r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • May 23 '22

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u/floydsmoot May 25 '22

Not knowing much about 3D printing, would this gun just confiscated in Winnipeg be totally printed or need to buy parts from the US? How about the barrel?

Winnipeg police seize 3D-printed handgun in drug raid

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/winnipeg-police-seize-3d-printed-handgun-in-drug-raid/ar-AAXIPnG?li=AAggNb9

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u/WhoaUhThray May 25 '22

There are guns that can be 'totally printed' and just need metal functioning parts, but those kinds of guns have always existed. Nine times out of ten when the media talks about 3D printed guns in Canada it's just the polymer bits still requiring, y'know, the actual gun, or a replica of something.