#3dPrinting

On today’s episode of TFB’s Behind The Gun Podcast, we brought back our friend Print Shoot Repeat (PRS) to talk about his experiences at Finnish Brutality 2023. PSR wound up being my battle buddy for most of the Breacher events at the competition so I had an excellent chance to see what he was capable of both on the range and hard at work doing all of our various conscript tasks. Today PSR and I dive into both our experiences at Finnish Brutality 2023, our thoughts on Finland, Brutality, and the unique culture that we had the pleasure of experiencing during our time in the country.

On today’s episode of TFB’s Behind the Gun Podcast, we’ve brought on 3D printing YouTuber Print Shoot Repeat to talk about his DIY firearm profession. Print Shoot Repeat primarily specializes in showcasing, testing, and developing open-source 3D-printed firearms that everyone and anyone with a 3D printer can benefit from. While DIY firearms available to anyone on the planet are his bread and butter, Print Shoot Repeat also dabbles in making fun firearms-focused music videos, as well as motorcycle content on his second channel Print Shit Repeat. Print Shoot Repeat is a man of many talents and I am honored to have been able to meet and shoot with him at this year’s Finnish Brutality match. If you’d like to hear about our experiences at the match, stay tuned to TFB’s Behind The Gun Podcast for a recap of Print Shoot Repeat at Finnish Brutality 2023.

Recently I acquired a Chiappa Little Badger to test some .22LR ammo alternatives. Otterman Outdoors messaged me online and told me he had designed some Chiappa Little Badger upgrades and offered 3D-printed versions. I bought the set and it makes the Chiappa Little Badger better.

Those of you who follow the 3D printing and DIY antics of Jonathan Wild (AKA Wild Arms Research and Development) will no doubt have heard of his recent efforts to produce a replica M202 FLASH recoilless launcher. While we have heavily covered the test launches and adventures with the launcher here on the blog as well as on TFB’s Behind The Gun Podcast, I’m actually most excited today to share the announcement that Johnny Wild’s book Flame Assault Shoulder Weapon: M202A1 “FLASH” has just hit the online market. The book covers the history and purpose of the original M202 FLASH, as well as Jonathan’s build diary as he went through the process of learning about and replicating the system.

Yes, you read that headline correctly: C-Products aka DuraMag is getting into the suppressor game. Don’t worry, they still make magazines too though.

Fry Tech is a company at the forefront of new firearms technology and is hard at work designing and developing new technologies specifically for the GUNCAD industry – i.e. those who like to design and produce their own firearms at home using various DIY methods. Fry Tech has just announced that they will reveal their first patent-pending design – their Brujeria rifle that features a recoil-reducing electromagnet system. The Brujeria (Spanish for witchcraft) technology is said to limit the amount of recoil felt by the user which should lead to less physical stress, better comfort, and better shot accuracy.

Wild Arms Research & Development should ring a few bells by now around here at TFB. We’ve worked with Johnny Wild in the past when he was first developing his DIY Panzerfaust project, and we’ve also seen him through every step of the process when it came to his newest Fliegerfaust project. Now Johnny has a new project with the development of his homemade RPG-2/Panzerfaust hybrid launcher. Johnny has just informed TFB that he’s completed the development of new chalk rounds for the launcher. More details are below.

Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is all about the rimfire firearm world and its various guns, gear, sports, ammunition, and trends. A couple months ago, you guys will remember that we took a look at the old school High Standard Flite King. In that article, we discovered a few things about my little pawnshop find including the fact that it may have actually been a mash-up of a High Standard Sport King frame with a Flite King barrel. During the course of my testing of the pistol, some of you will remember that the magazine’s follower humorously broke and ejected itself from the pistol en bloc clip style. My review of the pistol ended right then and there and for weeks I wasn’t able to find an affordable solution. Today we’ll discover the process I took with fellow TFB Writer Giorgio O, TFBTV Discord member/notorious firearms mangler Stubbs to return the Flite King’s magazine to service in the hopes that it may inspire some of you hesitant about 3D printing to take it up yourself.

The 3D printing community never ceases to amaze me. With recoilless launchers appearing a lot in the news as well as here on TFB, I think it was only a matter of time before someone found a way to 3D print such a device. However, what the CANzerfaust does that a lot of other recoilless launchers don’t do is convert itself from a shoulder-fired launcher into a mortar without any additional attachments.

The 3D printing community continues to impress me by finding ways of making reliable, durable, and interesting homemade guns. IvanPrintsGuns is one of my favorite YouTube channels that focuses on 3D-printed firearms and in early March, Ivan showcased his latest working prototype – the Kleiner Freund or KF5. The KF5 is a 3D-printed MP5 that makes use of only the core of an MP5 and then combines it with improved 3D-printed parts to make the world’s most affordable MP5.

The DIY firearms world has seen plenty of cool creations over the years. We’ve seen steady advancements from the largely self-driven community of builders in terms of durability, functionality, convenience, and of course creativity. Many of you will know Stubbs from some of his previous creations we’ve covered like his Mosin Nagant featuring a folding stock, or his double-barreled, double-feed AR-15 rifle. This time Stubbs has brought a DIY 37mm launcher with him. Today we’ll look at what Stubbs has done in order to accomplish this feat and explore if it might be possible for you to do this yourself.

Welcome to TFB Podcast Roundup 15. This week I wanted to feature a special podcast episode I recently listened to honoring the late JStark and the legacy he has left the gun world with. Although the 3D gun printing pioneer has left us, we can still appreciate what he did for the firearms community and 3D printers. I know personally, he inspired me to take a deeper look at the concept and in a way, he actually convinced me that 3D printed guns are indeed a viable and modernized way for us to secure our rights and access to arms. Also this week we have our very own Doug E who we featured on last week’s B-side podcast who talks with us about the grey man concept and how to conduct yourself when responding to an active shooting situation. We also have our friends over at the Studnet of the Gun Podcast talking about 350 Legend and also if Tasers as weapons in a response to the New York City banning the devices. Sit back, hit play, and roll into this week’s TFB Podcast roundup. Enjoy everybody.

It is our unfortunate duty to report that the creator of the FGC-9 3D-printed gun has passed away this last week following a police raid on his home by German police. Known only as JStark, many consider him to be the father of 3D firearms printing and a hero in the 3D printing community. JStark does speak fluent English (although it has a slight accent) and this helped him communicate with 3D printers stateside to spread his ideas and files to all who were interested. His death was reported on October 9th via Der Spiegel (a German news magazine).

Welcome to TFB Weekly Amazon Deals 15. If you know what “ Can’t stop the signal” means, then feel free to skip the intro and get to look at the deals we’ve found this week. For the rest of you, the phrase “can’t stop the signal” comes from one of my favorite TV Shows/Movies of all time – Firefly. In the movie that came out after the TV show, the character  Mr. Universe is a techno-geek who is obsessed with disseminating information that the shows/movies’ main antagonists (an overreaching centralized government) didn’t want citizens of the Alliance to know. 3D printers are often tech-geeks themselves and since the inevitable blending of firearms and 3D printing, many 3D gun printers have used the term “can’t stop the signal” as a way to flaunt that despite their best efforts, there really is almost nothing you can do to stop the dissemination of 3D printed parts plans. So this week, in honor of our 3D printing friends and allies, I’ve gone and found some great deals on 3D printing supplies, tools, and machines to hopefully get more of you started down this same path.

At the last edition of ADIHEX, we discovered the Austrian company FBT – Fine Ballistic Tools. We had a brief look at their custom carbon fiber stocks and innovative suppressors. We can now see they’ve not been idle in these two years.