smokeless gunpowder

Before the bomber killed himself in his car in Wednesday's final blast, he made a video confessing to the attacks that used pipe bombs and smokeless powder. While it reassured the public that the ordeal was over, Mark Anthony Conditt didn't explain his murderous campaign. So by federal definition, his ...

This certainly does not mean that anyone in possession of black powder is an aspiring killer. But the more those in close proximity to bombmakers, like neighbors and landlords, are aware of the materials that can be used to build bombs, the more likely they are to recognize suspicious activity that could ...

Each was built with materials available at hardware stores, featuring batteries and smokeless powder that was ignited by switches made from clothespins and mouse traps. Two investigators said Conditt likely learned how to make his bombs from information available on the internet. The victims. Anthony ...

The devices that exploded in Austin and near San Antonio were pipe bombs with batteries and smokeless powder and were constructed with materials found in a hardware or sporting goods store, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN. The bombs had distinctive shrapnel ...

Eric Rudolph used 1.3 pounds of smokeless powder in the pipe bomb he set off during the 1996 Olympic in Atlanta, said Maryanne Vollers, who wrote a book about him, “Lone Wolf.” In 2016, more than 80 of the explosives in incidents counted by the Bomb Data Center were contained by a pipe or tube.

How police tracked down Austin bomber 02:39. (CNN) The devices used in the Austin and San Antonio-area explosions were pipe bombs with batteries and smokeless powder and were constructed with materials found in a hardware or sporting goods store, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the ...

Legal cannabis is in full bloom in nine states and Washington DC– a modern market where we no longer have to settle for any old grass. There is no ... Kief: Kief is a powder of raw trichomes and trichome stalks that fall off or manually get removed and collected by sifting cured buds through mesh or screens ...

It takes an explosive combination, a projectile, a detonator, and the casing to hold it altogether in the chamber of the gun barrel to make a modern firearm effective. ... Gunpowder, or black powder that caused a lot of smoke — the invention that led to guns — was discovered by the Chinese in the 9th century.

Inside investigators found, "Pre-cursor chemicals frequently used in the manufacture of homemade explosives," along with some suspected smokeless powder, a consumer firework and pyrotechnic fuse, according to the criminal complaint. “What started as a tip from a citizen at a local business about some suspicious ...

The bunker had held about 62 tons (56 metric tons) of smokeless powder and the trailer had held about 12 tons (11 metric tons) of demilitarized M6, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. Much of the remaining material was in bags out in the open, state police said. Copyright 2018 The ...

Founded in 1952 by the late Bruce Hodgdon, this company is a major source of smokeless powder and the black powder substitutes Triple Seven and Pyrodex. The company also distributes Winchester and IMR brand propellants, so they literally cover all the bases. Insider Online caught up with Chris Hodgdon, grandson of ...

Sometimes I'll pour a loose design with the gunpowder and then I use paintbrushes, toothpicks and foam brushes to push the gun powder around to where I want. That's what I like about ... Shervin: The gunpowder I use is all smokeless powder, but there's all kinds of smokeless powders. The ones I like to ...

He asked for instructions on how to make a bomb he could detonate remotely, and investigators found a hollow hand grenade, a hobby fuse, ammunition containing smokeless powder, tannerite, aluminum powder, potassium nitrate, charcoal, yellow sulfur powder and fertilizer in his Boise apartment.

15, 2012, and May 16, 2013, Kurbanov possessed bomb-making components at his Boise apartment, including a hollow hand grenade, a hobby fuse, ammunition containing smokeless powder, tannerite, aluminum powder, potassium nitrate, charcoal, yellow sulfur powder and fertilizer. FBI special agents ...