Looking for 100% safe ordnance to display?
- Thread starter Klunk
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So, uh. If these are inert, why the enormous pricetag? They don't seem to be particularly masterpieces of workmanship, since they seem to be recreations of makeshift explosives. You seem to be paying $1000 for someone's junk drawer taped together, and another $1000 for an alarm clock.
Would a person not be better served hitting a gunshow and spending fifty bucks? Or hitting the dollar store and grabbing some stuff to glue together?
It seems a little backwards to buy a high priced reproduction of a low-priced jury-rigged explosive.
They're going to be a wild success for the government.
Would a person not be better served hitting a gunshow and spending fifty bucks? Or hitting the dollar store and grabbing some stuff to glue together?
It seems a little backwards to buy a high priced reproduction of a low-priced jury-rigged explosive.
They're going to be a wild success for the government.
just troll the gunshows there are lots of enert shells to be found 100% safe ...its a very interesting hobby i had a great collection till the divorce...damn lawyers fees....everything from german 88s to my favorite(and still have) russian 155 damn thing is almost as tall as i am and about the same weight empty..lol ..BUT when in doubt just dont buy.. all the years i collected the bigger shells i came across only 1 that was live now at the bottom of the lake ..only takes one live shell to ruin your day
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
oh they are making stupid money.
the trick is that the governemnt will give a contract to one company to provide realistic training enviroments for the military or security agencies. That company will then contract out for all the kit they need (including these IEDs, shells, etc...) and bill it plus a markup to the contract.
they dont have to be competitive they just need to have the right contacts.
the trick is that the governemnt will give a contract to one company to provide realistic training enviroments for the military or security agencies. That company will then contract out for all the kit they need (including these IEDs, shells, etc...) and bill it plus a markup to the contract.
they dont have to be competitive they just need to have the right contacts.
Dark Alley Dan
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- Location
- Darkest Edmonton
One hundred and eighteen American dollars. Plus shipping.
If you like, I could make one for you for half that. Let me know if you're interested.
One hundred and eighteen American dollars. Plus shipping.
If you like, I could make one for you for half that. Let me know if you're interested.
Coke can $0.05
Block of clay $5
Random screws $3
Simulated fuse $2
I think I will go ahead and under bid you, I can do it for $50, but any less I cannot feed my children!
People forget that manufacturing IEDs by their nature is unpredictable.
Who would have considered a pressure cooker before Boston?Grizz
No one, because it makes a very poor IED. Had they actually knew what they were doing they could have caused a lot more fatalities. I mean seriously, dumping consumer fireworks into a cooking appliance? Never heard of cast iron pipe and Alliant Bullseye?People forget that manufacturing IEDs by their nature is unpredictable.
Some of the stuff at Inert Products is definitely overpriced as per the example above. However you have to bear in mind that a lot of the products contain EXACT replicas of real ordnance (like the detonator in that Coke can) that needs to be 100% authentic. EOD is not a fool's game with a margin for error, and their training tools have to be precise and exact. A block of clay from the art store will not have the same consistency, density, or feel as a properly blended simulant which makes a difference when you're practicing to remove the detonator from the device. Furthermore, some simulants are formulated to be so close to the explosive they mimic that they will trigger explosives detectors at airports and show appropriately on an X-ray. Your $5 block of clay won't do that either.
And of course, ordnance collectors are not these people's target market.
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
People forget that manufacturing IEDs by their nature is unpredictable.
Grizz
pressure cookers are commonly used in IEDs in the ME
