

First fully 3-D printed gun test fired



Cube 3D Printer



You can watch the video of the test firing below:

Sources: CNN, Forbes

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RE: Impressive
By retrospooty on 5/6/2013 10:51:46 AM , Rating: 2
I saw an article a few months back on some larger cal 3D printed weapons. Most cracked after 5-10 shots fired. This .22 cal probably greatly improves that .

RE: Impressive
By Motoman on 5/6/2013 11:02:43 AM , Rating: 2
Yeah there's no need for a large gun and/or caliber for the sorts of devious purposes one might imagine for a printed gun.

If you're an assassin, all you need is a dinky little Derringer-style gun with a single .22 load. Sneak up on your target, apply the gun to a nice squishy spot on the noggin, and the .22 does the job quite adequately.

Then dispose of your disposable gun and walk away.

RE: Impressive
By retrospooty on 5/6/2013 11:19:05 AM , Rating: 3
So many ways to kill. Hell look at what happened in Boston a few weeks ago... It goes to show you, if someone is set on killing people, they will get it done one way or another. "Guns dont kill people, nuts and bolts in a chem stew in a pressure cooker kills people".

RE: Impressive

RE: Impressive
By Wererat on 5/7/2013 10:21:34 AM , Rating: 2
Wrong conclusion. Please research the origin of the term "Liberator" in the context of firearms and try again.

Your theoretical assassin would be better off with a common ballpoint pen in the circumstance you describe (namely, not so much an 'assassination' as an execution). Really, a quick rabbit punch would do as much without the mess and gunpowder residue.

A criminal (later comments) doesn't want a wierd plastic gun; he wants intimidation. The psycho or terrorist won't get too far with one .380 shot.

The only practical use for this is the one the original WWII "Liberator" was designed for: resistance against tyrants (in the original, Adolf's boys).

RE: Impressive
By BRB29 on 5/6/2013 11:15:20 AM , Rating: 2
You only need to fire one shot and hit your target. At this size and being plastic, it's undetectable in most cases. When 3D printers are produced on mass scale, imagine how hard it would be to trace a weapon in an investigation.

Then we'd have a bunch of OJ Simpson-like crimes and many more books titling "If I did it"

