Chapter 10 Machine Guns, Improvised Weapons, Special Ammo, and Exotic Weapons WARNING! Be advised you MUST obtain a permit from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) to own and use full-auto weapons, silencers and restricted weapons, and in some states, to make and use explosives and/or explosive devices. BATF requires a separate licensing application. BATF guidelines are included in some books that show how to convert or make restricted weapons - when BATF regulations apply. Some of the devices may or may not require BATF licensing. If not, the author usually mentions that fact. If the author fails to mention it, be warned that it might be illegal if you don't have a permit for it! Please check BATF guidelines before you make any explosive devices, full auto, or restricted weapons. Also, be sure to check your own state laws for their prohibitions or licensing requirements. Just because the information is legally available in books by virtue of the First Amendment (Freedom of the Press) doesn't mean it's legal to do it, make it, or use it! Publishers of such books usually mention in each book's description they are for HISTORICAL AND/OR REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY. That lets them off the hook. You're on your own if you violate any laws! * * * * * * THE TERRIFYING THREE - Uzi, Ingram and Intratec Families. By Duncan Long. The Uzi, MAC-10 and Tec-9 submachine: are they really the ultimate in weaponry? Duncan Long takes a critical look at the Uzi, Ingram and Intratec weapons families and provides his own conclusions on the state-of-the-art in submachine guns in today's weapons wars. Discover everything you want to know about submachine guns in general and the "terrifying three" in particular, including specifications for the various models and their variants. The author thoroughly covers ammunition, care and maintenance, aiming and lighting devices, accessories and troubleshooting, and even includes a chapter on purchasing used firearms without getting burned. All this plus lists of weapons and ammo manufacturers and other publications with SMG info. 8.5 X 11, softcover, 72 photos, illust., 136 pp, $20 (TT)(822) THE COMBAT SHOTGUN AND SUBMACHINE GUN GUIDE - A Special Weapons Analysis by Chuck Taylor From one of America's top shooting instructors comes an analysis of two controversial, misunderstood and misemployed small arms: the combat shotgun and submachine gun. Hundreds of step-by-step photos detail field-testing of both arms, basic and advanced training drills, tactical rules, gun accessories and modifications. Techniques for weapons effectiveness include loading procedure, carrying and fighting positions and malfunction clearance drills. 8.5 X 11, softcover, photos, 176 pp, $20 (SHOT)(477) ASSAULT PISTOLS, RIFLES AND SUBMACHINE GUNS, by Duncan Long. Covering both the domestic and foreign scene, the author gives practical info on how to operate and field-strip modern military, police and civilian combat weapons. New developments and trends such as the use of fiber optics, larger capacity magazines, liquid-recoil systems and lessening of barrel length are covered. Troubleshooting procedures, ballistic tables and a list of manufacturers and distributors are included. 8.5 X 11, softcover, photos, illust., 152 pp, $22 (ASSAULT.S)(803) THE GATLING GUN - 19th Century Machine Gun to 21st Century Vulcan, by Joseph Berk. When it was introduced in 1862, the Gatling gun was so far ahead of its time the U.S. military didn't even know how to make use of such a powerful, high-rate-of-fire, multibarrel gun. But today, more than 130 years later, the Gatling is still a force to be reckoned with. After being declared obsolete in 1911, it staged an impressive comeback as the Vulcan in the 1950's, terrified the Vietcong in the jungles of Vietnam and contributed to the swift defeat of Iraqi troops in the liberation of Kuwait. With modern applications ranging from air defense to saturation fire to antitank gun systems and even portable infantry weapons, it will no doubt play a vital military role well into the 21st century. Here is the fascinating ongoing story of a truly timeless weapon, from its beginning during the Civil War to its current role as a state-of-the-art modern combat weapon. 8.5 X 11, hardcover, photos, illust. 136 pp, $30 (GAT)(988) MACHINE GUNS - A Pictorial, Tactical and Practical History. By J. Thompson. This is a definitive look at the weapon that ushered in the age of modern warfare. Focusing on the classic machine guns of World Wars I and II, but also including contemporary standards, This book gives you the historical development of each weapon, useful information on how it shoots and exhaustive advice on ammunition. Author Jim Thompson provides hundreds of photos (many from the biggest collection in the world), spec charts and historical anecdotes on the major infantry, aircraft and anti-aircraft guns used in the wars of the last century. Thompson also unravels the maze of rule and regulations governing machine gun ownership and offers advice on how to handle bureaucrats and others who might stand in your way. From the familiar warhorses to interesting experiments and rare prototypes, this book has them all. 8.5 X 11, hardcover, 269 photos, illust., 248 pp, $50 (MACH)(835) THE LEWIS GUN, by J. David Truby. This exhaustive research effort, now in its second edition, shows photos of the Lewis gun from U.S. and British archives. Combat scenes realistically depict the horror wrought by the "Military Mower." Of special interest are the more than 70 photos of aircraft mounted with Lewis guns. Planes such as the Parnell Panther, Fairey Swordfish, Martin MBZ and Curtis JN4A are shown in combat configuration. Great book for military veterans, history buffs and research material on Lewis guns. 8.5 X 11, hardcover, photos, 216 pp, $40 (LEWIS)(733) SPECIAL AMMUNITION & IMPROVISED WEAPONS COMBAT AMMUNITION - Everything You Need to Know, by Duncan Long. Going far beyond any reloading manual, this book explains how to create multiple-projectile rounds, exploding bullets, safety slugs, armor-piercing bullets and tracers. Also find out which designs DON'T work in combat, what bullets are best suited for particular situations and weapons, and how to safely increase the effectiveness of any caliber through careful ammo selection. 8.5 X 11, hardcover, photos, illus., 136 pp, $25 (AMMO)(545) COMBAT AMMO OF THE 21ST CENTURY, By Duncan Long There has been a tremendous amount of advancement and change in the field of ammunitions for combat, personal defense and law enforcement since the publication of Duncan Long's classic, COMBAT AMMUNITION: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. Now, the same author presents his exhaustive evaluation of the stopping power of modern rifle, pistol, shotgun and machinegun rounds based on actual case studies of shooting incidents. He looks at the hot new cartridges that promise to dominate well into the next century - .40 S&W, 10mm Auto, subsonic 9mms - as well as the trusted standbys. Find out how to make your own exotic tracers, flechette and sabot rounds, caseless ammo and fragmenting bullets. This is an indispensable guide for anyone who may find himself in a deadly situation in the streets, on the battlefield or in the home. 8.5 X 11, softcover, photos, illust. 216 pp, $30 (COMBAT)(968) (Editor's note: Using tracer ammo helps improve your instinct-shooting skills. You can WATCH the bullet fly to the target. You'll SEE whether you're shooting too high or too low. That will help you to develop automatic aim adjustment for trajectory at different distances. Tracer bullets aren't usually available at sporting goods stores. They are available from a few mail-order firms specializing in "trick" ammo - but at a premium price. With the info in this book, you can make your own exotic ammo, and save money too.) HOMEMADE GUNS AND HOMEMADE AMMO, by Ronald B. Brown You don't need a fancy machine shop or knowledge of chemistry to make the guns, gunpowder and primers covered in this book. All you need are ordinary hand tools. Learn how to make a 12-gauge shotgun from 3.4" pipe following the detailed instructions and close-up photos. Pipe sizes for various other gauges and calibers, ballistic concepts, simple gunpowder recipes, primer material, kitchen-sink reloading and designs for a homemade double-barrel shotgun are included. 5.5 X 8.5 softcvr, photos, illus, diagrams, 190 pp, $15 (HO)(624) HOMEMADE GRENADE LAUNCHERS - Constructing the Ultimate Hobby Weapon, By Ragnar Benson. Here comes Uncle Ragnar with the ultimate in firepower - homemade 40mm grenade launchers! Let Ragnar walk you through these simple step-by-step plans for building an M79 or M203 right in your own workshop. With ordinary tools and nothing more exotic than pipe, washers, nuts and bolts, you can soon be lobbing out show-stopping high-explosive ordnance to the delight of friends and onlookers. Ragnar also shows how to reload spent 40mm cases as well as how to improvise your own grenades from common materials found at the hardware store. *** Complete BATF guidelines are included. 8.5 X 11, softcover, photos, illust. 144 pp, $16 (LAUNCH)(963) HEAVY FIREPOWER - Turning Junk into Arsenal Weaponry, by Ryan K. Kephart Heavy firepower. The mere words conjure up visions of a concentrated barrage of explosive weaponry. Yet such destructive firepower need not come from crew-manned military ordnance unavailable to civilians. In fact, with the simplest of tools and common items found around the house or on a junk heap, a wide variety of devastating weapons can be constructed for defensive purposes. This book features more than 20 extremely simple plans for devising bombs, mines, grenades and even a shotgun mortar that can be used in a guerrilla warfare situation or during other desperate times. From such ordinary items as bottles, mousetraps, light bulbs, pipe, gravel and extension cord, a determined defender can amass a fearsome array of antipersonnel and antivehicle munitions that can be arranged in a most cunning and deadly defense perimeter. Simple formulas for sugar- and fertilizer-based explosives and improvised napalm are provided. 8.5 X 11, softcover, illust. 72 pp, $15 (HF)(969) ROLLING THUNDER - Turning Junk into Automobile Weaponry, by Ryan Kephart. In terms of personal security, you are most vulnerable to danger while travelling in your car. Now, the author shows you how to arm your car down to its axles with a bevy of wicked surprises good for any self-defense emergency on the road. The clear, concise plans in this book range from diversionary and harassing - blinding lights, smoke screens and tire busters - to more serious self- defense: mines deployed from your moving car, oil slicks laid out to send a pursuer careening off the road and firearms fired remotely from an internal control panel. You can also learn how to rig a seat belt to electrically shock a hostile passenger, modify a truck lock so it can be opened from the inside, and build eight more destructive devices guaranteed to take the drive out of any vehicular assailant. All of the plans require only common tools and the simplest of materials found in any workshop scrap pile. Note: Due to the extreme danger of these weapons as well as laws forbidding their construction, this book is intended for information purposes only! 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illust. 72 pp, $12 (ROLL)(1032) BREATH OF THE DRAGON - Homebuilt Flamethrowers, by Ragnar Benson. Do you have anything in your arsenal that would hold off tanks or a small army of heavily armed hostile people? What you need is your own dragon, and Ragnar is going to show you how to build one. Flamethrowers are legal, easy to build and operate, and use a fuel that's cheap and powerful - napalm (Ragnar's family recipe is included, of course). Using easy-to-follow instructions and illustrations, this non- technical manual teaches you how to design and build a customized flame- thrower with common components - many of which you can pick up used at little or no cost. Plans for both backpack and vehicle-mounted flame- throwers are included. Give yourself the edge you need over most urban combat weapons. Build a flame-spitting dragon of your own! 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, photos, illust., 80 pp, $12 (BREATH)(889) MODERN BALLISTIC ARMOR - Clothing, Bomb Blankets, Shields, Vehicle Protection... Everything You Need to Know. By Duncan Long. Though the "bullet-proof" vest is a mythical beast, modern ballistic armor is stronger and lighter than ever before since the advent of Kevlar fiber. This book details the myriad uses to which Kevlar cloth may be put, from bullet-resistant suits, vests, goggles, gloves and other clothing, to armor for land vehicles and aircraft, shields for riot police and SWAT teams, and even bomb-suppression blankets utilized by bomb squads. Complete with a list of manufacturers, dealers and distributors, this book is the only source book you need to put ballistic armor to work for you. 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, photos, illust., 104 pp, $12 (BALL)(593) IMPROVISED MODIFIED FIREARMS - Deadly Homemade Weapons by J. David Truby and John Minnery With antigun activists continuing to chip away at the Second Amendment, the need to revive this long-out-of-print classic could no longer be ignored. Through vivid descriptions and extraordinary, rare photos, the authors document the extremes to which people will go to when normal supplies of firearms are denied. You'll get the lowdown on improvised firearms straight from the pros the Vietcong, the Mafia, CIA, street gangs, Special Forces, prisoners, Filipino guerrillas and a handful of others whose lives depended on their own ingenuity in devising homemade pistols and shotguns. 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, photos, illust., 296 pp, $22 (IMF)(1020) FINGERTIP FIREPOWER - Pen Guns, Knives, and Bombs, by John Minnery. The common pen has been used for decades as a housing for concealed guns, knives and bombs. Compiled by the author of the infamous HOW TO KILL series, this is the most complete book ever written on these ingenious and devious shock weapons. This book is loaded with information, anecdotes, photos and illustrations that will give you the inside story on these most esoteric of weapons. Balisong pen knives, hypodermic needle pens, "blow" pens that shoot poison darts, tear-gas pens and booby-trapped exploding pens are covered, as are the many types of pen guns that have been developed over the years. A special section features rare assassination and E&E (escape and evade) devices created and used by the Gestapo, OSS, SOE, CIA, Vietcong and other espionage and terrorist organizations. ALL law enforcement personnel (and CrimeFighters) need to learn about them too - not to make and use them, but to recognize them and prevent their use against you. 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, photos, illustr., 120 pp, $12 (FF)(874) IMPROVISED WEAPONS OF THE AMERICAN UNDERGROUND Compiled from actual handbooks of various paramilitary organizations, this manual includes original articles on how to make nitroglycerin, plastic explosives, silencers and homemade machine guns. Removable plans are included. 8.2 X 11, softcover, illust., 20 pp, $10 (IMP.WEAP.OF.AU)(104) HOME WORKSHOP GUNS FOR DEFENSE AND RESISTANCE, VOL II, The Handgun, by Bill Holmes. You can construct a handgun in the privacy of your own home workshop using a minimum of simple tools and various methods and materials. Two complete firearm designs are offered: a semi- or full-auto pistol or a single shot, falling-block handgun. The author has written a clear and simple guide to home workshop handguns and provides many alternative workshop gunsmithing tips. Holmes explains how each part and section of the gun is made and discusses thoroughly the subjects of heat-treatment and blueing. 8.5 X 11, softcover, photos, diagrams, 144 pp, $14 (HWG.2)(664) ANARCHIST HANDBOOK, by Robert Wells For the modern anarchist, this book contains all you need to know to construct an impressive selection of improvised weapons. Sometime in the near future, the info contained in this book could spell the difference between life and death. Stack the deck in your favor with this concise guide to making seven lethal weapons: an expedient silencer; a pipe hand grenade; plastic explosives; and a rocket launcher. For each weapon, the author supplies a list of materials easily acquired from drug or hardware stores, supermarkets or even junk piles; step-by-step procedures; simple diagrams and how-to-do-it instructions. 3/8 X 8 3/8, softcover, illust., 66 pp, $10 (ANAR)(3012) THE ANARCHIST HANDBOOK 2, by Robert Wells This all-new, fully illustrated collection explains in everyday language how to build many types of improvised weapons and explosives from inexpensive items found in supermarkets or hardware stores. Plans include how to build a sophisticated 9mm submachine gun from scratch, make a silencer for .22 weapons, use an improvised shotgun as a firebomb launcher, assemble a self-igniting firebomb, and quite a bit more. 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illustr., 68 pp, $10 (ANAR2)(3013) RAGNAR'S BIG BOOK OF HOMEMADE WEAPONS - Building and Keeping Your Arsenal Secure, by Ragnar Benson Finally, under one cover, all the information you need to build, maintain and deploy your own heavy weapons and explosives, as well as the skills to protect them and you from nosy neighbors and potential enemies. This book has all the nuts-and-bolts information from Ragnar's most popular books on homemade C-4, flamethrowers, grenade launchers, high explosives, mantrapping, weapons caching and gunrunning, plus ALL-NEW chapters on hand and rifle grenades, claymore mines and mortars. Many of these devices are now illegal, but just a few years ago, they weren't. If you can no longer buy heavy weapons or explosives, you can build your own using the easy-to-follow instructions, photographs and illustrations contained in this highly controversial book. From one of America's foremost authorities on improvised weapons and survival, this collection of dangerous devices is designed as "emergency equipment" for the dangerous times ahead - when riots and anarchy prevails. When police can no longer provide personal protection, when guns are outlawed and only outlaws have guns, the information in this book may come in handy. 8.5 X 11, softcover, photos, illustr., 288 pp, $25 (RAGNAR)(1016) MODERN WEAPONS CACHING, A Down-to-Earth Approach to Beating the Government Gun Grab, by Ragnor Benson. Never in America? Think again. In New Jersey, it has already happened. Like something right out of Red Square, a law has passed requiring most owners of semiautomatic weapons to give them up. The forces that would snatch away our Second Amendment freedoms are gaining momentum, and the time to prepare is now. Firearm owners must literally take their weapons underground - bury them - or be prepared to have them confiscated. Ragnor Benson has spent years refining weapons-caching strategy down to a science. Now, with the need for such drastic measures looming ever larger on the horizon, he tells you how to construct a foolproof cache guaranteed to weather the elements for years, and where to place it in order to outwit the authorities and beat their high-tech metal detectors. In the race against the firearms roundup in the U.S., gun owners must follow Ragnor's example and look to the future both with mistrust and a will to prevail. 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, photos, 104 pp, $14 (CACH)(916) HOW TO HIDE ANYTHING, by Michael Connor. With little effort and expense, you can hide cash, armament and even family members right in your own home away from the menacing eyes of burglars, terrorists or anyone. The world is a dangerous place, always has been and probably always will be. Having safe places for valuables and personnel is always essential. This book tells you how to construct dozens of hiding places for concealing money and jewelry and large places for stashing survival supplies and even people. More than one hundred drawings show how to turn ordinary items into extraordinary hiding places. 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illus., 120 pp, $10 (HIDE)(435) THE BIG BOOK OF SECRET HIDING PLACES, by Jack Luger. A secret whiskey still, automatic weapons, valuables - we've all got something to hide, or something that should be hidden. This book is a primer in the art and science of purposeful concealment. This isn't just another book on "how to construct secret hiding places". This is one of the biggest books on concealment of physical objects ever printed, revealing HOW searchers find hidden contraband and then letting you know how to get around their techniques. How much work is involved? Is there a sure way to foil search dogs? What kind of tools do I need? Answers to these questions and more are packed in these pages. 8.5 X 11, softcover, photos, illus., 136 pp, $15 (BIG)(706) DEA STASH AND HIDEOUT HANDBOOK Got something to hide? Then this book is for you! It provides an insight into the mind of the searcher and shows the futility of hiding your possessions in your dresser. Your house, your motorcycle or car, and your own body provide hundreds of ingenious locations to stash items both large and small. 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illus., 48 pp, $10 (STASH)(712) F9 for Next Chapter