Originally Posted by ZOA NOM (Post 7428365)

no, just good enough to be reliable, and attractive enough for folks without a lathe/mill (pretty much most people)

that's the beauty of home manufacturing, you can print as many as you like, and modify them, and pick lots of cool colors for the kids :)


did you look through the website? the guy fired 600 rounds through a printed AR-15 receiver without any issues. The technology isn't going away.

Originally Posted by matt711 (Post 7428305)

I predict that the primary use of 3D printers in the future will be 30 year old "kids" living in their parents basement "printing" sex toys and action figures... of William Shatner.

Originally Posted by cockerpunk (Post 7428370)

making a receiver isn't that interesting. thats not a very hard or demanding part to make. the hard parts to make in a gun are still easier to make/modify, and higher quality, from your local hardware store.

Originally Posted by 911_Dude (Post 7428407)

I just had a great idea to go with this gun- Carbon fiber casings and glass shot bullets. You heard it here first folks.

Originally Posted by jyl (Post 7428711)

Is it in fact true that the material used in the printed gun is not visible in an airport x-ray? Seems it must be reasonably high density plastic.

Originally Posted by krystar (Post 7432641)

the plastic isn't. however the company that's making them to sell is inserting a metal slab into their guns so it is metal detectable.

even though the main body is plastic, the hammer spring, the firing pin and the ammo consisting of the lead bullet, copper jacket, gunpowder, and primer cup are all still metal.