Hobbyist builds working assault rifle using 3D printer

[The Raven]

I've heard of this but not found any articles until recently. I'm sure the anti's will complain about it but it is no different than using any new technology...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/30 ... _195830362

Hobbyists have used 3D printers to make guitars, copy house keys, and bring robot dinosaurs to life, but a firearms enthusiast who goes by the handle "Have Blue" has taken this emerging technology into a new realm by assembling a working rifle from 3D-printed parts.

[GriMo]

Working as in, the action functions. To date no polymer usable in a 3D printer would stand up the the pressures generated on firing.

Incredible achievement but I don't see it being used nefariously for a long time to come. The antis will jump on it and blow it out of proportion, but there's more risk from old mate down the street with a mill/lathe and half a brain.

[Plowboy]

Probably should do the nerdy thing and say this is not an assault rifle, it is a .22lr plastic action and semi auto. Would not be going to battle with that........ Sorry had to be said!

[andrewk]

Probably should do the nerdy thing and say this is not an assault rifle, it is a .22lr plastic action and semi auto. Would not be going to battle with that........ Sorry had to be said!

I thought the exact same thing

[Rabbitz]

The antis will jump on it and blow it out of proportion, but there's more risk from old mate down the street with a mill/lathe and half a brain.

Who needs a mill or lathe...

Do a search on "zip guns" (apparently it is slang for home made guns)

Some fools have no idea about the momentary pressures involved in a chamber.

[andrewk]

So i guess zip guns haven't been banned if people are parading them on the internet

[xa-coupe]

An assault rifle is select fire anyway

[Rabbitz]

So i guess zip guns haven't been banned if people are parading them on the internet

I gather in most US states it is not an offence to make the receiver (apparently the receiver is the "controlled" part) if it is for yourself. If you wish to pass it on or sell it then you need to have a manufacturing dealers licence (FFL).

Here in Oz, as possession of an unregistered firearm is an offence then you would be up the creek - although there must be some method of registering firearms from "in the wild".

[andrewk]

I have no doubt our country is short on things to ban.

[Plowboy]

So i guess zip guns haven't been banned if people are parading them on the internet

I gather in most US states it is not an offence to make the receiver (apparently the receiver is the "controlled" part) if it is for yourself. If you wish to pass it on or sell it then you need to have a manufacturing dealers licence (FFL).

Here in Oz, as possession of an unregistered firearm is an offence then you would be up the creek - although there must be some method of registering firearms from "in the wild".

In the states, because of the 2nd amendment, a person has the right to bare arms and also allows them to make their own weapons. They however cannot sell them, that is an offence. So any home made jobs are fine as long as they don't attempt to sell them or parts they have made.

[Dust]

You can build them for yourself, and there are also 80% lowers or receivers that people can buy and "make" themselves