• Retropunk64@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Ghost gun is a political term. He had a 3D printed gun, which isn’t inherently designed to be thrown away.

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      23 hours ago

      A 3D printed gun absolutely is. They’re not durable at all and would break after a few uses.

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        23 hours ago

        100% false. Its not going to be as good as OEM but 3D printed Glock frames can last thousands of rounds with the right materials.

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          21 hours ago

          The frame, sure. That’s only half the gun though. You need your chamber and barrel to be forged steel, unless I missed some majorly significant news in 3D printing tech (which is possible).

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            21 hours ago

            Yeah, you definitely can’t 3D print those parts. You can manufacture them yourself, but its much more difficult than 3D printing so most people just buy them since they’re not serialized parts.