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Here's Why You Shouldn't Use 3D-Printed Guns

Post by Guliver » 18 Nov 2013, 11:45 am

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/11/feds- ... eir-faces/

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Re: Here's Why You Shouldn't Use 3D-Printed Guns

Post by brisb » 18 Nov 2013, 12:27 pm

Yeah... I don't really fancy holding that when it goes off...
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Post by Aster » 18 Nov 2013, 2:08 pm

Hopefully a few of the journalists who think we're all printing off assault rifles in our offices see this :roll:
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Post by SendIt » 18 Nov 2013, 2:44 pm

Aster wrote:Hopefully a few of the journalists who think we're all printing off assault rifles in our offices see this :roll:


They'll see it.

Then ignore it.

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Post by Harts » 19 Nov 2013, 8:40 am

:lol:

Yeah, I can totally see that working in a full auto 7.62 like all the journo's say we're going to make :roll:
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Post by Supporter » 19 Nov 2013, 8:52 am

Harts wrote:Yeah, I can totally see that working in a full auto 7.62 like all the journo's say we're going to make :roll:


They seem to confuse making magazines and grips with making operable firearms. :roll:
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Post by subatom » 19 Nov 2013, 10:08 am

Forget that...

Anyone stupid to fire a plastic rifle is welcome to it as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by inventurkey » 19 Nov 2013, 10:41 am

subatom wrote:Anyone stupid to fire a plastic rifle is welcome to it as far as I'm concerned.


It will filter out the problem causers pretty swiftly...
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Post by Antie » 19 Nov 2013, 10:43 am

inventurkey wrote:It will filter out the problem causers pretty swiftly...


A see a Darwin award in the future for this...
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Post by Granting » 19 Nov 2013, 12:11 pm

Antie wrote:A see a Darwin award in the future for this...


Ha ha. For sure.
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Post by bear foot bowhunter » 09 Dec 2013, 10:52 pm

Plastic guns are posibule and have bean around for years long befor 3d printers , the plastick requierd to make fire arm components have to be cemicly engineard for the perpous , just becaws you have a 3d printer dosent mean you can have a gun
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Post by Hadoku » 10 Dec 2013, 8:12 am

Wish they'd do a test of this with a plastic AR-15 and a .223.

That would make for some good viewing and hopefully shutup a few journos...
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Post by Tonit » 10 Dec 2013, 10:09 am

Hadoku wrote:That would make for some good viewing and hopefully shutup a few journos...


They've only get as far as showing pictures of the printed "machine gun!!!!! (insert terror here)"

Probably show the video up to the point the pin hits the bullet then stop before it shows the result.
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Re: Here's Why You Shouldn't Use 3D-Printed Guns

Post by Guliver » 10 Dec 2013, 5:32 pm

Liberator 3D printed gun - How it works

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoPVe7MiY1w

Fully 3D Printed Rifle The Grizzly 2 0 10 Shots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It_YufR2gvs
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Post by on_one_wheel » 10 Dec 2013, 8:57 pm

" Fully 3D Printed Rifle The Grizzly 2 0 10 Shots " confidence is using a piece of string to fire your plastic rifle... lol. Lets see them print out a pack of bullets with plastic powder and all..... So when they bann the sale of plastic printers to Mar and Par Kettle with no machine skills, will they bann the sale of lathes and mills for the Joe Blogs of the world who want to make a real firearm ? Have no fear.... we have ben making wepons long before we invented the wheel, If people want to, they will kill each other with house bricks if the have to.
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Post by Blackened » 11 Dec 2013, 7:55 am

on_one_wheel wrote:confidence is using a piece of string to fire your plastic rifle


Ha ha.

I can't see that sales line testing well with focus groups :lol:
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Re: Here's Why You Shouldn't Use 3D-Printed Guns

Post by Guliver » 07 Nov 2014, 12:35 pm

Here's a bit of and Update Plastic 3D-Printed Guns Just Got Bullets That Actually Work http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/11/plastic-3d-printed-guns-just-got-ammo-that-actually-works/

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The idea that just about anyone with access to a 3D printer could theoretically spit out a gun with a few clicks is certainly disconcerting, but up until now, the person firing the damn thing was putting themselves in just as much danger as the person on the other end. A new type of ammo, though, is promising to make these plastic firearms fare more reliable — and consequently, way more dangerous.

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Unlike those in Defence Distributed’s original 3D-printed gun, the new bullets, which were designed by 25-year-old machinist Michael Crumling, actually take the brunt of the force that comes with firing a shot. So instead of the decidedly less-sturdy plastic barrel having to contain the explosion, a lead bullet sitting a whole inch inside a much thicker steel shell manages to absorb the majority of the force.

And as you can see in Crumling’s photo here, even after being fired 19 times, the gun bears no obvious internal damage:

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And whereas the more menacing metal 3D-printed guns require skill and funds enough to keep it out of the hands of the everyman (at least for now), Crumling’s firearm was printed on a consumer-grade $US400 Printbot. Thankfully, though, this more effective ammo has to be individually machined with each round taking about an hour to make, meaning that the majority of people aren’t going to have the tools necessary to replicate Crumling’s designs (which he’s offered on his site for free).

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Plastic 3D-Printed Guns Just Got Bullets That Actually Work

The idea that just about anyone with access to a 3D printer could theoretically spit out a gun with a few clicks is certainly disconcerting, but up until now, the person firing the damn thing was putting themselves in just as much danger as the person on the other end. A new type of ammo, though, is promising to make these plastic firearms fare more reliable — and consequently, way more dangerous.
Plastic 3D-Printed Guns Just Got Bullets That Actually Work

Unlike those in Defence Distributed’s original 3D-printed gun, the new bullets, which were designed by 25-year-old machinist Michael Crumling, actually take the brunt of the force that comes with firing a shot. So instead of the decidedly less-sturdy plastic barrel having to contain the explosion, a lead bullet sitting a whole inch inside a much thicker steel shell manages to absorb the majority of the force.

And as you can see in Crumling’s photo here, even after being fired 19 times, the gun bears no obvious internal damage:
Plastic 3D-Printed Guns Just Got Bullets That Actually Work

Don’t let out of a sign of relief quite yet, though. This is just the first step. Crumling’s ultimate goal? A 3D-printed semi-automatic weapon. As he told Wired:

That’s the main reason I developed these, and that’s the next step. This is a building block for the future of 3-D printed firearms that will enable people to develop semiautomatic and — if you had the proper legal paperwork — even fully automatic weapons.
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Re: Here's Why You Shouldn't Use 3D-Printed Guns

Post by Manimal » 07 Nov 2014, 2:06 pm

The ammo is interesting, kind of like a little muzzle loader in a cartridge.
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