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#World s first 3d printed metal gun Solid Concepts 3d printed metal gun. The first 3d printed gun was the Liberator pistol. Then came the Grizzly, a 3d printed rifle. Now a third one has surfaced, and it s a doozy. This one is printed entirely out of metal and the gun s design was copied from a classic 1911 model. Video)##The company behind the new 3d printed gun is called Solid Concepts, and like the creator of the Liberator pistol, they re based in good ol Texas. Now, to be fair, Solid Concepts states that they didn t print their gun for any nefarious reasons. They simply wanted to show the world that metal 3d printed objects can stand up to the pressures of everyday use. That said, Solid Concepts does have a federal firearms license, so it s not like they just randomly settled on printing a gun either. The 3d printed metal gun was constructed using a laser sintering process capable of shaping tougher metals like stainless steel. It s not exactly an at home desktop 3d printing technology, so hobbyists won t yet be capable of replicating this sort of weapon at home. That s reassuring, since the folks at Solid Concepts have fired already successfully their handgun 50 times without it failing. 3d printers capable of printing metal are#on the rise, meaning that guns like the one Solid Concepts created#may#become something you ll be able to just print up over the weekend in the days to come. Also of note, the gun which was just 3d printed was old enough that its design was public domain. That means that the people who do already have the equipment to 3d print a gun have quite a few design options at their disposal many of which are capable of much more destruction than a simple handgun. Via Dvice Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati swfobject. embedswf (http://www. youtube. com/v/u7zykmbdm4m& rel=0& fs=1& showsearch=0& showinfo=0, vvq-113726-youtube-1, 425,355, 9, vvqexpressinstall, vvqflashvars, vvqparams, vvqattributes) a

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