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Perimeter Alarm, Trip Wire, Booby Trap

by baker519 on November 11, 2016

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Perimeter Alarm, Trip Wire, Booby Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Intro: Perimeter Alarm, Trip Wire, Booby Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 1: Machining (hole drilling) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Step 2: Glue Plastic Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Step 3: Preparing the Empty Shotgun Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Step 4: Assemble Firing Pin, Striker, and Release Pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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Intro: Perimeter Alarm, Trip Wire, Booby Trap
I have a building about 300 feet from my residence. This building is a shed that houses lawn equipment, snow removal equipment, a pickup truck and misc. tools and
fuel. The shed was built for storage and is not easy to secure (there is a 1 foot gap between the side and the ground). It has no electrical power and is not visible from the
residence. I needed a low cost alarm that would alert when the equipment is being disturbed. I have two dogs that alter when they hear loud noises such as a gun shot.

After doing some research I found that a 12 gauge shotgun shell fits in a 3/4 inch black pipe to make a make shift barrel. (the pipe is welded and the inter seam may have
to be filed for the shell to completely enter he pipe) I also learned that the pipe is not strong enough for repeated shotgun blasts, so I decided to use just the primer as a
noise maker and not use a complete shell with powder. I wanted to make an alarm not a pipe bomb.

I wanted a simple device to make, so I went to the home center and picked up the following items.

4 inch long 3/4 inch black pipe nipple

PVC 3/4 inch threaded female coupler to 3/4 inch glue fitting

PVC 3/4 inch to 1/2 bushing glue fitting

3 inch long 1/2 PVC pipe

PVC 1/2 inch glue fitting to 1/2 female threaded fitting

PVC 1/2 threaded plug

4 inch 1/4-20 bolt and nut

Spring .035 wire 6 turns per inch 3/8 diameter 3.25 inches long (this was just cut off a 12 inch length of spring)

8 penny nail (end blunted to reduce piercing the primer)

1/2 inch dowel 1 inch long wrapped with masking tape to make a slip fit in 1/2 pipe.

Pop rivet pin to secure firing pin.

All these items were purchased for less than $10, (researching the internet I have got the price to just under $5 each)

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Step 1: Machining (hole drilling)
There are 3 holes to be drilled

Drill an 1/4 inch hole through the center of the plug

Drill an 9/64 hole through the 1/4-20 bolt to secure the striker, the location is found by assembling the spring on the bolt and inserting it into the plug and then while
holding in a vise with the spring fully compressed mark the bolt on the bottom of the plug. Grind a flat on the bolt where the hole will be drill. Using a vise on the drill
press, align the bolt to the drill bit, a small ruler between the drill bit and the bolt will locate the center of the bolt by acting like a seesaw and when it is centered the ruler
will be horizontal. Remove the ruler and drill the hole.

The last hole is a clearance hole in the dowel for the 8 penny nail.

Drill and 1/8 hole in the center of the dowel for the firing pin (nail)

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Step 2: Glue Plastic Pipe
Now glue the female coupling, bushing, 1/2 pipe, and female coupling together.

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Step 3: Preparing the Empty Shotgun Shell
Get a spent 12 gauge shotgun shell and remove the used primer.

Purchase a box of new primers, (available at sporting goods, gun shops, Bass Pro, Cabela, Midway USA, even some Walmart carry them with the black powder firearms
ammunition)

Insert the new primer in the shell and press in place (an assist from a dowel and a mallet or a reloading press may be needed)

DO NOT USE A COMPLETE SHELL ! ! ! !

Primer only.

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Step 4: Assemble Firing Pin, Striker, and Release Pin
Insert firing pin into 1/2 pipe.

Insert spring onto bolt and insert through hole in pipe plug attach nut to keep assembly together

Screw pipe plug into pipe assembly

Secure in vise and cock striker, insert pop rivet Release Pin

Attach cord or string to release pin

Insert primed shell into black pipe and screw onto plastic pipe

Mount to a fixed object near to the monitoring point with conduit straps

Run trip wire (string) using eye hook to change direction

Then wait for the alarm to be activated

PS

DO NOT FORGET TO DEACTIVE ALARM BEFORE YOU MOVE THE TRIP WIRE

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Comments
2 comments Add Comment

gm280 says: Nov 12, 2016. 6:59 AM REPLY

OMG, DON'T use a dowel and mallet to insert any primer. Otherwise you will one day set off the primer. Reloading presses are designed to not create a
situation that could detonate a primer when reloading. I would never ever try to insert a primer in anything with a dowel and mallet. You would be much better
off taking a new shotgun shell and cutting the top off and dumping out the shot to use the shot-less shell. JMHO

baker519 says: Nov 12, 2016. 7:49 AM REPLY

Yes I agree that one day you may set off a primer. Most cases the shotgun primers will just press in with finger force or pressing against a flat surface,
and the more you use the shell the easier it gets to prime.

Attached in a page out of a 1956 Gun Digest entitled Kitchen Sink Reloading, note that their method of priming a shell is press in the primer with a dowel.

The original Lee Handloader also used a very similar method. Link to instructions

http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi-data/instruct/RE14...

I also agree that cutting down a shell would work.

Anytime you are working around items that can injure you BE CAREFUL.

Thank you comment and suggestion on cutting down an new shell.

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