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

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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.