‘In the Year 2054: Rifles will 3D print their own bullets’ – According to Call of Duty Developer

3D Print.com blog ^ | May 24, 2014 | Eddie Krassenstein, CEO, AY.com , Web Developer, Domain Investor, Internet Marketer

[2ndDivisionVet]

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[vladimir998]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic&feature=kp

[JoeFromSidney]

If they're going to carry the weight of the raw material, why not just carry completed cartridges? In any case, it will be a long time before it will be possible to print a cartridge with a brass case, smokeless powder inside, and a bullet on one end.

[Hugin]

I’ll take a plasma rifle in the 40 watt range.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

In 2054, rifles will fire laser-beams.

[Future Snake Eater]

I imagine it would have to be caseless ammunition with a railgun-style method of propulsion for this concept to make any sense.

[babygene]

You can make glass projectile in any form you want from aquas sodium silicate solution and a little bit of microwave energy. The explosive power can be created by the electrolysis of water creating an explosive mixture of hydrogen and oxygen.

Give me ten engineers and I can make it work in a week... That would be in 2014...

[miliantnutcase]

No kidding. Where’s my damn plasma rifle?

[Jack Hydrazine]

More like 40 megawatts!

[JRandomFreeper]

Brass cases are as old fashioned as paper cartridges.

/johnny

[Vinylly]

So when you shoot somebody the bullet will be paper and the bullet hole would also be just paper. NEAT.

[Black Agnes]

Ping.

[umgud]

2054? Must be for military and police. By then, there will be no RKBA. Unless, of course, the nation collapses under democrat rule and right minded folks retake the country.

[Durus]

Or plasmoids.

[2ndDivisionVet]

You think that 3D printers only use paper? Do a keyword search and prepare to be amazed.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Ball lightning would be cool.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

It seems like they’re making things unnecessarily complicated. The advantage does not seem worth the likely system failure in a rough/battle field environment.

[Vaquero]

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid

[null and void]

3-D Printer Ping!

Political power grows out of the nozzle of a 3-D Printer.

[Rebel_Ace]

You could instruct the weapon to make special use ammunition on demand. Need a round optimized to penetrate body armor? Give me 10... Need a round to fragment for maximum tissue damage? Give me 5... Need an over-charged round for a long distance shot? Give me 1... And so on and so forth. So now I am carrying the weight of the raw material, but the round I chamber can always be optimized for my next shot...