| ==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. | |
| They can be used many times but with some, a length of | |
| dowel is needed to force out the spent shell. | |
| There are many variations but the illustration shows the | |
| basic design. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| You should not attempt to register such a gun. | |
| Pipe Cap | |
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| / Bullet Tape Pipe | |
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| v / / \ / | |
| !----! / v v v | |
| Nail--\ / /-!---v-----!---!-!---!--------- | |
| v --- - - - - - -!- -!-!- -!- - - - ! | |
| //----> ![][]\ ! ! ! ! ! | |
| ^ ! !--\ ![][]/ ! ! ! ! ! | |
| Wire/ ! ! \-!- - - - -!- -!-!- -!- - - - ! | |
| Trigger---> ! ! !---! ! ! ! ! :::: | |
| /! ! /--------!---!-!---!--::::--! | |
| / :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: <-\ | |
| ! !-! / \-- Rubber | |
| / / band | |
| ! ! | |
| ! / | |
| ! ! | |
| ! ! | |
| ! ! | |
| !------! | |
| Z I P G U N | |
| / <---Nail | |
| !-!/ | |
| /------------------\ /-----!o!-----\ | |
| ! O O O ! ! ------------- ! | |
| \--------! !-------/ !! !! | |
| !-! !! !! | |
| !! !! | |
| !! !! | |
| Trigger before bending /--> !! !! <--\ | |
| Place !! !! Nail | |
| nail hole | |
| here | |
| Trigger | |