SPECIAL AMMUNITION FOR BLOWGUNS


The blowgun is an interesting weapon which has several advantages. A

blowgun can be extremely accurate, concealable, and deliver an explosive or

poisoned projectile. The manufacture of an explosive dart or projectile is

not difficult. To acquire a blowgun, please contact the editor at one of the

addresses given in the introduction.

 

Perhaps the most simple design for such involves the use of a pill capsule,

such as the kind that are taken for headaches or allergies. Empty gelatin pill

capsules can be purchased from most health-food stores. Next, the capsule

would be filled with an impact-sensitive explosive, such as mercury fulminate.

An additional high explosive charge could be placed behind the impact

sensitive explosive, if one of the larger capsules were used.

 

Finally, the explosive capsule would be reglued back together, and a tassel

or cotton would be glued to the end containing the high explosive, to insure

that the impact-detonating explosive struck the target first.

 

Such a device would probably be about 3/4 of an inch long, not including the

tassel or cotton, and look something like this:

 

 

____________________

/mercury | \-----------------------

(fulminate| R.D.X. )---------------------- } tassels

\________|___________/-----------------------

 

 

Care must be taken- if a powerful dart went off in the blowgun, you could

easily blow the back of your head off.

 

 

SPECIAL AMMUNITION FOR WRISTROCKETS AND SLINGSHOTS

 

A modern wristrocket is a formidable weapon. It can throw a shooter marble

about 500 ft. with reasonable accuracy. Inside of 200 ft., it could well be

lethal to a man or animal, if it struck in a vital area. Because of the

relatively large sized projectile that can be used in a wristrocket, the

wristrocket can be adapted to throw relatively powerful explosive projectiles.

 

A small segment of aluminum pipe could be made into an impact-detonating

device by filling it with an impact-sensitive explosive material.

 

Also, such a pipe could be filled with a low-order explosive, and fitted

with a fuse, which would be lit before the device was shot. One would have to

make sure that the fuse was of sufficient length to insure that the device did

not explode before it reached its intended target.

 

Finally, .22 caliber caps, such as the kind that are used in .22 caliber

blank guns, make excellent exploding ammunition for wristrockets, but they

must be used at a relatively close range, because of their light weight.

 

 

SPECIAL AMMUNITION FOR FIREARMS

 

When special ammunition is used in combination with the power and

rapidity of modern firearms, it becomes very easy to take on a small army with

a single weapon. It is possible to buy explosive ammunition, but that can be

difficult to do. Such ammunition can also be manufactured in the home. There

is, however, a risk involved with modifying any ammunition. If the ammunition

is modified incorrectly, in such a way that it makes the bullet even the

slightest bit wider, an explosion in the barrel of the weapon will occur. For

this reason, NOBODY SHOULD EVER ATTEMPT TO MANUFACTURE SUCH AMMUNITION.

 

 

SPECIAL AMMUNITION FOR HANDGUNS

 

If an individual wished to produce explosive ammunition for his/her

handgun, he/she could do it, provided that the person had an impact-sensitive

explosive and a few simple tools. One would first purchase all lead bullets,

and then make or acquire an impact-detonating explosive. By drilling a hole

in a lead bullet with a drill, a space could be created for the placement of

an explosive. After filling the hole with an explosive, it would be sealed in

the bullet with a drop of hot wax from a candle. A diagram of a completed

exploding bullet is shown below.

 

 

_o_ ------------ drop of wax

/|*|\

| |*|-|----------- impact-sensitive explosive

| |_| |

|_____|

 

This hollow space design also works for putting poison in bullets.

 

In many spy thrillers, an assassin is depicted as manufacturing

"exploding bullets" by placing a drop of mercury in the nose of a bullet.

Through experimentation it has been found that this will not work. Mercury

reacts with lead to form a inert silvery compound.

 

 

SPECIAL AMMUNITION FOR SHOTGUNS

 

Because of their large bore and high power, it is possible to create some

extremely powerful special ammunition for use in shotguns. If a shotgun shell

is opened at the top, and the shot removed, the shell can be re-closed. Then,

if one can find a very smooth, lightweight wooden dowel that is close to the

bore width of the shotgun, a person can make several types of shotgun-launched

weapons.

 

Insert the dowel in the barrel of the shotgun with the shell without the

shot in the firing chamber. Mark the dowel about six inches away from the end

of the barrel, and remove it from the barrel.

 

Next, decide what type of explosive or incendiary device is to be used.

This device can be a chemical fire bottle (sect. 3.43), a pipe bomb (sect

4.42), or a thermite bomb (sect 3.41 and 4.42). After the device is made, it

must be securely attached to the dowel. When this is done, place the dowel

back in the shotgun. The bomb or incendiary device should be on the end of the

dowel.

 

Make sure that the device has a long enough fuse, light the fuse, and fire

the shotgun. If the projectile is not too heavy, ranges of up to 300 ft are

possible. A diagram of a shotgun projectile is shown below:

 

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|| | ----- bomb, securely taped to dowel

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|| | ------- fuse

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|| --------- dowel

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|| --------- insert this end into shotgun

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Special "grenade-launcher blanks" should be used- use of regular blank

ammunition may cause the device to land perilously close to the user.

 

 

SPECIAL AMMUNITION FOR COMPRESSED AIR/GAS WEAPONS

 

This section deals with the manufacture of special ammunition for

compressed air or compressed gas weapons, such as pump B.B guns, CO2 B.B guns,

and .22 cal pellet guns. These weapons, although usually thought of as kids

toys, can be made into rather dangerous weapons.

 

 

SPECIAL AMMUNITION FOR B.B GUNS

 

A B.B gun, for this manuscript, will be considered any type of rifle or

pistol that uses compressed air or CO2 gas to fire a projectile with a caliber

of .177, either B.B, or lead pellet. Such guns can have almost as high a

muzzle velocity as a bullet-firing rifle. Because of the speed at which a .177

caliber projectile flies, an impact detonating projectile can easily be made

that has a caliber of .177.

 

Most ammunition for guns of greater than .22 caliber use primers to

ignite the powder in the bullet. These primers can be bought at gun stores,

since many people like to reload their own bullets. Such primers detonate when

struck by the firing pin of a gun. They will also detonate if they are thrown

at a hard surface at a great speed.

 

Usually, they will also fit in the barrel of a .177 caliber gun. If they are

inserted flat end first, they will detonate when the gun is fired at a hard

surface. If such a primer is attached to a piece of thin metal tubing, such as

that used in an antenna, the tube can be filled with an explosive, be sealed,

and fired from a B.B gun. A diagram of such a projectile appears below:

 

 

_____ primers _______

| |

| |

| |

V V

______ ______

| ________________________ |-------------------

| ****** explosive ******* |------------------- } tassel or

| ________________________ |------------------- cotton

|_____ _____|-------------------

^

|

|

|_______ antenna tubing

 

The front primer is attached to the tubing with a drop of super glue. The

tubing is then filled with an explosive, and the rear primer is glued on.

Finally, a tassel, or a small piece of cotton is glued to the rear primer, to

insure that the projectile strikes on the front primer. The entire projectile

should be about 3/4 of an inch long.

 

 

 

SPECIAL AMMUNITION FOR .22 CALIBER PELLET GUNS

 

A .22 caliber pellet gun usually is equivalent to a .22 cal rifle, at

close ranges. Because of this, relatively large explosive projectiles can be

adapted for use with .22 caliber air rifles. A design similar to that used in

section 5.12 is suitable, since some capsules are about .22 caliber or

smaller. Or, a design similar to that in section 5.31 could be used, only one

would have to purchase black powder percussion caps, instead of ammunition

primers, since there are percussion caps that are about .22 caliber. A #11

cap is too small, but anything larger will do nicely.

 

 

-= Exodus =-