3D-Printed Gun Parts Last Six Shots In Live-Fire Test

Its an interesting article.

Pulls some good empirical information that tells you it is only slightly over 25% durable. But it does make great working models if only for slightly over 25% of the time. And where the weakness is.

Well a good assassin doesn't need six bullets to kill the target Now some loony can order a 3d printer and only some bullets and then kill whoever he holds a grudge against.

And it all depends on what type of resin is used, i assume if stronger resin is used the printed gun will last longer.

i assume if stronger resin is used the printed gun will last longer.

I think thats where they are pushing this, small run parts.

Of course you could do that before 3D printers remember, and they were just as easy and illegal.

Zip gun and other Improvised firearms

People will find a way to use and misuse anything given half the chance.

but you don't have to buy shady stuff to do this, just a 3D printer and a cad program.

I only don't know easy it is to get some of the parts for the printed gun

The point is you didn't need to buy shady stuff to build the old stuff before 3D printers - standard off-the-shelf parts at a hardware store and simple hand tools and perhaps a lathe were all you need.

Sure, it didn't look as nice but arguably it was easier to build the old stuff and just as dangerous.

As a side note, although difficult, you can build you own weapons without 3D printers with just some plans, basic tools, lathe, milling machine and time. Yes it is difficult and yes it is dangerous but again the point is we could do this before 3D printing.

When it all comes down to it this is nothing more than media sensationalism trying to blow a story way out of proportion to scare people.

Okay, so it broke at the buffer tube and recoil spring. That's a lot of force being applied to such a small cross-section of resin. I presume they're using .22LR rounds, and not 5.56mm x 45mm NATO rounds that have much more power and hence a much larger kick.

They'll just have to reinforce that failure area.

Still, they managed to get 6 rounds downrange....that could amount to 6 targets down.

I can just imagine the little NerdTards out there making AR lower receivers on their 3D Printers and not knowing basic gun safety.

As a result of this inappropriate application of this technology, there's gonna be a lot of dead and/or maimed kids all around the world from accident discharges and weapons malfunctions......

I can just imagine the little NerdTards out there making AR lower receivers on their 3D Printers and not knowing basic gun safety.

That may be so, but this is an excellent test for a benchmark of 3D printing capabilities.

True, but in the wrong hands it can be deadly....

I've seen M-16 barrels blow up on troops at the Live Fire Range, due to a whole host of reasons...mainly by defective barrels, lousy barrel cleaning, and contamination with plain old dirt. The result is not pretty.....

Yes, but we all can't save the world from zero's hurting themselves, ^{(Which I'm quite complacent about)} only try to keep the zero's from hurting others....

As a result of this inappropriate application of this technology, there's gonna be a lot of dead and/or maimed kids all around the world from accident discharges and weapons malfunctions......

Didn't we go through this when the "........... handbook" (no link obviously but many probably remember the famous compilation document) hit the global internet soon after it was born and kids had ready access to the recipes to manufacture explosives from readily available chemicals?

A few were injured while others (like myself) used it as an aid to learning more about chemistry.

Just because people can do something doesn't mean they will, especially in this day and age when it is so easy to see dozens of videos of other people doing it on the internet (both their success and failures) risk-free, rather than the trial and error we used to go through.

_{Jack - Still has a bound copy in the event of the Apocalypse}