Posted on 05/29/2013 9:14:10 AM PDT by marktwain
Image from Defense Distributed
The DEFCAD community has released an upgraded version of the Defense Distributed Liberator 3D printed pistol.
As they are individuals on the Internet and not an organization, they have never received a letter from any government entity asking them not to distribute computer files.
Improvements include barrels for the .25 ACP cartridge and for the .45 ACP cartridge. No information was supplied to determine if any test firing of these cartridges has been done.
I suspect that the .25 ACP version would work, but I have doubts about the .45 ACP barrel. While the working pressures are similar to that of the .380 ACP cartridge used in the original version, the overall force exerted is much greater.
The new files include SLDPRT ( The SLDPRT file extension is associated with the SolidWorks application used to create 2D and 3D CAD designs); STEP (File Format Description: 3D model file formatted in STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product Data), an ISO standard exchange format; and STL (STereoLithography) is a file format native to the stereolithography CAD software created by 3D Systems.
Link to notice of DEFCAD Liberator v1.1
©2013 by Dean Weingarten Permission to share granted as long as this notice is included.
Heh.
Open Source for shooters...
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A 20 0r 12 gauge shotgun insert would make a nice barrel for the printed gun ... a magazine feed system should be the next phase of development, perhaps a side feed, for an SBR style.
What, no rails? How the heck am I gonna hang my Streamlight, Aimpoint, bayonet, night-vision device, and short-range radar antenna off it? BTT
What do you do? Hand carry your bayonet?
Cyanoacrylate ;-)
The “3-D printed” pistol is a gimmick go to Harbor Freight Tools & get a work bench top mill machine get a cnc after market upgrade kit for a couple hundred bucks more & you can turn out real guns from real steel that will work for more than one shot & won’t blow up in your hand.
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