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.
Tied to a tree with a long string, yes.
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.
Exactly.
357 is a high pressure cartridge though the Max is even higher.
Oh, and NO. I need my hand(s)
Political power grows out of the nozzle of a 3-D Printer.
If they were cheap enough to print, they could be good, one-shot intruder traps for when the SHtF.
I might shoot a .38 Special cartridge through it.
I like how the barrel comes already rifled right out of the print. So cool. You wonder how rough the rifling is though.
.357 Magnum can develop 35,000 PSI chamber pressure. Crazy.
38 Special is 17,000 PSI
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.
They have 3D printers at Costco now. I saw one there yesterday for about 8 or 9 hundred bucks!
Not me! Solid steel only.
Forged strong—then tempered tough.
Laser printed probably can do exotic alloys with enough strength.
It depends on the definition of “you”. I would let you shoot it.
IF women don't find you handsome, they might find you WITHOUT A HAND
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.
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).
Oops, fool is using ABS. I was going by the ping pic when I said deposited metal.
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