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In reply to the discussion: Group Attempting to 3D Print a Gun Somehow Surprised When Their Printer is Confiscated [View all]jeepnstein
(2,631 posts)48. I know lots of guys who do it that way.
There's no law against making one for your personal use. What you can't do is ever try to sell the thing. Some rifles, like AK clones, are really pretty easy to build. Doing the whole thing by scratch would be a huge undertaking and well beyond the skill level of most mere mortals. I knew a guy who made his own black powder barrels and it was an extremely difficult process. Then again, I knew a guy who made a cannon out of a train axle once. Buying parts is legal, except for something like a finished part that requires a serial number to be sold.
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Group Attempting to 3D Print a Gun Somehow Surprised When Their Printer is Confiscated [View all]
SecularMotion
Oct 2012
OP
There is no law against an individual occasionally building a non-NFA firearm for personal use
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#2
If you can talk about Delicate Flowers in here why was my thread locked?
Tuesday Afternoon
Oct 2012
#16
I am sure that Krispos will be reading this thread and the one in Meta.
Tuesday Afternoon
Oct 2012
#18
I imagine that the 3D printer would be used to make all the intricate parts of the trigger mechanism
krispos42
Oct 2012
#9
so you think you can buy a piece of steel "off the rack" that you can use for a barrel?
ret5hd
Oct 2012
#28
Machine your own? Why, when there are litterally dozens of manufacturers out there......
PavePusher
Oct 2012
#38
Or if you happen to work in any of several machine shops that allow their employees
Trunk Monkey
Oct 2012
#45
One shot would be enough to put a round in the head of someone with a real gun
Trunk Monkey
Oct 2012
#47
Their short-term goal is probably AR-15 receivers completed with nonregulated parts.
aikoaiko
Oct 2012
#44
If this becomes commonplace would you predict that blood will run in the streets?
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#50