U.S. Army Improvised Munitions Handbook

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1. toomanybeersiesJul 2018
   You can even legally buy copies of the U.S. Army Improvised Munitions Handbook [1], which includes instructions on creating improvised firearms and other weaponry.

   The moral panic about 3d printed weapons is complete nonsense. It's been trivial to make firearms out of hardware store and few practical skills. Back in high school we even made little black powder cannons in the metal shop, raiding fireworks for their powder and fuse and using ball bearings as the shot.

   You don't even need steel pipe to make a shotgun, they're low enough pressure that for some types of shot you can even use copper pipe.

   [1] https://www.amazon.com/Field-Manual-Survival-Evasion-Recover...

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2. AnimatsApr 2017
   Kepler's Books in Menlo Park CA used to have a sign that they'd order any book you wanted, except one, "The Anarchists' Cookbook". On the other hand, I've seen copies of the book in the '60s nostalgia section of a bookstore near Ghirardelli Square.

   If you want that kind of info today, right-wing "prepper" and gun nut sites will have it. Amazon sells The U.S. Army Improvised Munitions Handbook, TM 31-210. It's not like this info is hard to get any more.

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