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                                Chapter 11

                    Fireworks, Explosives & Demolitions

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.

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.

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

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)


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)


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)

                                EXPLOSIVES

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.

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.

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)


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.

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)


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)


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.

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)


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.

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)


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.

  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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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.

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.

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)


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)


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)


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)


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)

                      VIDEOS (VHS U.S. format only.)

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!

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.

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)


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!

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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