3D Printing & Gunsmithing: How making is easier than ever.

[ShmeatDealer]

I am a staunch Libertarian. I believe that you are either pro-gun or you are pro-tyranny. That being said, you should only follow laws when doing anything with firearms, if not out of respect for your country, do it for your dog and pregnant wife, because they (Alphabet Boys) will take even them from you
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When I was out of town for work a few years ago, a group of fentanyl addicts broke into my ranch house and stole about $20,000 in guns. I hired a PI to get them back, because cops are generally useless, and the few that I got back were mutilated, my 120 year old shotgun was made into an illegal mess, and I had to dispose of it, and my Marlon 65 was stockless, triggerless, and the feed tube was bent in half.

After seeing how much gun parts were, I decided to look for alternatives, and on Ctrl+Pew, I met dozens of people that made parts for a living, and I’ve recently gotten into the hobby. I’ve made a ton of parts for my guns that have brought most of them back from the scrap pile.

Do any of you print parts?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

So, they caught the guys?

 

[Lead Belly]

I can't even print a letter.

I bought this new Epson laser printer, and it was printing beautifully with the demo cartridge- crisp, clean copies. That cartridge lasted 100 pages, so I went and bought the hi-volume cartridge and it cost almost as much as the printer! Well, that new cartridge is like an old coal furnace- black powder everywhere and smudgy dark prints now- from the same printer that was working perfectly. Before you ask, it was a genuine OEM replacement, too- I paid up for real-deal cartridge.

I didn't want the same poor results for my firearm, so I buy parts from an authorized and serialized dealer registered with the ATF who charges both State and Federal taxes on purchases and logs them into his book properly.

 

[Brains]

I 3d print a lot of stuff, but nothing gun related.

 

[Eastexasrick]

Do any of you print parts?

 

[ShmeatDealer]

So, they caught the guys?

I knew one of the people, the PI found him after about a month

 

[ShmeatDealer]

I can't even print a letter.

I bought this new Epson laser printer, and it was printing beautifully with the demo cartridge- crisp, clean copies. That cartridge lasted 100 pages, so I went and bought the hi-volume cartridge and it cost almost as much as the printer! Well, that new cartridge is like an old coal furnace- black powder everywhere and smudgy dark prints now- from the same printer that was working perfectly. Before you ask, it was a genuine OEM replacement, too- I paid up for real-deal cartridge.

I didn't want the same poor results for my firearm, so I buy parts from an authorized and serialized dealer registered with the ATF who charges both State and Federal taxes on purchases and logs them into his book properly.

I mostly print non-illegal items like trigger guards and safety levers and the occasional feed-tube end.