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The Achilles heel of 3d printed firearms is ammunition. You can 3d print a bullet, but the entire cartridge with primer is an unsolved problem. Factory ammunit
by panarky 6y ago
The Achilles heel of 3d printed firearms is ammunition. You can 3d print a bullet, but the entire cartridge with primer is an unsolved problem.
Factory ammunition in common calibers like 9mm and 5.56 is hard to find now at least in the US.
US states with strong gun control laws now focus on ammunition sales, requiring identification and criminal background checks, and creating law enforcement databases of ammunition buyers and sellers.
- Ancapistani 6y agoIt’s not yet documented in the 3D printing community, but it’s not an unsolved problem. Both priming compound and black powder are fairly easy to make. Smokeless powder is a bit more difficult, but not much.
- kls 6y agoI think the issue is that it is not a 3D printing problem. Plenty of hobbyist reload and self manufacture bullets it requires a simple reloading press. Most of the components can be self manufactured if one desires, as the other child poster has already said, smokeless powder is probably the hardest to manufacture but not impossible.