Posted on 09/26/2013 1:14:02 PM PDT by Joe Brower
3D Printing Now Brings You Semiautomatic Pistols (The Better To Scare Control Freaks)
J.D. Tuccille|Sep. 26, 2013 2:41 pm
It's not yet ready for prime-time (it has yet to be tested), but 3D printing tinkerers have developed a design for a semiautomatic pistol. In fact, the developer says a full-automatic version would be easier to make with available materials. What a long way we've come, in just a few short months, toward the ultimate goal of rendering gun control laws a complete joke. Well...they were already a joke (though a dangerous one). It's more accurate to say we've come a long way toward rendering such laws moot, and easily bypassed by even those with limited technical skills.
Over at DEFCAD, Proteus, a moderator and developer of the design (which another poster dubs "the brick" for obvious reasons) writes:
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I have a quickloader design for double barrel shotguns that I have printed up in hard plastic. But I need the objects printed in a rubberized plastic composite, to be flexible. The cost to run a few for demos is astonishingly high, so I’ve set the project aside for now.
Concealed carry? ... So how do ‘they’ know you’re carrying?
Looks like a very worthwhile project, though. I’ve considered trying to come up with a useful speedloader design for pumps, although that’s probably been tried by more than a few others.
Regarding: “I have a quickloader design for double barrel shotguns that I have printed up in hard plastic. But I need the objects printed in a rubberized plastic composite, to be flexible. The cost to run a few for demos is astonishingly high, so Ive set the project aside for now.”
Should you go forward into market, I have a product name to recommend. Call it the Joe Biden Safety Device.
See photo in post #4 above.
Wow! Is that a Glock 26? It’s beautiful!
That’s my Kel Tec p-32. I wish my Glock were that small.
In another life I owned three 380s. The operation on two was recoil and one had blowback operation. I was surprised that the blowback system was harder to hold as it slapped the hand pretty hard. On the recoil system 380s, the kick was smooth and easier to control.
Ergo, my recommendation is to get a recoil system and keep it. Don’t sell them like I did.... now I’m crying.
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