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- ==Phrack Inc.==
- Volume One, Issue Two, Phile #3 of 9
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- @@@@ --] Man-Tooth [-- @@@@
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- @@@@ -- HOMEMADE GUNS -- @@@@
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- @@@@ from @@@@
- @@@@ "The Poor Man's James Bond" @@@@
- @@@@ by Kurt Saxon @@@@
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- PIPE OR "ZIP" GUNS
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- Commonly known as "zip" guns, guns made from pipe have been used for years
- by juvenile punks. Today's Militants make them just for the hell of it or to
- shoot once in an assassination or riot and throw away if there is any danger
- of apprehension.
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- They can be used many times but with some, a length of dowel is needed to
- force out the spent shell.
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- There are many variations but the illustration shows the basic design.
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- First, a wooden stock is made and a groove is cut for the barrel to rest in.
- The barrel is then taped securely to the stock with a good, strong tape.
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- The trigger is made from galvanized tin. A slot is punched in the trigger
- flap to hold a roofing, which is wired or soldered onto the flap. The
- trigger is bent and nailed to the stock on both sides.
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- The pipe is a short length of one-quarter inch steel gas or water pipe with
- a bore that fits in a cartridge, yet keeps the cartridge rim from passing
- through the pipe.
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- The cartridge is put in the pipe and the cap, with a hole bored through it,
- is screwed on. Then the trigger is slowly released to let the nail pass
- through the hole and rest on the primer.
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- To fire, the trigger is pulled back with the left hand and held back with
- the thumb of the right hand. The gun is then aimed and the thumb releases
- the trigger and the thing actually fires.
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- Pipes of different lengths and diameters are found in any hardware store.
- All caliber bullets, from the .22 to the .45 are used in such guns.
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- Some zip guns are made from two or three pipes nested within each other.
- For instance, a .22 shell will fit snugly into a length of a car's copper gas
- line. Unfortunatey, the copper is too weak to withstand the pressure of the
- firing. So the length of gas line is spread with glue and pushed into a
- wider length of pipe. This is spread with glue and pushed into a length of
- steel pipe with threads and a cap.
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- Using this method, you can accomodate any cartridge, even a rifle shell.
- The first size of pipe for a rifle shell accomodates the bullet. The second
- accomodates its wider powder chamber.
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- A 12-gauge shotgun can be made from a 3/4 inch steel pipe. If you want to
- comply with the gun laws, the barrel should be at least eighteen inches long.
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- Its firing mechanism is the same as that for the pistol. It naturally has a
- longer stock and its handle is lengthened into a rifle butt. Also, a small
- nail is driven half way into each side of the stock about four inches in the
- front of the trigger. The rubber band is put over one nail and brought
- around the trigger and snagged over the other nail.
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- In case you actually make a zip gun, you should test it before firing it by
- hand. This is done by first tying the gun to a tree or post, pointed to
- where it will do no damage. Then a string is tied to the trigger and you go
- off several yards. The string is then pulled back and let go. If the barrel
- does not blow up, the gun is safe to fire by hand.
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- You should not attempt to register such a gun.
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- Pipe Cap
- /
- / Bullet Tape Pipe
- / / / \ /
- v / / \ /
- !----! / v v v
- Nail--\ / /-!---v-----!---!-!---!---------
- v --- - - - - - -!- -!-!- -!- - - - !
- //----> ![][]\ ! ! ! ! !
- ^ ! !--\ ![][]/ ! ! ! ! !
- Wire/ ! ! \-!- - - - -!- -!-!- -!- - - - !
- Trigger---> ! ! !---! ! ! ! ! ::::
- /! ! /--------!---!-!---!--::::--!
- / :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: <-\
- ! !-! / \-- Rubber
- / / band
- ! !
- ! /
- ! !
- ! !
- ! !
- !------!
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- Z I P G U N
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- / <---Nail
- !-!/
- /------------------\ /-----!o!-----\
- ! O O O ! ! ------------- !
- \--------! !-------/ !! !!
- !-! !! !!
- !! !!
- !! !!
- Trigger before bending /--> !! !! <--\
- Place !! !! Nail
- nail hole
- here
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- Trigger
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