaponry)
>Advanced Anarchist's arsenol
> (ANFO, improvised mortars, ERDL square charges (?) Air Explosives)
>Heavy Firepower
> (Turn your junkheap into massive weapons with ordinary handtools.)
>
>
>Not responsible for hands and fingers. Thank you.
>
>
>When I shake my killfile, I can hear 'em buzzing!
>Pope Charles
>SubGenius Pope Of Houston
>Slack!
* * * * *
Subject: Re: A book BESIDES the Anarchist Cookbook???
From: octagon@news.gate.net (Nogatco)
wbarwell@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (William Barwell) writes:
>Might be worth going to your local library and looking up pyrotechnics.
>Try:
>Delta Press Ltd
>P.O. Box 1625
>Dept 94f
>El Dorado, AR
>71731-1625
Delta Press sells almost exclusively fringe litterature. The only worthy
book I have noted was "The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives".
The rest is campfire fuel. Be warned.
>They have a catalogue full of books and stuff dealing with explosives,
>guns, weapons, paramilitary nonsense, military instruction books and
>handbooks, Survivalist weirdness and other bizarre crap. It is quite a
>hoot.
I collect fringe. Yes, it's a hoot... But I stop it at the "For info
purposes only". :)
>Books they list as selling:
>The Poor Man's James Bond, Vol 1 and 2
>Ragnar Benson's Homemade C-4
> (apparently not really exactly C-4 but it goes boom.)
There have been discussions about Ragnar. The conclusions were that he
knew SOME about explosives, but not a lot. His methods are
questionable, and sometimes wrong. It is also clear that he is NOT out
to educate the public.. he is out to make money.
>The Fire Cracker Cookbook
> (about the only book they sell I would actually trust.)
You cannot trust this book. The flashpowder formulas it gives contain
KCIO3 + S mixtures. The author gives adequate safety instructions, but
fails to list decent formulas for salutes.
IT IS DANGEROUS.
>Professional Homemade Cherry Bombs and Other Fireworks
> (Look Ma! No fingers!)
A less organized, lower quality, sloppier version of The Firecracker
Cookbook. Infact, ALL the information in it was taken from the
Firecracker Cookbook, save a few experience-learned, mainly useless tips
thrown in by the plagarist.
>The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives
> (Ah crap! Who needs this technical stuff, lets's just
> go blow sumpin up real good.)
This I would recommend buying. It is a trusted and valued source of
information, if not slightly outdated. It is still used today as a
textbook. Everyone who wants to mess with energetic materials should
read this. Delta sells it $5 overpriced.
>Deadly Brew
> (More how to explosives using two part mixes)
A list. I have no idea how accurate this is.
>Ragnar's Guide To Home and Recreational
>Use Of High Explosives.
> (Details plans, techniques and hazards...)
> (Plus tall tailes and stories and anecdotes.)
Incorrect, sloppy, and alltogether regarded as worse than the Anarchist
Cookbook.
>OSS/CIA Assasination Device
>Plans For A .22 Caliber Cigarette Lighter.
> (Don't get caught with this one in school, kids.)
Garbage.
>Boobytraps. FM 5-31
> (Apparently official U.S Armed forces stuff.)
Remember will ALL military manuals: They were meant for soldiers to use
in feild conditions... and when LIFE IS EXPENDABLE.
The other stuff I have not seen, but you can assume that most of them are
crap.
Trusted authors are:
Shimizu, Lancaster, Weingart, Tenny L. Davis, Urbanski (if you have the
$), and there are many others, allthough you will have to look around.
Octagon
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