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‘In the Year 2054: Rifles will 3D print their own bullets’ – According to Call of Duty Developer
3D Print.com blog ^
| May 24, 2014
| Eddie Krassenstein, CEO, AY.com , Web Developer, Domain Investor, Internet Marketer
Posted on 05/24/2014 4:15:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: vladimir998
If they're going to carry the weight of the raw material, why not just carry completed cartridges? In any case, it will be a long time before it will be possible to print a cartridge with a brass case, smokeless powder inside, and a bullet on one end.
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posted on
05/24/2014 4:30:31 PM PDT
by
JoeFromSidney
(Book: Resistance to Tyranny. Buy from Amazon.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I’ll take a plasma rifle in the 40 watt range.
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posted on
05/24/2014 4:30:35 PM PDT
by
Hugin
To: 2ndDivisionVet
In 2054, rifles will fire laser-beams.
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posted on
05/24/2014 4:31:54 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I imagine it would have to be caseless ammunition with a railgun-style method of propulsion for this concept to make any sense.
To: JoeFromSidney
You can make glass projectile in any form you want from aquas sodium silicate solution and a little bit of microwave energy. The explosive power can be created by the electrolysis of water creating an explosive mixture of hydrogen and oxygen.
Give me ten engineers and I can make it work in a week... That would be in 2014...
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posted on
05/24/2014 4:41:02 PM PDT
by
babygene
( .)
To: Hugin
No kidding. Where’s my damn plasma rifle?
To: Hugin
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posted on
05/24/2014 4:51:57 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: JoeFromSidney
Brass cases are as old fashioned as paper cartridges.
/johnny
To: 2ndDivisionVet
So when you shoot somebody the bullet will be paper and the bullet hole would also be just paper. NEAT.
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posted on
05/24/2014 5:00:53 PM PDT
by
Vinylly
(?%)
To: null and void
To: 2ndDivisionVet
2054? Must be for military and police. By then, there will be no RKBA. Unless, of course, the nation collapses under democrat rule and right minded folks retake the country.
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posted on
05/24/2014 5:06:29 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
05/24/2014 5:08:30 PM PDT
by
Durus
(You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
To: Vinylly
You think that 3D printers only use paper? Do a keyword search and prepare to be amazed.
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posted on
05/24/2014 5:10:32 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: Durus
Ball lightning would be cool.
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posted on
05/24/2014 5:10:39 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It seems like they’re making things unnecessarily complicated. The advantage does not seem worth the likely system failure in a rough/battle field environment.
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posted on
05/24/2014 5:12:17 PM PDT
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid
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posted on
05/24/2014 5:21:13 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Black Agnes; AFPhys; AD from SpringBay; ADemocratNoMore; aimhigh; AnalogReigns; archy; ...
3-D Printer Ping!
Political power grows out of the nozzle of a 3-D Printer.
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posted on
05/24/2014 5:26:06 PM PDT
by
null and void
(When was the last time you heard anyone say: "It's a free country"?)
To: JoeFromSidney
You could instruct the weapon to make special use ammunition on demand. Need a round optimized to penetrate body armor? Give me 10... Need a round to fragment for maximum tissue damage? Give me 5... Need an over-charged round for a long distance shot? Give me 1... And so on and so forth. So now I am carrying the weight of the raw material, but the round I chamber can always be optimized for my next shot...
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posted on
05/24/2014 5:38:57 PM PDT
by
Rebel_Ace
(Tags?!? Tags?!? We don' neeeed no stinkin' Tags!)
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