3D Printed Ruger 10/22 Charger Reciever

Steve Johnson
by Steve Johnson

The below video of a 3D printed Ruger 10/22 Charger has been making the rounds on the internet, upsetting tech bloggers who never realized that people have been legally printing firearm receivers for other guns, such as the AR-15, for years. The designer of this 3D model has not released the model files online (yet). I am sure it won’t be long before someone replicates the model and makes it available online. The same model could be used to print polymer Ruger 10/22 rifle receivers.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b3e_1404502736

Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson

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  • J J on Jul 17, 2014

    Thought about this recently, have been debating how to handle the threads for the V block screws as well as the barrel bore. Maybe I'm over-thinking it, but I've still got the 3D file that I used to program and machine a rec from a block, maybe I'll have to test it out.

    • MP MP on Jul 17, 2014

      @J Think about how strong the return spring is on the bolt. Yes, the vblock has to handle more than that, but probably not an order of magnitude more. Depending upon the amount of material available make a bigger hole and epoxy a threaded insert there. Or a stud/nut setup instead.

  • Mig1nc Mig1nc on Jul 17, 2014

    That's cool. I want to make a charger with a sig pistol brace on it. Because.

    • Cymond Cymond on Jul 18, 2014

      @mig1nc Me too! I'm really excited by all of the non-AR-15 possibilities for the brace.

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