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If you're talking about "plastic guns" like a Glock, the barrel is still metal, and parts of the trigger assembly may be metal as well. If a metal detector at t
by GenerWork 2y ago
If you're talking about "plastic guns" like a Glock, the barrel is still metal, and parts of the trigger assembly may be metal as well. If a metal detector at the airport can trip due to a belt buckle, why couldn't it trip due to a gun barrel?
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- dehugger 2y agoOP is probably talking about 3D printed devices. There are devices made of nothing but polymer (and maybe a spring? although I believe elastic can be substituted) that do function. They don't get many shots, but they will still put some projectiles downrange before malfunctioning. Some even have profiles which look nothing like a handgun, you can't rely on a human operator to recognize them when scanning bags. Even more robust DIY guns like this use metal components for only the breech, and that's a very small component that could easily be confused for any number of other things.
- GenerWork 2y agoInteresting. I haven't kept up with 3D printed firearms at all because it seemed like they were simply not useful due to the fact that they were made out of polymer.
- wepple 2y agoI assumed even “3d printed” guns required a metal barrel. Can polymer withstand even a single round being fired? Are we talking 22LR only or something? Breach only makes a lot of sense. That would indeed be hard to detect, and would likely solve the above.
- wepple 2y agoI stand very corrected. The Liberator mentioned in GPs post only has a single metal component, a nail used as firing pin. Apparently the 380 cartridge doesn’t explode upon firing