------------========== The BOM Squad presents ============------------ -----===============< Christmas Ornament Mini-Grenades >===============------- --------------===============< by Mr. Sandman >===============---------------- So you want to try an interesting little bomb I thought of? Well this file will give you the info on how to create these grenades. But before I start let me just say that this is just an informational file and what you do with it or if you get in trouble with it is not my fault (ie. You blow off your hand or the cops pay you a visit!) So please do not try any of the procedures mentioned in this file. Ok now one of the first things you are going to have to do is make a nice batch of Concentrated Nitric Acid! This is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! Think how important this is to you before making it. WHAT YOU WILL NEED FOR MAKING NITRIC ACID ========================================= Potassium Nitrate (saltpeter, get it at a drug store) Sulfuric Acid (Acid in Car Battery) distilled water an adjustable Heat Source retort ice bath stirring rod A Collecting Flask with Stopper =========================================== NOTE: MAKING NITRIC ACID IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! IT IS POSSIBLE TO FIND IT IN PRINTING SHOPS OR PHOTOGRAPHY STORES BECAUSE IT IS USED IN CLEANING PRINTING PLATES! I STRESS LOOKING THERE BEFORE TRYING THIS! -=%The Procedure%=- Ok. The first thing you are going to want to get your hands on is an UNCHARGED car battery because this contains the sulfuric acid. Remove the top of the car battery but do it very gently! You don't want this stuff splashing on you! Now pour out the sulfuric acid into the retort. Next, carefully add about 68 grams of the Potassium Nitrate to the retort very slowly! Once you have added it if all has not dissolved then gently stir the solution in the retort with the glass stirring rod until it is all dissolved. Now, place the open end of the retort into your collecting flask and then place the collecting flask in the ice bath. Now here comes the dangerous part in making the nitric acid. BE CAREFUL! Now begin heating the retort over the adjustable heat source using low heat. Keep heating it until liquid starts coming out of the end of the retort and continue heating until the precipitate in the bottom of the retort is almost dry. The liquid is nitric acid. WARNING: IF THE ACID IS HEATED TOO STRONGLY THE NITRIC ACID WILL DECOMPOSE AS SOON AS IT IS FORMED! THIS CAN ALSO RESULT IN THE PRODUCTION OF HIGHLY TOXIC AND FLAMABLE GASSES THAT CAN EXPLODE VERY EASILLY! IF YOU SET THIS UP GET AWAY FROM IT WHEN YOU START HEATING IT. If you do this successfully you will have Nitric Acid. However, I still stress looking to buy it somewhere first. Also, read the rest of this file before attempting to make this because you may find out that you don't have to make this! Also, remember that all you are making is some stupid mini-bomb which is hardly worth risking your life over! ============================================================================== Ok. Now I am going to tell you how to make NitroCellulose also known as Gun Cotton. YOU CAN BUY GUN COTTON AT SPORTING STORES OR AMMO STORES NORMALLY! IF YOU CAN PURCHASE IT THEN THERE IS NO REASON TO MAKE THE NITRIC ACID OR READ THIS PART EITHER! I ONCE AGAIN STRESS TRYING TO BUY IT BEFORE DOING ANY OF THIS BECAUSE MAKING NITRIC ACID IS VERY DANGEROUS! WHAT YOU WILL NEED FOR MAKING GUN COTTON ================================================= Cotton (obviously) Nitric Acid Sulfuric Acid (Read the part on getting this in the Nitric Acid section because it is exactly the same!) distilled water two 200-300 ml beakers funnel and filter paper a pair of tongs Litmus Paper =================================================== -=%Procedure%=- Pour 10 cc of the sulfuric acid into the beaker and then also add 10 cc of Nitric Acid to the same beaker. Add .05 grams of cotton to it and allow it to soak for exactly 3 minutes. (note: the above is all proportional so if you want double the amount of gun cotton then double the grams of cotton you add and double the cc's of the acids.) Remove the cotton with the tongs (YOU DON'T WANT TO TOUCH IT WITH YOUR HANDS!) and place the cotton in the other beaker. Now wash the cotton in the beaker with distilled water. Let the cotton dry and then wash it again. Test the cotton with the litmus paper. When you get a nuetral reading then you can remove the cotton from the beaker and allow it to dry. You now have Gun Cotton. ============================================================================== Now for the making of the grenade! WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE THE MINI GRENADE =========================================== 1 Glass Christmas Ornament Gun Cotton Long, suitable fuse =========================================== Ok. Here is the first thing you do. Get your Christmas Ornament and remove the little metal top where you would normally put the hook. Take your fuse and stick it in the ornament until it is touching the bottom of the ornament. Make sure your fuse is long enough because you don't want to light this thing and have it go off in your face! Now, take the Gun Cotton and gently push it into the ornament. The more you put it the louder the explosion. Now take the metal cap from which you removed from the ornament and put the tip of the fuse through the center of it. Move the cap down the fuse and fasten it back onto the ornament. Now your fuse and cotton are less likely to come out. You now have a mini-grenade. Be careful when you use this because the glass will explode when the cotton ignites with enough force to deeply imbed itself in you. Now, if you are wondering how I did this I bought the Gun Cotton and didn't go through the process of making the Nitric Acid and Gun Cotton simply because MY LIFE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME! You can do the same. You just have to look around because this stuff is not to hard to find. The reason I chose Gun Cotton and not Gun Powder is because Gun Cotton is more explosive when it is closed in a space and is less likely to go off due to friction. Also, you don't have to limit yourself to using Christmas Ornaments. It works in just about anything! I have also made bombs by stuffing the Gun Cotton in an old toilet paper roll carboard. ONE MORE IMPORTANT THING! When you are stuffing the cotton in the ornament do it slowly and carefully because the opening is not very big. I would try doing it by putting in one small piece at a time. Well anyway that's it! Hope you enjoyed reading this.