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The gun is made up of 34 3D-printed components. [17] Notable as the first fully metal 3D-printed firearm. Zig Zag revolver [5] [18] 2014, May [18] Primarily printed firearm: Revolver [5] FDM [5] Yoshitomo Imura [18] Metal pins, screws, rubber bands .38 Caliber Named after the German Mauser Zig-Zag revolver.
While 3D-printed parts are made in the development and production of conventional firearms, they are more commonly associated with DIY guns in American gun politics. 3D-printed parts complicate the debates regarding high-capacity magazine and assault weapon bans, as well as federal regulations like the ATF's pistol brace rule.
He was arrested in May 2014 after he had posted a video online of himself firing a 3D-printed Zig Zag revolver. [1] It is the first known 3D-printed gun design from Japan. [2] After Imura's arrest, a gun called the Imura Revolver was designed and printed by FOSSCAD members and was named in honor of Yoshitomo Imura. [3]
Department of Justice officials announced national efforts Friday to crackdown on 3D-printed devices to convert guns to fire fully automatic.
The design is a remix of an earlier 3D printable firearm, the Shuty AP-9 pistol by Derwood. [12] Where the "Shuty" relied on several factory-made or machined gun parts (like the barrel) in order to be completed, the FGC-9 made ergonomic and mechanical changes to accommodate builders without access to commercial gun parts or machine shops.
The company is best known for developing and releasing the files for the Liberator, the world's first completely 3D printed gun. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] On May 5, 2013, Defense Distributed made these printable STL files public, [ 7 ] and within days the United States Department of State demanded they be removed from the Internet, citing a violation of the ...
The Liberator is a 3D-printable single-shot handgun, the first such printable firearm design made widely available online. [2] [3] [4] The open source firm Defense Distributed designed the gun and released the plans on the Internet on May 6, 2013.
The Solid Concepts 1911 DMLS is a 3D printed improvised firearm version of the M1911 pistol. [1] It was made public around November 2013 [1] and was printed via the direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) method. [1] It was created by Solid Concepts. [1] [2] The first gun, version 1.0, is made up of 34 3D-printed 17-4 stainless steel components. [3]