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Re:Assault Weapons Tracking by thalecress on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @01:55AM (#4995604)
I understand that guns aren't hard to make - never mind 3D printing, any machinist can make a submachine gun. [1] But what about ammunition?

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2624298/sten-mk2-complete-machine-...

Re:Assault Weapons Tracking by mgarfias on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @02:22AM (#4995680)
I made 500+ rounds over the christmas holidays as a gift for my dad. I can cast my own bullets, and if I really needed to I could make the shell casings. Yeah, it'd take a lot of work with the mill and lathe to build the dies to draw and form the brass, but totally doable.
Re:Assault Weapons Tracking by learc83 on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @02:00AM (#4995621)
>But what about ammunition?

Not terribly difficult considering you can reuse the casings. The primer is by far the most difficult part, but not impossible. Propellant is no more difficult to make than meth.