Usable 3D Printed Gun

[Hound]

Turns out the problem was not in the gun..... It was the need for better ammo.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/05/n...uns/#continued

Despite all the hype surrounding 3D-printed guns (good and bad), they still haven't truly taken off outside of enthusiasts. A reason for this is, perhaps, the lack of powerful ammunition -- something that's not 3D-printed or, put simply, generally made out of plastic materials. But, as Wired reports, a gentleman from Pennsylvania has already started working on a solution, for those who were looking for one anyway. Michael Crumling, a 25-year-old machinist, recently designed bullets that use a rather thick, steel shell, strong enough to keep a hold of the blast from inside without spreading any force to the weapon.

Crumling has been successfully testing live rounds of his ammo, which he's dubbed .314 Atlas, on a 3D-printed gun he created himself. "Basically it removes all the stresses and pressures from the 3-D printed parts," he told Wired. "You should be able to fire an unlimited number of shots through the gun without replacing any parts other than the shell." While this may be great news for fans of 3D-printed guns, we have a feeling that lawmakers won't be as pleased.

[Great-Kazoo]

If they still made cars with real antennas, there be no need for this high tech shit.

[Guylee]

Solid Concepts 3D printed a 1911 that's had over 5000 rounds through it so far and is still going strong, and they just made another that should perform even better.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/27/sol...ted-metal-gun/

It's not practical right now, but the technology is there to print perfectly usable guns.

[Justin]

The Solid Concepts 3d printed gun was made on a machine that costs tens of thousands of dollars.

The point behind this particular design is to make something that can be squirted out of a low-grade plastic 3d printer, but is still functional.

[ben4372]

I'm not sure this matters. The barrel should be metal, with a metal chamber. What if he made a longer cartridge with the bullet stuffed a couple inches down a rifled bore? Barrels are unregulated, why print this part?

[speedysst]

I think it was more to prove the concept than to make a gun. On the 1911 every part on the gun except the springs was 3D printed.

[Danimal]

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[Uberjager]

The Solid Concepts 3d printed gun was made on a machine that costs tens of thousands of dollars.

The point behind this particular design is to make something that can be squirted out of a low-grade plastic 3d printer, but is still functional.

Those machines easily run in the $650,000-1,500,000 range.

[Guylee]

Those machines easily run in the $650,000-1,500,000 range.

For now. o.O