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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/CanadaGunsMod May 25 '22

The gun shown has a printed lower. The rest of the parts are available without a license in Canada, you wouldn't even need a PAL.

This is why we don't typically allow 3D printing posts here, unless it's a basic accessory. The optics of the whole thing is massively damaging for the sport. 3D printed lowers on cheap printers are garbage that will literally break with shot #1, but good printers can produce lowers that will withstand sustained use.

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u/SomeOutdoorsGuy Hello Oper8or? 📞 May 26 '22 edited May 26 '22

3D printed lowers on cheap printers are garbage that will literally break with shot #1

That is objectively false, a $250 Ender 3 can print high quality parts…

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u/TechnologyReady Radical Centrist May 26 '22

No, it can't. No FDM machine can produce high quality parts. It is impossible due to inter-layer weakness.

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u/Barbell_Row_V_Wade May 28 '22

There's a dude on /guns who prints CETMEs that hold up under sustained .308 mag dumps. Lots of Glock builds in PLA+ that people are getting 1000s of rounds out of, and should the frame crack the plastic to print a new one is like $5.