Thread: Printable High capacity Magazines and lower receivers from 3D printer

CAD files/blueprints

Composite 30 round Magazine
http://defcad.org/wp-content/plugins...load.php?id=50

Composite Sound suppresor
http://defcad.org/wp-content/plugins...load.php?id=34

Composite Lower receiver
http://defcad.org/wp-content/plugins...load.php?id=20

Composite ar15 Grip
http://defcad.org/wp-content/plugins...load.php?id=11

Composite .22LR sound suppresor (no threading needed, slip on)
http://defcad.org/wp-content/plugins...load.php?id=49

Composite ar15 Flash suppresor
http://defcad.org/wp-content/plugins...load.php?id=41



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I'm pretty sure those 3d printer lowers are of limited caliber capacity. First one I heard about could only handle a .22lr. A .22lr isn't anything to be sniffed at, btw.

Although I'm sure someone, somewhere, has managed to design and print a beefier lower. Which is bad ass!

I need a 3D printer

the go for about $1k-$30K+ for the really good ones

Originally Posted by Zaphod

I'm pretty sure those 3d printer lowers are of limited caliber capacity. First one I heard about could only handle a .22lr. A .22lr isn't anything to be sniffed at, btw.

It's a nascent technology. Give it a decade or so. They're make improvements in the types of materials used to print and they methods used to print.

One day in the near future, you'll be able to print a functional gun, sans the bullets, of course.

When you can, the government will start trying to limit access to those printers... God, I really fucking hate the government.

How does this work? When I hear printer I think of paper. Obviously this seems more like a CNC machine?

I'm going to invent one that uses JB Weld like ink, that shit gets pretty damned hard.

Originally Posted by SloppyJ

How does this work? When I hear printer I think of paper. Obviously this seems more like a CNC machine?

You've never seen this technology yet? They are even printing bio-scaffolding on which living cells like skin or heart muscle can be grown. They then dissolve the scaffold and have just the living tissue. They have proven a heart valve actually functions as it should by electric stimulation. They grew an ear and think its first application would be for skin grafts.

I put these in my novel I have been working on(yeah like Family Guy Brian), except they could put powdered forms of metals or plastics or synthetic wood all in the same printer and rebuild any part of the space ship. They can even pulverize a broken part and re-use material. Our first step to the Star Trek Replicator. Hell they've been printing pictures on cake frosting for years, soon we'll just print the cake, candles and maybe a lighter to light them.

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Im thinking about pulling trigger, if it works great if not I can probally make some other things

Damn that printer is awesome. I want one.

You can now print the magazine. Or should I say, "clip", so the morons can understand.

Just like DOMS said, give this a few more years; they'll be using a better technology to make a better product. The very fact that you can print off a HC magazine is pretty incredible. As you see, the quality and the specs aren't quite there yet, but in an emergency, it'll do just fine. You do have to have the spring and ABS base shock guard for it, but the printer will take care of the rest.

this has uses relevant to my interests

Originally Posted by Little Wing

this has uses relevant to my interests

I see, custom designed lol.

Getting closer...

Source.

A 3D-printed gun capable of firing multiple rounds may be unveiled soon. Cody Wilson, the 25-year-old founder and director of nonprofit organization Defense Distributed, recently told Mashable that the end product of Wiki Weapon, the initiative to create an operational 3D-printed gun, may soon be ready to unveil to the public.

In a March interview with CNN, Wilson said he hoped to have a printable gun ready by the end of April.
While Wilson was sparse with details, he did tell Mashable that the prototype would be a handgun consisting of 12 parts made out of ABS+ thermoplastic, which is known for its durability and is commonly used in industrial settings. The firing pin would be the only steel component of the 3D-printed gun, which will be able to withstand ?a few shots before melting or breaking,? Mashable reports.