Thursday, May 30, 2013

3D Printed Pistol v1.1: More Calibers


Image from Defense Distributed

The DEFCAD community has released an upgraded version of Defense Distributed Liberator 3D printed pistol.

As they are individuals on the Internet and not an organization, they have never received a letter from any government entity asking them not to distribute computer files.

Improvements include barrels for the .25 ACP cartridge and for the .45 ACP cartridge. No information was supplied to determine if any test firing of these cartridges has been done.

I suspect that the .25 ACP version would work, but I have doubts about the .45 ACP barrel. While the working pressures are similar to that of the .380 ACP cartridge used in the original version, the overall force exerted is much greater.

The new files include SLDPRT ( The SLDPRT file extension is associated with the SolidWorks application used to create 2D and 3D CAD designs); STEP (File Format Description: 3D model file formatted in STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product Data), an ISO standard exchange format; and STL (STereoLithography) is a file format native to the stereolithography CAD software created by 3D Systems.

Link to notice of DEFCAD Liberator v1.1

©2013 by Dean Weingarten Permission to share granted as long as this notice is included.

Link to Gun Watch Article

1 comment:

Wireless.Phil said...

Gifted guns from former Unicoi sheriff Harris being sought

A Unicoi County grand jury had indicted Harris on 10 felonies in October 2011. A grand jury charged Harris with an additional felony official misconduct charge in February 2012.
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/article/108099/gifted-guns-from-former-unicoi-sheriff-harris-being-sought