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Re: Gun built by 3D printer, it fires
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2012, 09:14:40 PM »
 Doesn't say what parts he made. Couldn't have been much more than the receiver. The mag is a Black Dog. The gun wouldn't function without a lot of steel (or at least metal) parts, which you can't make via "3D printing" (rapid prototyping) machines.
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