That toothpaste isn't going back in the tube:
The FGC-9 stands out from previous 3D-printed firearms designs, in part because it was specifically designed to circumvent European gun regulations:
Thus, unlike its predecessors, the FGC-9 does not require the use of any commercially produced firearm parts. Instead, it can be produced using only unregulated commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components. For example, instead of an industrially produced firearms barrel, the FGC-9 uses a piece of a pre-hardened 16 mm O.D. hydraulic tubing.
A man is only disarmed if he chooses to be.
ReplyDeleteA rock in the sock, a bit of iron pipe a stout shoestring and two sticks.
All can be used to collect a better weapon.
If he were a bit older and wiser he might still be in possession of it.
ReplyDeleteSo there are a bunch of 3d printed bits and pieces, but NOT the barrel, which needs to be machined to provide rifling for any kind of accuracy,then a "commercially available" trigger group (Not regulated lol, yet), etc. So not actually a 3d printed gun at all.
ReplyDelete@Fredrick: from the extract at Isegoria: "The construction files for the FGC-9 also include instructions on how to rifle the hydraulic tubing using electrochemical machining (ECM)".
ReplyDeleteAlso, this just in, because ARES (who produced the report that Isegoria is citing) is behind the curve: https://homemadeguns.wordpress.com/2022/12/20/urutau-9mm-carbine/
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ReplyDeleteYeah, you still can't 3d print hardened steel gun barrels.