I seriously doubt that would work. Suppressors need to be metal to handle the heat and pressure.
Original stereolithography prototypes were made for “show and tell” marketing demonstrations. My company made some SLA rotors for a flowmeter that we actually tested, but they did not have the long term wear properties for production use.
3D printers can make functional parts now. However, I do not think they can currently make parts strong enough to make something like an engine or a firearm that would be durable enough to have an acceptable lifespan.
They do have metal sintering 3D printers now, and some engines use sintered, or “powdered metal” connecting rods.
A 3D printer can make a part like that, but I’m honestly not sure if it would have the mechanical properties to be strong enough to work.
Perhaps a freeper out there could enlighten us?
Perhaps you could answer some basic questions for me.
I get the concept of directing the laser in three dimensions, but after the ‘soup’ is mixed how does the process proceed.
What holds the first transformed molecule in a fixed position within the ‘soup’, allowing precise and accurate continued ‘building’? Assuming that heat is generated at the point of creating the solid are aspects of fluid dynamics at play at that scale? Is there an armature of sorts that’s seeded?
Is it possible that a carbon fiber wire frame form can be used as an armature upon which layers are added all around, thus providing reinforcing.
Interesting that you closed with “...would be durable enough to have an acceptable lifespan.”. Might well be that acceptable life span could be altered by having the means for production at hand. Barring catastrophic destruction one might accept a shorter product life span knowing that you’ve already got another one in the oven.
And there are scenarios where early catastrophic failure is a positive feature much in the way battlefield weapons are left booby trapped.