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Finnish photographer Herra Kuulapaa captured stunning high-speed ballistic photos. Kuulapaa used multiple cameras to simultaneously capture single images. He combined the photos to create a super high-resolution stereoscopic 3D effect, Daily Mail reports. “To create the images we detect an ignition of poweder and we then calculate when the bullet is in right place and […]

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The first iteration of the Grizzly cracked apart at the barrel after a small number of shots, but being a 3D-printed design, it has been quickly updated. Does this 3D-printed Canadian rifle present a challenge to U.S. restrictions?

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Without support of Defense Distributed the Wiki Weapon project is … doing just fine, actually. The 3D printing/gunsmithing community has been maintaining the original plans and updating them and adding new designs as well.

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New York city legislators are hoping to prevent crimes and punish unlicensed gunsmiths from manufacturing or selling any 3D-printed guns or gun parts.

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After being asked 6 times in one day if I was going to print out a gun I thought I needed a simple concise sign. Maybe others will need it too.

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The 3D-printed Liberator is without official support, now that the U.S. government has put the brakes on the Wiki Weapon project, so instead the community is picking up the slack.

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The WarFairy P-15 is a clever design that allows 3D-printing enthusiasts to make a relatively large AR component using a smaller, noncommercial printer. It's also one more step forward in the world of 3D-printed guns.

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The State Dept. asked Defense Distributed to remove the design plans from their servers while they investigate the matter, but what is the problem exactly?

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With the plans for the world's first completely 3D-printed firearm now spread around the world, several legislators are now attempting to ban the guns, if that's even possible.

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This morning Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed unveiled to Andy Greenberg, of Forbes, his fully 3D-printed gun, which he calls “The Liberator.” The gun is made from 16 pieces of ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer. Except for a small nail used for a firing pin, and a 6-ounce piece of steel that was […]

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We've covered 3D printed gun parts. We've marveled at what's possible. But the technology is raising more questions than it is answering. As some companies try to distance themselves from the firearms debates, the rest of us have to decide how we will respond. And it has less to do with the actual making of a firearm, and more to do with who controls information.

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