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Tiny85

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Alexcabbie wrote:
You can make charcoal at home. If it comes to that you can get sulfur under any old pile of dog poop. Saltpeter you can get from. i dunno, where the schools threw it out to make way for the viagra and condoms? there musst be a source somewhere, and there you have it black powder. And it takes very little skill to construct a zip-gun. DO THESE FOOLS THINK THEY WILL GET RID OF PRIVATE ARMAMENT?? Good golly Miss Molly.

Remember the "Beltway Snipers"? They did not really need an AR 15 clone. A crossbow could have done just as well and with less noise. How do you think the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto got the p.38s and MP40s they used to hold off Juergen Stroop's SS divisions for a month or better? At a gun shop?? No, they killed SS men and took the weapons using the non-firearm weapons they held.

An "ammo shortage" is tolerable, especially considering that if "the day" ever comes. an "ammo harvest" may be necessary. The thought sickens me, but there it is.
Saltpeter aka potasium nitrate is the white stuff in modern fertalizer, you can also find it in most basements as the white chalky substance that forms around cracks in the cement.
 

thx997303

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Aye, you can make it, and I do. Of course you have to practice if you want any sort of consistent grain size out of it.

But it's easy. I keep a BP revolver around and I cast my own ball for it as well.

Just need to figure out how to make percussion caps. I mean, I know how, but that method is dangerous.

Had some success with match heads, but nothing I would trust my life on.
 

Task Force 16

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thx997303 wrote:
Aye, you can make it, and I do. Of course you have to practice if you want any sort of consistent grain size out of it.

But it's easy. I keep a BP revolver around and I cast my own ball for it as well.

Just need to figure out how to make percussion caps. I mean, I know how, but that method is dangerous.

Had some success with match heads, but nothing I would trust my life on.

Might have to resort to flintlocks. :lol:

Has anyone considered archery equipment? (The silent assailant)
 

Alexcabbie

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As I said, the "Beltway Snipers" could have down as well or better with a crossbow, and these are quite easily made with old leaf springs, etc.; and could just as easily been fired from the car trunk. The lack of noise would ofset the need to park closer to the target. And some sort of hook/stirrup mount could have facilitaated quick reloading from a prone position. I could go on but I wouldn't want to give some nut or BG ideas, but see the point all you antis who are reading this?? All this stuff can be homemade from easily obtainable - and moreover IMPOSSIBLE TO OUTLAW OR CONTROL stuff. And, a crossbow bolt tipped with razor sharp steel broadheads will go RIGHT THROUGH a bulletproof vest. But an armed citizen can stop a crossbowman cold. What? Will ou disarm the police "for their own good" to keep them from being murdered for their guns?? Boy. Go ahead and try, and watch wahtever support you have in rank and file Law Enforcement evaporate. To paraphrase Yosemite Sam, "Antis is sooooo stoopid"
 

R a Z o R

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Alexcabbie wrote:
As I said, the "Beltway Snipers" could have down as well or better with a crossbow, and these are quite easily made with old leaf springs, etc.; and could just as easily been fired from the car trunk. The lack of noise would ofset the need to park closer to the target. And some sort of hook/stirrup mount could have facilitaated quick reloading from a prone position. I could go on but I wouldn't want to give some nut or BG ideas, but see the point all you antis who are reading this?? All this stuff can be homemade from easily obtainable - and moreover IMPOSSIBLE TO OUTLAW OR CONTROL stuff. And, a crossbow bolt tipped with razor sharp steel broadheads will go RIGHT THROUGH a bulletproof vest. But an armed citizen can stop a crossbowman cold. What? Will ou disarm the police "for their own good" to keep them from being murdered for their guns?? Boy. Go ahead and try, and watch wahtever support you have in rank and file Law Enforcement evaporate. To paraphrase Yosemite Sam, "Antis is sooooo stoopid"

RaZoR sharp
 
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