Benson Ragnar. Ragnar's Homemade Detonators. How to Make 'Em, How to Salvage 'Em, How to Detonate 'Em

Paladin Press, 1993. — 64 p.Ragnar Benson has written about many types of homemade explosives and fiery brews. But he has received hundreds of letters from frustrated readers who could not get their hands on the one key ingredient necessary for successful detonation -- commercial blasting caps. Now Ragnar "closes the circuit" with this complete primer on making improvised blasting caps in one's home workshop. Ragnar's recipe is a simple three-step method requiring only three drugstore chemicals, a handful of scrap hardware and no tools more complicated than a hacksaw and common mortar and pestle. He also covers 13 improvised devices that will reliably trigger the detonators in clever ways...plus how to salvage blasting caps from automobile air bag modules!