Why buy high Cap magazines when you can print them?

[thatgtrguy]

Gunsmiths 3D-Print High Capacity Ammo Clips To Thwart Proposed Gun Laws

Gunsmiths 3D-Print High Capacity Ammo Clips To Thwart Proposed Gun Laws - Forbes

 

[Papa]

I've been keeping up with defense distributed for a while now. I'm fairly fluent in autodesk inventor, and my college is getting a 3d printer that I'm supposed to use for a project. Depending how I like it I may invest in one.

 

[wsenefeld]

I'd be willing to donate $$ in order to get some time in on a print machine.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...ating_difis_lunch_operative_3d_magazines.html

 

[shibumiseeker]

It's all good and fine until they make possessing them a felony, printing them out a felony, and mere possession of the software to print them a felony and then there's a federal agency that will perform no-knock warrantless searches confiscating everything you have that could possibly be used to make them.

That could never happen, right?

Anyone who believes that did not live through the late 80s and through the 90s.

 

[Ericpwp]

You can make a polymer lower while you're at it.

 

[rpsthirteen]

3D printing is one of the coolest "new" things you can do. You can make just about anything as long as you have a large enough printer to get the job done.

 

[JettaKnight]

Not quite ready for prime time

Some of the high end prints are quite good and can probably do this. But, the hobbyist prints are not up to this task. My friend has one and it good for trinkets, small parts, and such.

My friend made this game set for me (green plastic hand painted):

 

[jedi]

It's all good and fine until they make possessing them a felony, printing them out a felony, and mere possession of the software to print them a felony and then there's a federal agency that will perform no-knock warrantless searches confiscating everything you have that could possibly be used to make them.

That could never happen, right?

Anyone who believes that did not live through the late 80s and through the 90s.

This! NY just passed a new law that makes it illegal to have magazines with more than 7 rounds! NY residents have 1 year to sell them out of state or face charges.

 

[Light]

This! NY just passed a new law that makes it illegal to have magazines with more than 7 rounds! NY residents have 1 year to sell them out of state or face charges.

Magazines over 10 rounds became illegal. Magazines with 10 rounds are fine and are grandfathered, but it's a misdemeanor to load 8+ in any magazine.

 

[JettaKnight]

This! NY just passed a new law that makes it illegal to have magazines with more than 7 rounds! NY residents have 1 year to sell them out of state or face charges.

Does anyone make 7 round mags? Most of my milsurp are eight...

Having a law stating eight to ten rounds in a ten round mag has about as much effectiveness against mass shooting as "gun free zones".

 

[SecondhandSnake]

I've been keeping up with defense distributed for a while now. I'm fairly fluent in autodesk inventor, and my college is getting a 3d printer that I'm supposed to use for a project. Depending how I like it I may invest in one.

I hope they have a really nice one, because the one we had in college didn't make anything remotely sturdy. You could pretty much break it with your hand. After all it's just sintered plastic.

What I found funny was the news outlets talking about "downloading and cranking out thousands of illegal guns with these printers!" Apparently they don't realize how CNC mills work?

 

[JettaKnight]

I hope they have a really nice one, because the one we had in college didn't make anything remotely sturdy. You could pretty much break it with your hand. After all it's just sintered plastic.

What I found funny was the news outlets talking about "downloading and cranking out thousands of illegal guns with these printers!" Apparently they don't realize how CNC mills work?

Remember, the "media" are all of those liberal arts majors that couldn't ever hack it in any science class, math class ...

These are the sort of people who think drill presses are a workout at the gym where you push up weights while someone yells at you.


I now think journalism is nothing but a copy and paste job - outlet X has a story on 3D gun printers, so I need to do the same story (and throw it together as cheap as possible). American journalism today is analogous to Chinese manufacturing - copy and make crap, sell as much as possible.

 

[WldBill423]

I got as far as "High Capacity Ammo Clips..." then rolled my eyes and came back here. Do journalists have a remedial course in firearms terminology they can take before doing anymore stories?

 

[JettaKnight]

I got as far as "High Capacity Ammo Clips..." then rolled my eyes and came back here. Do journalists have a remedial course in firearms terminology they can take before doing anymore stories?

No kidding. Now think about this, note the number of errors in gun stories. Just figure that the error rate probably applies to every story! No you know why everyone is skeptical about [STRIKE]modern[/STRIKE] journalism.

 

[SecondhandSnake]

I now think journalism is nothing but a copy and paste job - outlet X has a story on 3D gun printers, so I need to do the same story (and throw it together as cheap as possible). American journalism today is analogous to Chinese manufacturing - copy and make crap, sell as much as possible.

That's certainly true. Look how many of them make "tweets" into a news story.

That's the equivalent of saying "Well this one guy I know said..."

 

[shibumiseeker]

I have handed a reporter a fact sheet with easy to follow bullet points on the things they were interviewing me for, and they STILL got the facts wrong.

 

[Johnny C]

Magazines over 10 rounds became illegal. Magazines with 10 rounds are fine and are grandfathered, but it's a misdemeanor to load 8+ in any magazine.

Excuse me mass murderer
Yes officer?
How could you murder 7 innocent people?
I would have murdered more officer, but having more than 7 rounds in my glock would be a misdemeanor!