Posted on 02/13/2013 2:36:05 PM PST by NoLibZone
Gun owners who can't buy high capacity ammo magazines because of new laws have another option: Print them.
Gun control measures passed or proposed in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre have targeted magazines that can feed 30 rounds or more into the firing chambers of AR-15s and other semi-automatic guns. New York has banned magazines holding more than seven rounds, and a federal bill proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., would ban magazines holding more than 10 rounds.
But the laws are at least one step behind technology. Using 3D printers and schematics available on the Internet, gun owners can manufacture a fully functional, plastic magazine clip. Plans are free, although getting access to a 3D printer may prove expensive, at least for now.
“If you can download it, you can have it.”
- Cody Wilson, Defense Distributed/Wiki Weapons Project
“If you can download it, you can have it,” said University of Texas law student Cody Wilson, who is part of Defense Distributed, a group that has created the design for what they refer to as a “Cuomo Clip” along with other gun parts. It is all under an initiative they refer to as the Wiki Weapon Project.
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At least Obama has spurred a new interest in home craftsmanship.
Nah. Not all of them....
“Every place I check, there are 2-3 people there looking for ammo.”
And none to be had! I ordered some .22 Hornet, thinking it would fire from my .22 LR.... Dumb@$$.
Let me know if you have a .22 Hornet and need 100 rounds.
In the 10’s of thousands range you can print in steel.
So “spring control” wouldn’t even be effective...
Wire Control! We need Music Wire Control!
Most springs are really easy to make, once you’ve been shown how it is done and you have the correct steel.
You need a high-carbon steel - 0.70% to 0.95% - or AISI 1070 to 1095 steels. You need to quench them, then temper the steel to the right point, and you’re done.
Music wire and helical springs are just so easy, they’re hardly worth mentioning. But making the main spring for something like a revolver or a side-by-side shotgun... not difficult, once you’ve learned the secrets of how to deal with steel.
When those get down in the single digit thousands, send me a FReepmail.
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