3d printed gun creater talks of going to hell

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In this article he talks about the videos of his gun exploding being propaganda, and explaining about the proper plastic and the results of shooting it 8-9 times before having to change the barrel. The videos are not propaganda. The videos and interviews are of him. That is hardly propaganda. Noone lied about anything. It was his own words. His own video of him shooting his guns. He was interviewed live so I don't know how he can call his own words propaganda

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulleti ... on-admits/

Why print a gun? Print a missile.

Considering the ease with which firearms can be constructed with conventional tools, to say nothing of modern CAD/CAM machining centers, the whole 3D printed gun thing really does amount to a publicity stunt, a very expensive zip-gun that's inferior to the old pipe and rubber band variety.

While this is obviously true, I think you're missing the point. Building a 3d printed pistol that works and releasing the specifications to do so leads to someone trying to make a "better" 3d printed pistol. In an iterative process, it has the potential to get to a point where "home-made" pistols can actually compete in quality, accuracy, and price, with mass-produced pieces - which opens the door to a whole new level of customization.

I, for one, am looking forward to the day I can 3d print a replacement lower for my polymer guns and make it look/feel however I want.

One downside I can see with 3D printed guns is that a 12 year old is more likely to have access to such a printer as they become more ubiquitous than he would have access and skills necessary to machine a metal based firearm.

thats wrong

very very wrong
4$ at home depot and you have a shotgun they will even cut and thread the pipe for you for free

people in pakistan have been making guns like ak 47s with just hammers and files for over a hundred years

even the cheapest 3d printer your going to spend over 400$
it takes a lot of knowledge to run one let alone build one

also guns are just a means to an end, if someone wants to kill someone they will do it with whatever is available be it a gun or a knife or a bomb or just a big rock


this design also worked really well in Vietnam as a landmine. they just buried it so when you step on it you push the bullet into the firing pin and you get a shotgun blast in the foot which would completely stop the operation as they had to medivac the victim out

Aren't there places you can go and pay a small fee (compared to owning a 3D printer) to have something printed?

Oh, I'm well aware of all that, I was mostly speaking to the hysterical reaction to the printed guns, as if home built firearms were completely impossible up to this point.

Just for sh!ts and giggles I went and found this. Personally, I don't find the idea of printing guns to be all that intriguing at the time.
http://www.solidconcepts.com/news-releases/worlds-first-3d-printed-metal-gun-manufactured-solid-concepts/

The funny thing is that the Glock was made of all polymers and a ceramic barrel, but in time it went to a metal barrel because the ceramic ones didn't hold up well enough. It's not hard to lathe a gun barrel and "print" the rest of the gun parts...especially once they find a way to make metal-reinforced polymers available for this 3D printing technology.

First I've heard of Glock ever making a ceramic barrel. How exactly would they do that and even if they did its service life would be about one round if that much. Glocks have a steel barrel along with all the slide parts, sans the plastic sights, and steel internals inside the frame. The frame and trigger are polymer.


Gotta rifle the barrel unless you want the bullet to tumble in flight and be inaccurate as hell.

Wow, I can't believe that myth is still holding on. Stupid hollywood.

I didnt know it was Hollywood that started the ceramic barrel belief. This thread was the first time I've heard anything about this.
However, I do know that there are still uninformed people that believe the Glock is ALL plastic and can be taken through a metal detector and therefor should be banned.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecwK3UMxoxQ[/youtube]

Gotta love where the anti-gun side gets it's info...

A Glock 7?
Made in Germany?
Out of porcelain?
And it costs more than a police captain makes in a month?

Only in Hollywood.....

First Gen Glocks had ceramic barrels. I remember Glock marketing them. They didn't hold up very well, so if they wanted to keep the Police/Military market, they needed something more reliable.