[Fresh Wind]

I guessed you missed the post about someone printing up a 1911 made from Inconel and aluminum.

For what that printer cost, you could buy thousands of real 1911s.

[Spktyr]

The $600k that the metal printer costs is interesting. Why?

Because 15 years ago, that’s what the cheapest polymer/plastic printer cost. Now they are sub-1K.

And in both cases, a ‘printed’ weapon is untraceable. Unlike something made in a machine shop or even at home, there aren’t any incriminating tooling marks.