3D Printed Guns
Design Team at UT Austin 3D Prints a Reverse Engineered Cap Gun
Students studying mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin are required to take a course called, not surprisingly, “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering.” As part of this course, the…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — May 16, 2015
This week’s stories we didn’t cover include several about filament, the stuff that printed things are made of. Lenovo has announced a $3 million investment in Polymaker for filament development, an…
Images & Details Revealed: ‘Imura Pistol’ v2.0 3D Printed Gun
One of the more controversial issues surrounding 3D printing, that of guns, seems to be a popular headline as of late. Just yesterday it was revealed that Cody Wilson’s Defense…
3D Printed Gun Lawsuit Filed: Cody Wilson Challenges The US State Department
If there is one figure who embodies a majority of the controversy surrounding 3D printing, that figure would likely be Cody Wilson. The law school dropout, who I must say…
California Deputies Raid Identity Theft Ring and Find “3D Printer” Making an AR-15 Lower
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in California says it all began with a report of a credit card being stolen from the front porch of a residence, and the…
UK Police Note Potential for 3D Printing Uses in Terrorist Activity
While 3D printers create amazing products for the good of humanity–assisting in surgeries via modeling, tissue reconstruction via bioprinting, and manufacture of prosthetic limbs, to name just a few ways–the weapons…
Australian Senate Not Convinced That Laws to Prevent 3D Printed Guns Are Needed
A pair of reports from the Australian Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee reveals that while law enforcement, and federal and state governments are considering regulations to deal with…
North America Just Tested Its First Functional Metal 3D Printed Gun Silencer
Metal 3D printing has started to revolutionize the design and manufacturing of automobile engines, rocket engines, medical devices, and even jewelry. Thanks to metal 3D printing processes like Selective Laser…
New York Congressman Steve Israel to Propose New Bill to Ban 3D Printed Firearms
Gun rights groups from Defense Distributed to the NRA to Come and Take It Texas will not be pleased with the latest piece of proposed legislation from Congressman Steve Israel. Israel,…
BrainExploderCreations 3D Prints Shotshells for Airsoft Revolvers
During the 1970s, strict firearms laws in Japan led to the development of “Airsoft” guns and the game played with them. One source says the earliest mass produced Airsoft gun likely…
Powerful & Functional 3D Printed AR-10 Lower Receiver, Fires 7.62-Millimeter Bullets ‘Without Issue’
While even the most detached layperson will tell you they are aware of some of the amazing and positive feats being accomplished with 3D printing — from heartwarming stories of…
Texas Gun Dealer 3D Prints a Plastic Silencer
Call them what you will — a silencer, a suppressor, a moderator, a muffler, or a can — but they’re all devices to reduce the sound of a round being discharged from…
Designer Creates Working Airsoft Version of Rorsch X1 Rifle from Battlefield 4
Kirby Downey is a product designer from South Africa who currently lives in London, and he specializes in taking objects and adding a technical and mechanical side to them. He…
Defense, War & Terrorism: How Will the 3D Printing Revolution Change Everything?
None of us want to have to report on the dark side of something like 3D printing, a technology bursting with innovation and offering resources for doing so much good…
Cody Wilson is Willing to Pay $15K for Mark One 3D Printer to Create Carbon Fiber Printed Gun
Cody Wilson is probable one of the most controversial figures within the 3D printing space. In fact, Wired ranked him the 14th most dangerous person in the world. With that said,…
FedEx Bans Shipments of Cody Wilson’s Ghost Gunner Lower Receiver ‘3D Printer’
One thing about the exponential progress we are seeing within technology is that as time goes by, it becomes more and more difficult to predict what will come next. If you…
Shoot Beer Not Bullets: 3D Printed Beer Shooter
Instructables Community Manager Mike (user name: mikeasaurus) has designed and released an edgier way to get your beer to your mouth all while keeping your hands from getting cold (or even…
This 3D Printed 6-Barrel Rubber Band Gatling Gun Can Shoot up to 48 Rounds Per Load
Boy do I wish 3D printing was around when I was a little boy. The possibilities that this technology provides are endless, and when it comes to toys, that might…
German Designer 3D Prints Futuristic, Functioning, 3D Printed ‘M-1 Enforcer’ Airsoft Rifle
Over the last couple of months we have been following the work of an up-and-coming artist who goes by the handle ‘Printing the Revolution’ on YouTube. Although he prefers to…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — January 17
2015 is well underway, with the Consumer Electronics Show‘s news so last week, and a stream of new stories that continue to captivate us regarding 3D printing’s evolution as an…
Activists ‘3D Print’ a Gun In Front of the Texas State Capitol as a Form of Protest
It’s a controversial issue, and activists are using a tool which sprung from the 3D printed gun movement to draw attention to their stance on gun rights. A group of…
3D Printed Halo Guns Take Over Ultimate Gaming Championship’s Recent Tournament
One area in which 3D printing has really excelled as of late is in the reproduction of weapons and props from popular video games. For decades, gamers have been trying…
Hang a 3D Printed Kalashnikov AK-47 on Your Wall Courtesy of Reddit Maker EasilyUsed
Mikhail Kalashnikov was a “self-taught tinkerer” who used his mechanical skills and a study of weaponry to design and build the gun that changed the way wars are fought. His…
A 3D Printed Rifle from Canada the Latest Entry in the High-Tech Gun Collection
“So I decided to 3D print a gun.” And from there, the newest entry into the 3D printed firearm lineup began to take shape. “There’s been a lot of hysteria…
