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22. There are probably not going to be any further developments in plastics

Mon May 6, 2013, 04:10 PM

May 2013

and no doubt 3-D printing will never evolve to the point of using metals.

So yeah, nothing to be concerned about.

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Meet The 'Liberator': Test-Firing The World's First Fully 3D-Printed Gun [View all] TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 OP

Only a matter of time. nt rrneck May 2013 #1

It's the American way rightsideout May 2013 #27

Swords are useful enough .... oldhippie May 2013 #6

If they do that, they'll starve. Warpy May 2013 #9

Actually, I think we try to eat it first Warpy May 2013 #30

a single shot gun produced on an $8000 printer? NightWatcher May 2013 #4

True - but a few years from now and your looking at something else. TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 #11

Indeed. Luckily these cant be modified to include a metal barrel... TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 #12

Cutting hardened metal barrels is not exactly easy. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #14

One doesnt need hardened metal... TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 #15

Yeah, I am not just guessing. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #17

Who needs a barrel when a basic pipe will do? NickB79 May 2013 #16

I have doubts about the accuracy of a smooth bore barrel at 30 feet. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #18

And you're right to have those doubts. MineralMan May 2013 #20

That $8000 dollar printer now will be a $300 dollar printer shortly. TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 #21

Actually, no. There will be some sort of 3D MineralMan May 2013 #23

Everything in your post is incorrect. Occulus May 2013 #28

Who said anything about cutting hardened steel? jmowreader May 2013 #19

At this level of mass production, it only has to work once. MindPilot May 2013 #31

There are probably not going to be any further developments in plastics MindPilot May 2013 #22

You were saying about printing in metals? pediatricmedic May 2013 #24

We have these where I work -- aerospace fabrication MindPilot May 2013 #25

What's the real point of this? Blue_Tires May 2013 #7

Blow through any and all gun control legislation nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #8

Pew pew pew! Robb May 2013 #10

I'd still rather have a p227 ileus May 2013 #13

Or, someone evil could just get one from his mother ... eom Kolesar May 2013 #26