The horse is out of the barn

[MacGyver]

Uh oh.

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/20/25-gun-created-with-cheap-3d-printer-fires-nine-shots-video/

 

Well, so much for nipping that whole internet thing in the bud...

 

[Lumber_Jack]

Don't worry they will just implement a 3D printer registry and background checks

[Chucktshoes]

As I said in the other thread regarding Cody's instant compliance with the orders to take DefCad dark, "why fight when you have already won?"

[jgradyc]

Yawn... a plastic  gun that  can be fired one time... that jams on every shot... that requires a modicum of gunsmithing skills to assemble... that shoots bullets that are fully detectable by airline security screening... that requires an expensive 3D printer to make the parts.

 

Wake me when they can make a Henry AR-7 clone that weighs less than a pound.  :snore:

[southernasylum]

Lets see, $1,725 for the printer and $25 for the plastic. $1,750 for an ugly novelty gun? And the government is worried about that? I'll take a Glock and a bunch of ammo over that any day and still have a few bucks left over for snacks.

-southernasylum

[Garufa]

Lets see, $1,725 for the printer and $25 for the plastic. $1,750 for an ugly novelty gun? And the government is worried about that? I'll take a Glock and a bunch of ammo over that any day and still have a few bucks left over for snacks.

-southernasylum

 

Do you have any idea what VHS players cost when they first came out? CD players, computers, DVD players, cell phones, plasma and LED tv's, etc, etc, etc?

 

Within the next 2 - 3 years any idjit will be able to print out a gun for a fraction of that $1,750.

Edited May 21, 2013 by Garufa

[Mike.357]

57.50 according to my calculations Garufa  in five years.  They will be reliable and accurate repeaters.

[gjohnsoniv]

If I wanted something that ugly I would just go buy two Glocks, and those are even good for a couple thousand rounds.

[TrickyNicky]

If I wanted something that ugly I would just go buy two Glocks, and those are even good for a couple thousand rounds.

Assuming they don't melt in your glovebox. ;)

[nightrunner]

Give it time and you will be able to print an all plastic Glock off a printer and it last the lifetime of the average gunbuyer that rarely if ever goes to the range.

I forsee a market for businesses to open up that buy a large high quality 3d printer and charge you to use it if you supply your own plastic or other material and program for it to print.

I wouldn't use it id rather learn gunsmithing and machining but it sure wiuld be nice to be able to print off a glock type polymer frame instead of needing a injection molded plastic machine for it or other polymer accessories

[RED333]

If I wanted something that ugly I would just go buy two Glocks, and those are even good for a couple thousand rounds.

Why ya got to be so MEAN? :cool: :rofl:

[Guest Lester Weevils]

Designing the entire thing out of plastic for the time being would be like climbing a mountain "because it is there".

 

However, the receiver is the gun. The little parts, barrel, slide, etc, are un-controlled until they change the law. And it is legal (until they change the law) to make yer own receiver, for your own use. So if a person merely desires to have a pistol or two without having to first get background check and provide the gov with a paper trail-- Print a glock 17 frame then fill it full of third-party glock parts.

 

Now maybe printing a glock frame would run afoul of glock copyrights. Am not a lawyer and dunno if the frame design could be modified enough to skirt glock copyright, and still work fine with glock trigger group and slide. It is just an example. If you are not dedicated to printing "as much as possible" of the gun out of plastic, and only print the parts that might make sense to be made out of plastic, then you might could make yourself a pretty good durable gun.

 

Well, thinking about it, perhaps it would be less trouble in copyright and patent-land to perhaps print a 1911 or 2011 frame and populate it with phillipine 1911 parts?

[gjohnsoniv]

Why ya got to be so MEAN? :cool: :rofl:

Because I have redhair and the attitude to match.

[Chucktshoes]

Why ya got to be so MEAN? :cool: :rofl:

Because I have redhair and the attitude to match.

Damn gingers! Bunch of soulless bastards we are.

[gjohnsoniv]

Damn gingers! Bunch of soulless bastards we are.

Damn right!

[TGO David]

I hope you guys are only pretending to miss the importance of what Mac posted.  :)