Playing around in Tinkercad and Blender for my DeAr22 build as the lower has about 17hrs left to print!
This makes me want to handload some black powder rounds and build a 50 Beowulf pistol!
Yea, my oldest son said it looked like I am living out call of duty in real life printing out prestige weapon packs LOL 😂
I’ve been looking for something like this for my 22 build and a unicorn for my wife’s.
If I decide to print it I’ll upload the Stl! I think the head may be too big? Lol right now it’s telling me it’ll take at least a day n a half to print!!! I need to make it proportional to the rest of the fun though- and the dear22 is not that big all things considered!
Cool. I’ll be looking out for it if you decide to upload.
Hi, I’m here from /all. Are y’all printing guns from scratch, or heavily modifying existing guns? Maybe both. Lots of cool pictures.
There are people that print/make the whole gun (including things like rifled barrels). These are generally called “DIY” builds.
There are also builds that use parts from existing platforms, such as macs, AR, Glock, etc.
Many “hybrid” designs exist as well, that might use some gun parts and the rest is home made.
There are also a ton of furniture, accessories, and modifications for existing platforms.
But yeah we print/make pretty much anything you could think of. I personally like builds that I can completely DIY and 3d printed ammo.
Even the ammo! That’s remarkable. I understand that reliable guns require a great deal of precision, so I’m surprised it works with FDM printing. CNC metal seems like it would be best, though I guess that takes up a lot more space and cost.
There’s limitations of course since only plastic fdm is cheap enough for hobbyists but reliable guns needing high precision is not the case depending on the platform. Depending on the builder, some designs can last thousands and thousands of rounds like a commercially made gun. Especially if the only printed parts would be polymer on the actual gun.
For most platforms, metal is necessary just at a strength limitation. That’s where using commercial parts comes in and parts can be quite cheap in the US. More complicated mechanisms also need to be metal so full diy is limited to blowback usually.
That’s very cool, thank you for explaining!
I see a lot of posters that appear to be turning semi automatic handguns into a carbine shape. Is that just for fun or added stability, or some kind of legal loophole? They look very cool. Like a half sized rifle.
I lot of stuff done here, and even commercial aftermarket parts, are just tacticool. There are advantages to being able to shoulder a handgun and different advantages to a dedicated pcc. Handgun parts kits can also be much cheaper so price plays a role. You don’t see many people printing parts to put on a $2k+ gun. A lot of handgun builds can be done for <$200 and you’ll see people doing anything and everything they can for it. Most cheap pcc are also blowback while most handguns are recoil operated so have less felt recoil and feel less clunky with less reciprocating mass.
The same laws that apply to commercial guns apply to homemade guns with some people having more legal limitations depending on location.
Everything we do here is for fun usually. Most agree that a 3d printed gun isn’t ideal for uses where your life depended on it vs a factory gun (plus jury implications) unless you are in a restricted area. So for most these are just range toys.
