It is now possible to build a plastic AR-15 pistol. A man has done it. He did it by using an off-the-shelf 3-D printing machine.
These machines keep getting cheaper. In a few years, every do-it-yourself hobbyist will own one.
Download a program, turn on your machine, and in an hour or two, you will have the parts for whatever you like, including an AR-15.
This is legal, as long as you don’t sell it. You can make a do-it-yourself arsenal. You don’t register anything.
Amidst protests from an AR-15 discussion board that the part would fail and seriously injure him, he successfully fired 200 rounds using the 3D printed lower receiver without any trouble. To test it further, a metal AR-15 upper receiver was attached and a few shots fired with a higher-caliber .223. So far, the part seems to be holding up well and hasn’t shown any major signs of wear.
This certainly isn’t the first 3D printed gun part in existence, but it could be the first that’s been made into a fully working firearm. What’s important to note is that under U.S. law the lower receiver of an AR-15 (or any similar gun for that matter) is the component that is legally considered the “firearm.” It’s the main part that allows the gun to function, and even has the serial number printed on it for identification. Luckily for HaveBlue, making guns yourself isn’t illegal so long as you don’t sell or distribute them.
How does this work? Watch this.
Ain’t technology grand?
The gun control crowd is going to go ballistic!
If you’re going to go something, ballistic is the way to go, I always say.
actually thats severally illegal. you cannot own an automatic firearm unless you are registered with the ATF, you cannot modify an exsisting semi auto to be fully automatic under any circumstance. you cannot built weapons out of your home without having business permits allowing you to manufacture firearms. BUT its not illegal untill you get caught
per provisions of the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968, 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, an unlicensed individual may make a “firearm” as defined in the GCA for his own personal use, but not for sale or distribution.
I would call you local ATF and ask some questions.
You can bet that BATF is monitoring that item. He's making receiver(s) w/ no serial # etc and not whole weapon. I'm shock BATF hasn't "interviewed" him or worse.
Only a matter of time before someone stupid posted 3D printer file... plans for that and others are publicly available for a while so... Better plastic can print allot of tough parts and won't blow up either.
I hope he has good lawyer.
------------------ Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. (Jurassic Park)
Originally posted by 87antuzzi: legal in every way.
Dealing w/ two issues... Making a Receiver and publishing the print file. Making the part... For his own use? maybe/likely yes. But second he or someone else gives or sells that to anyone, BATF will say he's an illegal manufacturer of restricted parts.
Print file... Likely BATF and many other Govmnts can say that now for releasing print file, even if their wrong (Remember, BATF etc doesn't care much about the truth), and arrest & charge him accordingly to make an example of... He need a very good lawyer to get him off. Even if he's free at the end, Govmnt will likely bankrupt him and arrest is public record and many jobs are out of reach because the arrest. Companies HR won't care... Any record = Circular File. Plenty candidates w/o records to look at. Many Co's will fire you "w/ cause" as so as he gets arrested so unemployment won't pay. Some other countries can have worse penalties for making gun parts.
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As long as the firearm meets the requirements for import part count and is not a sbr/full auto this is perfectly legal, when ak parts kits were dirt cheap lots of people were making there own ak47's. I have build a few guns like this including a 1911 that I machined the reciver myself.
As far as putting the info out there that has been done many times before, check out the we'd site CBC gunsmithing they have cad files for many popular firearms, that's how i generated the g-code to mill my ar-10 lower receiver
