[time-nuts] Why .30 cal holes can't be seen at 800 yds...

d.seiter at comcast.net d.seiter at comcast.net
Fri Nov 5 06:15:49 UTC 2010


Since when is the Anarchist Cookbook censored??? I have an original copy that I'm saving for a sale about 30 years from now. ($$$ I hope) It's really a rather simple publication with too much obvious information and questionable recipes, or so I've been told by people who should know. 


Dave 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Feher" <mfeher at eozinc.com> 
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts at febo.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2010 4:35:37 PM 
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Why .30 cal holes can't be seen at 800 yds... 

Well, I really have not contributed much if anything to this thread, and 
this will be no exception. However, it does remind me of my youth and 
specifically of some of my non electronics related activities. Of course, 
what I am about to disclose below, today would label me a terrorist. 

In the late 50's and early 60's besides electronics, a bunch of my friends 
and I were also interested in explosives and the reactions that various 
chemical combinations could bring. All of the required ingredients were 
available in any drug store, off the shelf. None of our interests had to do 
with actually creating havoc, or harm, but just the ability to do them. The 
now censored "The Anarchist Cookbook" is a joke compared to what we used to 
improvise, and, no one ever got hurt. 

What triggered me to respond to this post was the explosion upon impact 
statement. I devised a very unique, at the time, device that worked just the 
way I wanted. I had a pump action .22 caliber air pistol, on which I made a 
mount to place a rifle scope. It was awesome. Anyway, the .22 pellets were 
hollow, so, inside, in the very front, I place the tip of a self igniting 
match and followed it with gunpowder. Gunpowder of course was readily 
available either from bullets (shot gun) or I just made it. Then I epoxied 
the end to seal it. Overnight they were ready to go. Real neat. When shot, 
upon impact, they of course would explode. Since at the time I was 
considered one of the "brains" at high school, and all my teachers were my 
buddies, they had no objection to me having this pistol in my briefcase at 
school. Heck, I even was a baby sitter for a lot of their kids, and, of 
course, I repaired their broken TVs and radios. I even helped one build a 
house. The last several years of HS, a lot of my teachers signed my yearbook 
as "To 007". I still have those yearbooks, and the best is the one where one 
teacher signed it "To 007 - From Dr. No." 

I better save the more volatile experiments and adventures for another time, 
as this has nothing to do with time-nuts, other than to prove that besides 
time, we are all kind of nuts. Regards - Mike 


Mike B. Feher, EOZ Inc. 
89 Arnold Blvd. 
Howell, NJ, 07731 
732-886-5960 office 
908-901-9193 cell 


-----Original Message----- 
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On 
Behalf Of Bill Hawkins 
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 5:39 PM 
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' 
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Why .30 cal holes can't be seen at 800 yds... 

Group, 

I haven't been following this thread that won't die, but I've 
contributed to others :^) 

If the problem is that it is expensive to detect when a bullet 
hits a target half a mile away, then have I got a solution for 
you! 

Visit any friendly neighborhood terrorist supply store and buy 
a small quantity of PETN, or any other explosive that can be 
detonated by the impact of a bullet. Smear a coating of this 
over the area of the target that you intend to hit. 

When you hit the target, there will be a very bright flash 
with a very fast propagation velocity, which should be adequate 
for the average 10X scope and photosensor. 

No, I don't know where to find a terrorist supply store. Perhaps 
you can make do with the PETN in blasting caps, or brew up a 
batch of nitrogen tri-iodide, as any college freshman could do 
in the fifties. Or try the powders from a Very pistol flare. 

Yours for more creative solutions, 

Bill Hawkins 




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