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A gun with a 2 inch-long barrel is going to be pretty useless at not much more than a dozen feet. Good for mugging somebody I guess, but not self-defense or fig
by Sophistifunk 12y ago
A gun with a 2 inch-long barrel is going to be pretty useless at not much more than a dozen feet. Good for mugging somebody I guess, but not self-defense or fighting the next revolution. And you can mug somebody with a knife.
- foundersgrid 12y agoThat's now. The 3D printing landscape will look very different in a few years time.
- Sophistifunk 12y agoThe rest of the gun doesn't matter. A two inch barrel leaves almost no space for the propellant to expand before it escapes containment (and all its remaining energy is wasted), and no chance for any useful rifling.
- ars 12y agoIt's not just a 2 inch barrel though, it just starts with that, then has a plastic barrel. Use metal for the start of the bullet where the stress is highest, then switch to plastic for the rest of it.
- refurb 12y agoI agree the lack of rifling doesn't help, but what's wrong with a 2" barrel? There are snub-nosed revolvers with barrels just as short.
- beachstartup 12y agowhy would this design be limited to 2 inches? it's a prototype. you could easily design a 4 inch version with rifle grooves on the inside of the casing. it's just another 2 inches!