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- Chapter 11
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- Fireworks, Explosives & Demolitions
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- Prospectors, civil engineers, farmers, loggers and other workers may have
- occasions to want to make their own explosives. Dynamite is the usual
- ingredient but it may be hard to come by in remote areas, or to keep safely
- on hand in hot weather and for indefinite time periods. The books in this
- chapter teach you how to make your own explosives by using simple household
- chemicals, and keep the ingredients in safe, separate containers until you
- need them.
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- Instead of repeating the phrase "for information purposes only" on each
- book and video listed in this catalog, ALL books and videos in this
- Crimefighters' Catalog are FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY.
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- BEFORE you blast off, check with local law enforcement agents if fireworks
- and explosives are permitted in your area, and what you need to do to avoid
- legal problems if you make them and use them.
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- FIREWORKS
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- PROFESSIONAL HOMEMADE CHERRY BOMBS & OTHER FIREWORKS, by Joseph Abrusci.
- Don't let the increasingly high prices of commercial fireworks put a damper
- on your patriotic enthusiasm. Fireworks are an American tradition, and you
- can make your own with the help of this step-by-step guide. Instructions
- for six types of exploding fireworks are provided: kraft salutes or "cherry
- bombs," super kraft salutes, miniature salutes, stick salutes, thunderbolt
- salutes and super-thunderbolt salutes. Start stockpiling your personal
- supply now.
- 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, photos, 48 pp, $10 (CHERRY)(995)
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- THE FIRECRACKER COOKBOOK - A Manual for the Safe Construction and Use of
- Homemade Pyrotechnics. By Edwin Lough
- Exploding fireworks - how to make, test and use them safely - are covered
- in this informative pamphlet. Triangle firecrackers, delayed ignition
- devices, salutes and exotic pyrotechnics are included.
- 8.5 X 11, softcover, illust. 40 pp, $8 (3014)
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- PYROTECHNICS, by George W. Weingart.
- This one is a comprehensive working manual on making fireworks, ideal for
- the beginner AND the professional pyrotechnist. The ingredients for making
- smoke, light and color are thoroughly described. This description and price
- is small, but the book isn't. 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illustr., 244 pp, $10
- (PYRO)(384)
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- EXPLOSIVES
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- RAGNAR'S GUIDE TO HOME AND RECREATIONAL USE OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES, By Ragnar
- Benson.
- Who else but uncle Ragnar could write this down-home guide? Ice fishing
- with dynamite, blowing stumps, mixing up sugar chlorate powder - the Benson
- family was never the same after Ragnar discovered the fun to be had with
- high explosives.
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- It's not all fun and games, though. Benson details techniques, materials,
- hazards and safeguards, drawing on his many years of experience on the farm
- and as a consultant all over the world. How to obtain commercial high
- explosives, safely storing and transporting them, detonation techniques,
- improvised explosives and more are woven in with the tales of Ragnar's
- outrageous adventures.
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- These techniques are still incredibly useful today. With them, a single
- individual can easily dig a dry well, redirect creeks, blow up bad guys and
- perform a host of otherwise impossible chores of immense benefit to
- mankind. 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illust. 120 pp, $12 (RAG)(731)
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- EXPLOSIVE PRINCIPLES - An Essential Guide to Understanding Explosives and
- Detonations. By Robert A. Sickler.
- Don't be mislead by the technical title of this book - EXPLOSIVE PRINCIPLES
- is a readable, easy-to-understand primer on the nature of detonations, as
- well as a concise look at the basic but often overlooked techniques that
- professionals use to maximize the performance of primary and secondary
- explosives to get any job done right. The author uses clear illustrations
- and nontechnical words to explain the importance of detonation, velocity
- and strength, brilliance, sensitivity, flammability, water resistance,
- charge shape and more. Also covered are the optimum methods for initiating
- particular primary explosives, the best primary explosives to set off
- specific secondary explosives and much more.
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- A must for demolition personnel, amateur "powder monkeys" or anybody
- interested in things that go bang. 5.5 X 8.5, softcvr, illus. 64 pp, $10
- (PRIN)(1018)
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- HOMEMADE MORTAR CONSTRUCTION MANUAL, by Jeff Baker & Thomas Tribble.
- Using common tools, you can construct a simple but effective device out of
- a handful of aluminum or steel tin cans that will launch tennis balls and
- other makeshift, nonlethal ammunition across great distances! Fueling and
- ignition procedures, common design, problems and operation tips are
- included. 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illust. 56 pp, $8 (MORT)(785)
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- DEADLY BREW - Advanced Improvised Explosives, by Seymour Lecker.
- If you are a man of action, frequently encountering explosive situations
- (like riots and wars), next time be prepared with a deadly brew of your
- own! Though home-made explosives may be dangerous to the manufacturer as to
- the target, this book will tell you how to make relatively safe explosives.
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- Seymour Lecker covers how to construct explosive devices which provide
- detonation through an immediate mixture of two separate ingredients: a
- simple acid and a common industrial chemical. Fifty such chemicals are
- described, as are two detonating acids, five explosives device designs and
- a reference guide to other books. 5.5 X 8.5, illus, 64 pp, $8 (BREW)(628)
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- EXPLOSIVE DUSTS - Advanced Improvised Explosives, by Seymour Lecker
- It is difficult for most people to comprehend the degree of explosive power
- of the dusts produced by industrial chemicals and agricultural products.
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- Now, Seymour Lecker reveals their little-known but deadly nature, providing
- vital facts for more than 40 explosive dusts, all of which have been deemed
- SEVERE explosive hazards by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Also given are clear
- plans for a handful of simple devices that can harness the violently
- explosive properties of these unstable dusts.
- 5.5 X 8.5, illust., 64 pp, $10 (DUST)(927)
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- HOMEMADE C-4 - A Recipe for Survival, by Ragnar Benson.
- Serious survivors know that the day may come when they need something more
- powerful than commercial dynamite or common improvised explosives. For
- blowing bridges, shattering steel and derailing tanks, they need C-4. But,
- as with many of the goodies survivors hunger for, C-4 is not legally
- available to civilians and is hard to come by on the black market.
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- Ragnar's recipe for homemade C-4 calls for just three ingredients, all
- legal, common and inexpensive. It requires no special utensils, reference
- books or training. The step-by-step directions will show you how to make
- your own C-4 - and survive! 5.5 X 8.5, photos, 56 pp, $12 (C-4)(875)
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- HOMEMADE SEMTEX - C-4's Ugly Sister, by Seymour Lecker
- Semtex is the plastique most widely used by terrorists around the world. In
- the first book to focus solely on Semtex, demolitions expert Seymour Lecker
- set the record straight about this powerful but misunderstood explosive. He
- tells you what it will do and won't do, its strengths and its limitations,
- and how it compares with its U.S. counterpart, C-4. Find out about how to
- manufacture, store and use Semtex BEFORE you're confronted with a situation
- where what you don't know CAN hurt you. 5.5 X 8.5, 40 pp, $10 (SEM)(949)
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- THE BIG BANG - Improvised PETN and Mercury Fulminate. By John Galt.
- Used in plastic explosives, PETN (pentaerythritol tetranitrate) is one of
- the most powerful conventional explosives ever developed. It can be made by
- strictly following the proven methods detailed in THE BIG BANG. Also
- included is a section on making mercury fulminate, an initiating agent for
- detonating PETN or any other explosive material.
- 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illust. 32 pp $8 (BANG)(666)
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- IMPROVISED MUNITIONS BLACK BOOK, VOLS. 1 AND 2.
- Originally developed by the Frankford Arsenal for the CIA and Special
- Forces, these books, formerly known as "The Improvised Munitions Handbook,"
- are the most COMPREHENSIVE works ever on improvised weapons. For years they
- have been the most-wanted and secret books ever published by the American
- military. After extensive research and reprinting, they are now available
- to the public. The originals were small and loose-leaf bound due to the
- limited quantity printed. These reprints are professionally-bound manuals.
- Vol 1, 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illustr. 160 pp, $12, (BB.1)(17)
- Vol 2, 5.5 X 8.5, softcover, illustr. 142 pp, $12 (BB.2)(18)
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- IMPROVISED MUNITIONS BLACK BOOK, VOL. 3
- Until recently, the information in this volume was known only to a handful
- of people in the intelligence community. This encyclopedia on improvised
- explosives, weapons, incendiaries and detonators is now also available to
- the public "for information purposes only".
- 8.5 X 11, softcover, illustr., 162 pp, $19 (BB.3)(342)
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- BLACK BOOK COMPANION - State-of-the-Art Improvised Munitions
- The BLACK BOOKS. Manuals of mayhem and sabotage for use by CIA and Special
- Forces personnel, they are among the most controversial publications ever
- sanctioned by the U.S. Government.
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- This book is a further study into the dark art of improvised explosives and
- munitions first explored in the original volumes. Lists of materials and
- sources, step-by-step instructions and clear illustrations instruct the
- guerrilla warfare specialist in making dynamite, RDX, PETN, Semtex,
- canister and smoke grenades, shotshell antipersonnel mines and many more
- weapons and materials for unconventional warfare situations. Also included
- are a glossary of chemical terms, a list of optimal primary and secondary
- explosives and amendments to selected formulas in the original BLACK BOOKS.
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- WARNING: The procedures in this manual and the inherent toxicity of the
- material are EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. This volume is for reference only, not
- experimentation. 5.5 X 8.5, illust., 128 pp, $13 (BBBC)(906)
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- ADVANCED DEMOLITION TECHNIQUES FOR LIGHT INFANTRY LEADERS
- This book is a guide to explosives currently used by the U.S. military and
- a reference on modern demolition methods. Because soldiers know that
- explosives are only one part of a well-planned operation, this Field Manual
- emphasizes all aspects of planning a demo mission, from selection,
- reconnaissance and coordination to calculating, priming and detonating
- charges. Knowing how and when to use demolitions can save time, money,
- manpower - maybe even lives! 5.5 X 8.5 softcover, illus. $8 (ADT)(894)
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- THE CHEMISTRY OF POWDER & EXPLOSIVES
- A rare find for the ordnance expert or advanced pyrotechnist, supplying
- info on the modes of behavior of explosive substances and the phenomena,
- both chemical and physical, which they exhibit. Chapters include Properties
- of Explosives, Black Powder, Smokeless Powder, Dynamite and Other High
- Explosives, Nitromines, Primary Explosives, Detonators and Primers. This
- one is the "whole works" on explosives.
- 5.5 X 8.5, hardcover, 490 pp, $15 (CHEM.OF.P.&.E)(3015)
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- EXPLOSIVES AND DEMOLITIONS
- This is FM 5-25, the standard text used by the U.S. Army, which covers
- firing systems, placement of charges and types of demolition projects. The
- emphasis in the book is not on what explosives are and what they can do: it
- teaches how to USE explosives - mainly for military tactics - but the same
- information can be used to free up log and ice jams, blow up stumps, rocks,
- barricades, and whatever else needs explosive, brute force to remove.
- 8.5 X 11, softcover, illustr., $14 (EXPL.&.DEMO)(65)
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- CIA METHODS FOR EXPLOSIVES PREPARATION
- The preparation of explosives from the most common and easily accessible
- items is covered in detail. For example, included are complete step-by-step
- procedures on how to make such things as picric acid from aspirin. Don't
- fret at the small size of the book. It contains highly unusual contents
- making it a worthy addition to your explosives library.
- 5 3/8 X 8, softcover, 25 pp, $7 (CIA.EXPL.PRE)(40)
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- VIDEOS (VHS U.S. format only.)
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- DEADLY EXPLOSIVES - How and Why They Work
- Imagine spending an hour with a top explosives expert while he teaches you
- everything you ever wanted to know. That's what awaits you in this video.
- Not only is it a blast to watch, you'll come away with more practical
- knowledge than most licensed explosive experts!
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- Can C-4 cut steel? What happens if you double the size of a high explosive
- charge? Triple it? How does Napalm differ from gasoline? All of these
- questions are answered during explosive comparisons of C-4, dynamite, TNT,
- det cord, nitro-based propellant, RDX and more. You will see how to safely
- handle, store and set up a complete range of explosives, and learn the
- proper use of fuses, blasting caps and other detonating devices.
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- This videotape was shot on location using sophisticated equipment and high-
- speed shutters in order to capture the explosions in complete detail.
- Color, approx 60 min. $59.95 (DEADLY)(818)
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- HOMEMADE C-4, A Closer Look
- C-4 is by far the most desirable explosive, as those who've read Ragnar
- Benson's best-selling book HOMEMADE C-4: A RECIPE FOR SURVIVAL know. More
- powerful than dynamite or TNT, and used in frag grenades, claymore mines
- and other weapons, C-4 quickly penetrates steel or armor, yet is extremely
- stable - more so than dynamite!
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- Making improvised C-4 requires only three common, relatively inexpensive,
- legal ingredients, and no special tools, equipment or training. This video
- takes you step-by-step through everything you need to know to assemble,
- prepare and use improvised C-4 at home. As you'll see live footage of C-4
- blowing up cars and steel plate you can judge for yourself its awesome
- explosive power. VHS, color, about 25 minutes, $25 (C4V)(977)
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