Master of Arms makes AR-15s and parts for them, some of which are actually 3D printed and then finished off with traditional manufacturing processes. They are using laser sintering to make parts out of titanium. They have an interesting muzzle brake design called the [Read More…]
H&P Manufacturing is one of the companies that brings the metal 3D printing technologies to the firearms industry. We see more and more companies deploying these technologies to manufacture sophisticated parts that would otherwise be too difficult or even [Read More…]
In the week leading up to SHOT 2018, I got an email from Matt at Ellison Dynamic Concepts with an informal invitation to drop by the EoTech booth to see their new 3D Printed silencers. Owning a suppressor made by additive manufacturing and fully believing that the [Read More…]
Off of the crowded SHOT Show floor, I was lucky enough to have a private meeting with Thermal Defense Solutions, a new suppressor company that is leveraging additive manufacturing processes (3D Printing) to build silencers. The team is ready to bring out four new [Read More…]
A man in Sweden has been prosecuted for 3D printing illegal firearms With a help of a 3D printer, he manufactured two illegal firearms and accessories in plastic. In July 2017, the Police did a house search based on that there should be illegal firearms at the [Read More…]
Canton Ohio custom gunmaker Middlebranch Machine has released a teaser image of a new kind of suppressor, which they say is made of “carbon fiber composite” construction. Unlike previous efforts at making carbon fiber suppressors, Middlebranch [Read More…]
Without taking a political stance, recent events have once again brought “gun control” back into the national (and world) spotlight. My personal belief remains that the regulation and restriction of inanimate objects is useless as a means to controlling criminal [Read More…]
The 3D printing of various guns, accessories, and parts is probably one of those topics that we’ll be talking about more and more frequently. With the 3D printers becoming more affordable and the technologies and materials improving, more people will definitely [Read More…]
In January of this year I made the very bold (sarc) prediction that additive manufacturing (aka 3D Printing) will eventually revolutionize the firearms industry. I believe this to be especially true for silencer manufacturers who’s current constraints focus on not [Read More…]
At the 2017 National Defense Industry Association conference on small arms, US Army ARDEC presented a brief on new technologies for enhancing the longevity of machine gun barrels, using 3D printing techniques. The project’s goals as stated in the presentation were [Read More…]
In what may be a world’s first, silencer manufacturer Delta P Design has just announced a 50 caliber rated 3D printed suppressor. The 12.7mm (I’ll let you do the math) model is made with a proprietary inconel alloy that can withstand use on a variety of [Read More…]
I got a chance to check out the new Daniel Defense DDWAVE at the American Suppressor Association Media Day here at the NRA Annual Meeting 2017. Pete just posted an article announcing this new suppressor from Daniel Defense. It is a 3D printed Suppressor rated for up to [Read More…]
Silencer news nerds unite! A recent leak making the rounds on social media shows what appears to be a yet-to-be-announced 3D Printed suppressor from Daniel Defense. The DD Wave, a name registered by Daniel Defense earlier this year, looks like a quick disconnect rifle [Read More…]
The US Army RDECOM published a YouTube video on the Picatinny Arsenal YouTube Page about Additive Manufacturing, which includes 3D printing, and the Rapid Additively Manufactured Ballistics Ordnance or RAMBO Launcher. RAMBO, in this case, is fundamentally a 3D printed [Read More…]
A 27 year old Sci-Fi fan has been making 3D printed replicas of guns. He was caught trying to sell one on social media. Police located and seized four imitation pistols, including a 3D-manufactured small Glock, a 3D-manufactured Glock, a 3D-manufactured Sig 250, two air [Read More…]
Here are pictures of a preliminary setup for creating rifling grooves in a piece of steel tubing by using a 3D printed spiral insert, lots of salt water and a battery charger. Electrochemical Machining is a process whereby metal is removed by passing an electrical [Read More…]
At the end of last summer I showed off a potato cannon that my father built 15+ years ago and went through some of the firing procedures. While launching spuds is both fun and satisfying, I’d be lying if I didn’t dream up ways to make tracers, flechettes and [Read More…]
My friend Adam got to check this out and I want to know where I can get one. BoXZY designed an over under shotgun style flame thrower. The design is based on the video game Overwatch. It is a propane charged double shot flame thrower.
The SKS is seeing a lot of love in Canada lately, as another chassis system rears its head. The Pearce Armoury ILS chassis is 3D printed, and creates a pseudo-AR lower for the SKS. The means AR-15 stocks, pistol grips, magazines, trigger assembly, and bolt release. The [Read More…]
3D printing and firearms – a very sensitive subject! One of the main reasons why people are afraid or against it, is because it’s a new technology and new inventions tend to drive the uneducated into forbidding it (much easier than trying to understand [Read More…]
At the beginning of the summer I had considered putting together a brief reminder on how to properly travel with firearms on commercial airlines. Although I think a refresher is still needed, the majority of guns that turn up in carry-on baggage appear to be the result [Read More…]
Police in Queensland Australia recently seized a .22lr 3D printed ‘Liberator’ pistol during a raid on a meth lab. The lovely looking nail shown in the picture functions as its firing pin when inserted. Despite the police having to fan themselves, this find [Read More…]
A TFB reader recently 3D Printed 9mm caliber bullets and loaded them 9mm Luger/Parabellum cases with subsonic and supersonic loads. The bullets were printed with PLA, a bio-plastic made from corn starch in the USA or sugar cane elsewhere in the world. PLA is commonly [Read More…]
3D printed firearms have faced much stigma since designers and engineers have began dabbling with different design concepts, and halfway 3D firearms in the case of 3D printed AR15 lowers. However from various conversations with law enforcement, it seems that the general [Read More…]
Here is an interesting project. A portable rail gun that was mostly 3D printed. Below is the CAD drawing. Everything in gray was 3D printed. The blue capacitors combined weight is 20 lbs. It looks like a Neill Blomkamp weapon from District 9. Here [Read More…]
3D Printing has come a long way in a short amount of time, it went from crude AR receivers to full SIG P250 frames. A while back we posted about a 3D printed Ruger 10/22 receiver video that made the rounds online, well PrintedFirearm posted a step-by-step article on [Read More…]
We’ve posted a lot about 3D printing but most of it has been about experimental parts or receivers that seem a bit scary to actually shoot. Here’s a pretty neat 3D printed project a Redditor shared recently. They created these 3D printed scope levers for [Read More…]
The state of 3D printed guns continues to improve. Hognose of WeaponsMan.com covers some of the recent developments: As we have expected to happen for some time, and as the initial Cody Wilson “Liberator” first demonstrated, 3D-printed firearms made of common [Read More…]
Jon from Ares Armor showed off their new prototype AR-15 handguard for Gun Runnerz on YouTube. From the video it seems like Ares Armor is still feeling out the market and trying to gauge whether people prefer M-LOK or Keymod, they already have the licensing for an M-LOK [Read More…]
Ares Armament have produced an excellent report, published by the Small Arms Survey, on 3D Printed Gun Technology. The report is extensively researched and a very balanced report. It correctly points out that while 3D Printers can do amazing things today, and are [Read More…]
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