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Would you shoot this 3D Printed .357 Magnum?
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 9/27/2016 | J Hines

Posted on 09/27/2016 5:56:45 AM PDT by w1n1

3D printing technology has allowed us to print just about anything including a gun. In this article Youtuber Guy in a Garage built (printed) a Songbird 357 Magnum pistol that actually shoots a .357 cartridge. In the first test firing, the frame cracked at the top of the slide.

To repair the pistol, he glued the crack and added a couple of zip ties to keep it together. Yes, this is homemade, so would you shoot a homemade 3D printed .357 Magnum pistol?, see the video here.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: 357magnum; 3dprint; banglist; onlyamaniac
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1 posted on 09/27/2016 5:56:46 AM PDT by w1n1
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To: w1n1

Tied to a tree with a long string, yes.


2 posted on 09/27/2016 5:59:39 AM PDT by wrench
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To: w1n1

Sure, at least 100 times.

With a 100-foot cord tied to the trigger, and the gun in a vise.

With me behind a tree.


3 posted on 09/27/2016 6:01:16 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: wrench

Exactly.


4 posted on 09/27/2016 6:01:34 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: w1n1

357 is a high pressure cartridge though the Max is even higher.

Oh, and NO. I need my hand(s)


5 posted on 09/27/2016 6:02:23 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: w1n1; AFPhys; AD from SpringBay; ADemocratNoMore; aimhigh; AnalogReigns; archy; ArrogantBustard; ...
3-D Printer Ping!

Political power grows out of the nozzle of a 3-D Printer.

6 posted on 09/27/2016 6:02:28 AM PDT by null and void (America is sick. We will find out if the disease is fatal come November.)
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7 posted on 09/27/2016 6:08:12 AM PDT by Popman
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To: w1n1

If they were cheap enough to print, they could be good, one-shot intruder traps for when the SHtF.


8 posted on 09/27/2016 6:14:14 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
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To: w1n1

I might shoot a .38 Special cartridge through it.


9 posted on 09/27/2016 6:19:30 AM PDT by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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To: null and void

I like how the barrel comes already rifled right out of the print. So cool. You wonder how rough the rifling is though.


10 posted on 09/27/2016 6:28:03 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The Confederate Flag is the new "N" word.)
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To: w1n1

.357 Magnum can develop 35,000 PSI chamber pressure. Crazy.

38 Special is 17,000 PSI


11 posted on 09/27/2016 6:39:21 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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Would you shoot this 3D Printed .357 Magnum?

Not a chance. Printed guns, at this stage, should be thought of as a tool used to get a real gun from a blue helmet. The equivalent of the old Liberator pistols from World War II.

12 posted on 09/27/2016 6:55:44 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: w1n1

They have 3D printers at Costco now. I saw one there yesterday for about 8 or 9 hundred bucks!


13 posted on 09/27/2016 7:10:07 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: w1n1

Not me! Solid steel only.


14 posted on 09/27/2016 8:17:34 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves. Socialism is governmental theft!)
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Forged strong—then tempered tough.

Laser printed probably can do exotic alloys with enough strength.


15 posted on 09/27/2016 8:23:47 AM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: w1n1

It depends on the definition of “you”. I would let you shoot it.


16 posted on 09/27/2016 8:26:33 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: w1n1
"To repair the pistol, he glued the crack and added a couple of zip ties to keep it together."

IF women don't find you handsome, they might find you WITHOUT A HAND

17 posted on 09/27/2016 8:29:41 AM PDT by freedomlover
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Um...no. Tried to blow up a gun last month with a failed casing, and I was lucky I wasn’t injured. That was only a 9mm. It’s good to have a little reminder now and then of just how much energy is in that little bitty brass tube, but I wouldn’t recommend that method.


18 posted on 09/27/2016 8:42:09 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: US_MilitaryRules
They have 3D printers at Costco now. I saw one there yesterday for about 8 or 9 hundred bucks!

I saw those. Small print platform. You can buy better 3D printers elsewhere at 2/3rds the cost. However, with Costco you have a guaranteed return policy no questions asked. Helpful when the nozzle jams on you or if electronics fail.

To me, 3D printers are not practical for building a gun when you can easily buy a gun that reliably works. 3D printers are slow and clumsy devices at this time, unless you pay big bucks. I've built tool components like hose nozzles, tripod brackets, knobs for drill presses, shelf brackets, electronic cases etc. If you build with nylon filament the items are strong and durable. PLA and ABS, not so much. A gun, well like others say use a string from far away (realize that the gun is deposited metal but still chancy).

19 posted on 09/27/2016 11:08:06 AM PDT by roadcat
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To: US_MilitaryRules

Oops, fool is using ABS. I was going by the ping pic when I said deposited metal.


20 posted on 09/27/2016 11:11:37 AM PDT by roadcat
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