That Was Fast!
2013-11-08 23:54:01.509469+00 by petronius 1 comments
Remember earlier this year when the panic of the week was people using 3D printers to make guns? Things settled down when it was pointed out that the sub-$5000 hobbyist printers would only produce a sort of plastic zip gun that was more likely to blow your hand off than get a round off.
Except, of course, progress marches on. According to Instapundit, an outfit called Solid Concepts has printed out a metal version of a Colt 45 that has easily handled at least 50 shots. Yes, this is an expensive industrial grade machine using sintered metal, but we know what is to come. I suspect that the only real bar to more printed firearms is that fact that conventionally manufactured guns are so plentiful there's no point to DIY gunsmithing.