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3D printing: More options, less government oversight

The technology has been around since the 1980s, but the availability of personal computers and the decreasing cost of printers have made 3D printing more appealing to gun advocates wishing to fly under the government's restrictive radar.

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The Evolution of the 3-D Printed Gun

Technology for the 3-D printed gun continues to advance. Soon personal gun-making will be able to be done entirely at home with interference from government...

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Mercury One Acquires 3D Printed Pistol

Mercury One adds a 3D printed 1911 pistol to its collection of historical artifacts, which includes a musket from the Civil War and World War II firearms...

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Gun Collectors – Solid Concept’s First 100 1911 3D Printed Guns Up For Sale

Solid Concepts will release a limited run of 1911 3D Printed metal guns for purchase; we will only manufacture 100 of these limited edition 3D Printed metal guns...

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Solid Concepts 3D Printed 1911 DMLS Pistol Review

Austin’s Solid Concepts fashioned the firearm using a three-dimensional additive printing process. Instead of removing bits of metal SC’s printer adds material in layers to build up the parts...

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Solid Concepts 3D-printed 1911 gets version 2.0

The Solid Concepts 1911 2.0 includes the same 34 3D-printed components, but for the second gun they will not be made out of stainless steel, but rather Inconel, a "superalloy."

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Solids Concepts 3D-printed stainless steel 1911 500-round torture test (VIDEO)

Scott McGowan, Solid Concepts' V.P. of marketing wrote up an interesting follow-up to the announcement that the company successfully 3D-printed a stainless steel 1911, including the rifled barrel.

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Solid Concepts unveils first 3D-printed metal gun, a full-size .45 ACP 1911 (VIDEO)

Solid Concepts is taking 3D printing over a threshold with their just-announced 3D printed stainless steel handgun. A 1911, the Solid Concepts pistol is chambered for full-power centerfire .45 ACP cartridges.

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