$25 3D printed gun

[Oksana]

http://tinyurl.com/ng7dwv6

[Ripon83]

Is it just me or does Forbes have a real hard on for this subject? I see more critical articles from them on 3D printing / Firearms then anywhere it seems.

[DTOM CA!]

You subjects can't have one of those ! It is for children's safety dontcha know.

[MrTokarev]

Cool. I wonder how hard it would be to make cheap steel barrels for these? You could cute a .38 rifle barrel into little sections for attaching to the polymer frame.

[nicki]

Forbes is changing the debate.

One of the arguments our opponents make is that if we register guns and control their manufacture, we can stop the proliferation of guns.

3D printing is changing the debate, as more people become aware of this technology, it destroys the argument that guns can be easily controlled.

One thing that isn't on the public's radar is the decreasing cost of home CNC machining which can make "metal parts".

Soon it will be possible for someone to have both home 3D printers and CNC machine equipment. At that point, homemade guns will be viable.

The fact that the 25 dollar liberator had off the shelve hardware parts used is another issue because commercially available metal parts can be used or easily modified to make guns.

Forbes indirectly helped us and if we develop this argument, we can shift people to our position.

Nicki

[big103]

One of the arguments our opponents make is that if we register guns and control their manufacture, we can stop the proliferation of guns.

3D printing is changing the debate, as more people become aware of this technology, it destroys the argument that guns can be easily controlled.

One thing that isn't on the public's radar is the decreasing cost of home CNC machining which can make "metal parts".

Soon it will be possible for someone to have both home 3D printers and CNC machine equipment. At that point, homemade guns will be viable.

The fact that the 25 dollar liberator had off the shelve hardware parts used is another issue because commercially available metal parts can be used or easily modified to make guns.

Forbes indirectly helped us and if we develop this argument, we can shift people to our position.

Nicki

I forgot about those pistol. They were cheap single shots made out of sheet metal. There are a couple guns you can make from the hardware store.

If some one says it can`t be done some one will do it. The thing you have to ask with this 3d printed guns is are they a novelty, or some thing that we will see in the future on a mass scale. They scare people because they think hay you just print this thing and boom your off to the rang to fire it.

The one in the video is single shot. I don`t see it as being a piratical gun.

[NorCalAthlete]

Does anyone here actually HAVE a 3D printer and such? I want to try the mags + lowers...not to mention one of these new guns. I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one willing to cough up a donation for the materials to make one if someone hasn't tried to make one yet. It's one thing to see a youtube video, another to put your hands on something and try it out in person.

Note - I'm not advocating cranking out mags and selling them to Calgunners. Nor am I advocating selling lowers or pistols to others. Just would like a chance to shoot each of the above in person and see how I like the look, feel, weight, reliability, etc.

[G60]

The one in the video is single shot. I don`t see it as being a piratical gun.

Look at the big picture. This is a technology in its infancy.

[Merovign]

People have made many tens of thousands of guns in garages and other workshops, many of them cheaper.

A "zip gun" is not even difficult to make. May not be very good, though some have been surprisingly sophisticated.

What gets me about these stories is that almost no one seems to get how *not* new the story is. The real difference is that it's plastic, which is not brand new either, but rare, because it's kind of disposable.

It actually costs substantially more to do than a "zip gun".

Mind you, this is like the first car being kind of crappy - more will follow.

[golfish]

Anybody notice the gun in the video ? Either two or more guns used or the trigger was broken.

[jrock]

Interesting debate/cody wilson future litigation. ....
Can the govt decide that our God given rights spelled out in the constitution dont apply to others outside our borders?

[russ69]

Does anyone here actually HAVE a 3D printer and such? ..

I use to run a lab with two machines. I'm having fun watching people do things we did almost 30 years ago. All the rapid-protoyping systems are slow and expensive to run. It's not a production process in any shape, manner, or form. I'm not sure what all the interest is about when you can make a Sten machine gun with some muffler shop tools? I guess plastic guns are fascinating?

[Eric H.]

I use to run a lab with two machines. I'm having fun watching people do things we did almost 30 years ago. All the rapid-protoyping systems are slow and expensive to run. It's not a production process in any shape, manner, or form. I'm not sure what all the interest is about when you can make a Sten machine gun with some muffler shop tools? I guess plastic guns are fascinating?

Ditto. I have a 3D printer for my product design company and cannot stand when friends ask me if they have heard about the news on 3D printed guns. I want to punch them in the mouth. Then again it's not their fault, or their industry of understanding...just sensationalist journalism.