UK police mistakenly believed they found 3D printed gun in raid

Re:UK police mistakenly believed they found 3D printed gun i... by JoeAltmaier on Friday October 25, 2013 @09:06AM (#6611314)

"...not yet possible to print bullets" - ha! Its not yet possible to print anything but little plastic junk. If you could 'print' bullets, you could just make them anyway; you'd have to have all the raw materials at hand.

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Re:UK police mistakenly believed they found 3D printed gun i... by mytrash on Friday October 25, 2013 @12:15PM (#6612493)

I know you are talking about hobby/consumer level printing here but it is entirely possible to print things other than little plastic junk. Metal SLS printing is very capable today.[1] Printing materials such as tungsten would make a very capable (however impractically expensive) bullet.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zApmGFDA6ow&noredirect=1

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Re:UK police mistakenly believed they found 3D printed gun i... by tantalor on Friday October 25, 2013 @12:03PM (#6612402)

Indeed, the raw materials such as spent casing and powder are easily acquired. It's a lot cheaper too.

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