/AKM/ - Guns, weapons and the art of war.

There have been some solid advancements in the filaments they use to print these so to my understanding they are getting more reliable. Something to keep in mind is that the original AUGs components are mostly manufactured with polymers, hypothetically you could probably print most of the parts to assemble one. If we arent already to the point of viable 3d weapons then we're like right there.

t. Nogunz and no printer

the FGC-9 has some metal parts: barrel, shaft collars, bolt, springs and fasteners. but the machining is indeed quite minimal, apart from the barrel. don't try to 3D print the chamber itself, that's extremely retarded and only barely viable for something like a .22. but even then most designs call for an inner metal sleeve (5.5mm ID steel tubing). even the simplest zip gun is probably more safe than a fully plastic chamber + barrel

Metal printing and hardening needs to become economically feasible for the hobbyist, then we are talking. Everything else until then is a nothing burger.

>>5945

I don't know if metal printing/hardening could ever be economically feasible for any hobbyist, the energy requirements would have to be enormous.

I think people tend to forget that guns are pretty oldass technology that you don't really need any high-tech industrial equipment to make. Guns were handforged and handbored for hundreds of years before modern industry developed and now it's even easier to make one - quality steel is plentiful and cheap, you can use simple small forge and hammer for shaping/hardening, power tools for cutting/drilling, arc welder for joining parts, etc.

Just wanted to leave this here
https://youtu.be/mdOXzwlTrlM?si=3KSdkNgiWFVxpdl6

what are some alternative methods to using expensive machinery for making steel parts?

so far i've only found this for barrels

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/08/13/make-a-factory-quality-9mm-rifled-barrel-in-your-kitchen-using-salt-water-and-electricity-ecm

not sure how far printing molds and then casting is useful when building something for a weapon but yeah.

>>5954

this, but how does someone build a workshop from scratch for this? machinery is expensive and if you want something that doesn't blow up on you after a bit there might be better ways than roughing it with power tools.

mostly thinking about that electromachining technique but for let's say we find something for receivers and whatnot

i can live with 3D printers just being useful for furniture and magazines maybe sights, i wonder if you could make your own sight with it.

Printing guns is so easy now, check out the gatalog/ctrl+pew/guncadindex

Basics of metallurgy.
Use Chrome Moly Vanadium or 416R stainless for barrels.

>>5963
>this, but how does someone build a workshop from scratch for this? machinery is expensive and if you want something that doesn't blow up on you after a bit there might be better ways than roughing it with power tools.

It's not as difficult as you'd think. Just pick a simple design and buy steel tubing and whatever other materials you need and manufacture all the individual parts one by one. You might start with the barrel, that being the most important part and the trickiest, particularly if you want rifling, but even that is doable with some pretty basic tools; see video. I don't know what the laws are about this outside of the US, but in the US you can legally make firearms at home for personal use, you just can't sell them or distribute them without a license.

It will probably take some trial and error and experimentation; you'd need to set up a test firing range a safe area where you clamp your gun down to a stable surface aimed in a safe direction and test fire it by pulling a string to actuate the trigger while standing very far away or behind some kind of barricade. It might be good to start off with something very simple, like a single-shot gun or even a black powder muzzleloader gun, before attempting something more complex. Just be prepared to spend a lot of money on ammunition for all the test firing you'll have to do.