Id like to say this model would not have been possible without. Once uploaded to the defense distributed, its blueprints were downloaded almost 100,000 before the. The state department ordered wilson to take down the plans, arguing that his post violated laws that regulate the. Wilson first successfully fired his 3d printed handgun, the liberator, in may 20. As ive learnt more about the design software and 3d printing ive wanted to put more detail into this model. James patrick is bound to turn some heads with his pm522 washbear revolver, the worlds first 3d printed repeating firearm capable of firing up to 8 bullets without stopping to reload. Blueprints can simply be downloaded, which is why this new method of. They also sought a restraining order, arguing the 3d guns would be a safety risk. That means australian gun rights advocates have likely been downloading these plans for. Come and take them from my printer 3d printed handgun available for download after successful testfirings liberator pistol now works and can be created by anyone with the right tools. The liberator pistol isnt all 3d printed abs plastic, though. At the height of the 3d printing craze several years ago, a website called defense distributed made waves by offering a fully 3d printed gun called the liberator for download. The fgc9 fulfills the promise of 3d printed guns en.
Frankly, 3d printing gun parts is the most complicated way for a criminal to get his hands on a firearm, after stealing a gun from a legal gun owner, buying a gun on the black market, and. The plans were downloaded over 100,000 times in the two days before the. In may 20, the first 3d printed gun was testfired by cody wilson. The liberator is a physible, 3dprintable single shot handgun, the first such printable firearm design made widely available online. The liberator is a physible, 3d printable single shot handgun, the first such printable firearm design made widely available online. Liberator first 3d printable gun download torrent tpb. The liberator, as it is commonly known, is the first ever 3d printed gun. The publishing of the 3d printed gun blueprints marks a significant victory for defense distributed founder cody wilson, a selfdescribed anarchist who has said publicly that hes seeking to undermine gun control efforts by democratizing access to firearms. Refind renren sina weibo sitejot skype slashdot sms stocktwits svejo symbaloo. The printing process takes around 20 hours, and the pieces can then be assembled to make a fully functioning firearm with the addition of a single metal component. Defense distributeds 3d printed liberator pistol assembly. Contribute to defiantcadfree defcad development by creating an account on github. If you can find a cad package that will import stl, it wont be accurate. He boasted a design called the liberator that fires a.
Solid concepts 3d prints a gun from metal digital engineering 247. Theyre pretty much useless for open combat, but the idea was that resistance fighters could use it to get close to an axis soldier, kill him, and take his weapons. The 3d printed gun all made of plastic with a printer designed by defense distributed is here modeled and animated with solidworks to show its functionality. This project started as a pure curiosity on how defense distributed managed to 3d print springs. Starting august 1, you can 3d print a gun the hustle. What you really want are the native cad files or output in step or iges format. Constructed of abs plastic with a nail used as the firing pin this is proof of how 3d printing technology is pushing the envelope when it comes to manufacturing. You can easily download the 3dprintable files from. The worlds first 3d printed handgun, the liberator. The fp45 liberator is a pistol manufactured by the united states military during world war ii for use by resistance forces in occupied territories. Now your gun has 6 ounces of steel and is thus considered a detectable firearm. Wilson first posted plans for the liberator in april 20. One plastic barrel survived eight shots, and another barrel was swapped in for the ninth, before.
Freedefcad liberator 3d printable gun dd liberator stl excuse the scattered file organization i am a newbie here. Cody wilson, a law student at the university of texas, is the one who came up with the idea of making a plastic gun that could work more or less the same as any normal gun. Back in 20, cody wilson of defense distributed designed and built the worlds first completely 3d printed pistol. In abject violation of the second amendment, american lawmakers have for decades willfully, intentionally, and traitorously violated their oaths of office. In 20, wilson posted plans for his 3d printed pistol the liberator online. The hammer body should be printed such that the firing pin hole is in the z axis.
But, after dds wiki weapon project spat out its first functional firearm, the liberator, in 20, the justice department forced wilson to remove. Australian state makes owning plans for 3d printed guns illegal. I printed the original model earlier this year and was very happy. I will tell you several places where 3d files might be available to the public, and where you can go to search for the file for the liberator pistol, but finding the actual. The open source firm defense distributed designed the gun and released the plans on the internet on may 6, 20. The neverending talk of 3d printing guns continues to run rampant. The shuty mp1 is the latest 3d printed working semiautomatic handgun february 4, 2016 by scott j grunewald 3d design 3d printed guns 3d printing share this article. If the liberator is the first fish squirming out of the sea and onto dry land, the fgc9 is the first human to stand upright. Silicon carbide ceramics additive manufacturing markets. The plans were downloaded over 100,000 times in the two days before the united states department of state demanded that defense distributed retract. Since they are made of plastic, they would be untraceable and undetectable as well. Now there is a entirely 3d printed gun dubbed the liberator. However, i didnt like the videos of it blowing up after 3 shots.
Further claims by lawmakers that the printed guns will be wielded by terrorists and criminals have fueled a rather heated debate. The worlds first 3d printed gun, the liberator, has been printed, assembled, successfully testfired and now the 3d cad files are available to download, if you wish to create your own gun. The shuty mp1 is the latest 3d printed working semi. Us government concedes that 3d printed guns are legal. The liberator is made of fifteen parts of abs acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plastic, printed individually on an industrial grade stratasys dimension sst 3d printer. What you need to know about the liberator 3dprinted pistol. These updated plans offer a huge upgrade in firepower over the original liberator in just a few weeks following the announcement and launch of the first 3d printed pistol. Screenshot by sean hollister cnet wilson initially said he would make such weapons in 2012.
The liberator was never issued to american or other allied troops, and there are few documented instances of the weapon being used for its intended purpose. This plastic pistol was produced by internet activists defense distributed under the name liberator the liberator. The release of the fgc9 is especially significant because it represents a complete technological iteration of cody wilsons liberator pistol. How 3d printed guns got to this point standing on the shoulders of giants.
Liberator fully printable pistol assembly with view of. The singleshot pistol, made almost entirely out of abs plastic, could be printed on a 3d printer at home. Defense distributed has made good on their promise to produce and fire the worlds first fully 3dprinted gun. Historic note, the 3d printed gun shares a nickname with the fp45 liberator, a singleshot pistol made for the us military and airdropped into occupied territories during wwii. The gun blueprints project started about five years ago, when cody wilson, a selfdescribed cryptoanarchist and gun enthusiast, released online the designs for a fully 3d printed gun he called. Ive been using stills from a recent ebay auction for one of the original liberators from the bbc so have been able to verify some of finer design details. The first entirely 3dprinted handgun is here ars technica. He called his gun the liberator, after a world war iiera singleshot pistol.