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Horizontal 20-round detachable magazine; Liberator .380 [4] [5] 2013, May [4] [6] [7] Primarily printed firearm: Pistol: Single shot FDM [8] Defense Distributed [9] Roofing nail .380 ACP: A single shot .380 ACP pistol. [4] [6] [7] Fully 3D printed including springs, requiring only a roofing nail; Notable as the first publicly released printed ...
The upper and lower receivers of the FGC-9 are fully 3D-printed, as are its pistol grip and stock. Its magazine, based on the Glock magazine design, may also be printed. For the MkI, an AR-15 or modified airsoft trigger system is needed for the fire control. In the MkII release, the developers released a package to 3D-print the AR-15 trigger.
While 3D-printed parts are made in the development and production of conventional firearms, they are more commonly associated with DIY guns in American gun politics. 3D-printed parts complicate the debates regarding high-capacity magazine and assault weapon bans, as well as federal regulations like the ATF's pistol brace rule.
"In the era of 3D printing, we must do the same for downloadable guns and accessories." A 3D-printed “machinegun conversion device” (orange) is installed in a 3d-printed Glock-style pistol for ...
A collection of 3D-printed machine gun conversion devices and other gun parts confiscated by the Evansville Police Department and a joint task force during a Jan. 31, 2024, operation in Evansville.
Nationally, from 2017 to 2021, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives recovered 5,454 machine gun conversion parts, marking a 570% increase over the preceding five years.
In its first year of operation the organization produced a durable printed receiver for the AR-15, the first printed standard capacity AR-15 magazine, and the first printed magazine for the AK-47. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] These 3D printable files were available for download at the organization's publishing site DEFCAD , [ 20 ] but are now largely hosted ...
Firearms using detachable magazines are made with an opening known as a magazine well into which the detachable magazine is inserted. The magazine well locks the magazine in position for feeding cartridges into the chamber of the firearm, and requires a device known as a magazine release to allow the magazine to be separated from the firearm. [33]