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In a prime example of past meets future, a Texas-based company has used a century-old classic firearm as the blueprint for the world’s first 3D printed metal gun. Solid Concepts' use of a laser ...
We saw the first plastic 3D printed gun; now the first metal 3D printed gun has also been successfully fired.
Metal 3D-printed handgun from Austin company goes on sale, but price is steep.
That's a good thing, because a 3D-printed Model 1911 will set you back $11,900. That's just a tad—a big tad—more than you'll pay for similar pistols made the traditional way.
Solid Concepts, one of the world’s largest rapid prototyping outfits, just printed a gun. Unlike previous 3D printed guns like the Liberator, this 3D printed version of an M1911 is made out o… ...
Solid Concepts, an engineering firm, has fully 3D printed metal 1911-style pistols on high-end printers, but this is the closest we've come so far—and damned close it is, if this pans out—to a ...
While firing a round with earlier plastic models of 3D-printed guns has proven difficult, this metal model has already shot 50 rounds successfully.
Earlier this year, Cody Wilson and his nonprofit organization Defense Distributed created the world’s first 3D-printed semi-automatic firearm, and later, a handgun. Eight months later, another ...
This 3D-printed firearm, on the other hand, is a gun. It is a copy of a 1911 made using public-domain plans and a laser sintering system that solidifies metal powder.
The 3D-printed gun that sparked national debate shares its name with a little-known and little-used World War II-era pistol.
Solid Concepts, one of the world’s largest rapid prototyping outfits, just printed a gun. Unlike previous 3D printed guns like the Liberator, this 3D printed version of an M1911 is made out o… ...