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Yet another article in our paper about a bust with 3d printed guns. This one is about a 22 year old who was manufacturing them…

[Jody Harris]

What problem?

-j

Think carefully

On Wednesday, February 11th, 2026 at 9:15 AM, 3D Printing Tips and Tricks <3d-printing-...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Yet another article in our paper about a bust with 3d printed guns. This one is about a 22 year old who was manufacturing them…

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[Ed Street]

Appears the person was working on texture and grip. Looks also like airsoft parts.  Was there any other photo's that showed legit items to be of concerned about?  I have seen hundred of prop items with techno, scifi, reenactment etc.  None of those in this appears to be of concern.

[Bryan Eckert]

The problem is those are just frames and lowers, not a single actual firearm in that photo.

And what of things like this:
https://makerworld.com/en/models/1618998-resident-evil-beretta-92f-samurai-edge#profileId-1708714

Full replica Beretta 92 with working slide, trigger and hammer.

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Andy,

Yep, thems actual firearms.

[markni...@gmail.com]

The wired maagazine video, which Andy linked to some time ago shows a functional firearm, printed on a Bambu PS1.

My local Microcenter is featuring Bambu PS1's for $399.00:  https://www.microcenter.com/product/668655/bambu-lab-p1s-3d-printer

The genie is out of the bottle now, and this issue will be with us from here on out.

What should be done? If anything.

What could be done, if that was the direction chosen.

I'm not smart enough to know the answers.

I would just hope that whatever solution policy makers decide, does not infinge on our rights.

[Alan B]

A number of states led by Washington state are aggressively marching toward total retroactive control over 3D printing infrastructure. It looks very bad. 

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[Bryan Eckert]

Here's a couple of videos. PSR specifically is a 3D printed gun channel (print shoot repeat)

https://youtu.be/AaT-oJRLYTE?si=_Y5TEMsabgRup_0v

And Joel Tellings video he just released:

https://youtu.be/0yE17gZ9aeM?si=2S5H2a-JIPKb_tzC

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[3D Printing Tips and Tricks]

Seems he is equating a number of things as analogies which IMO they are not.

I agree with my cohost... they should make the metal parts that the bullets fit into illegal.

[Ed Street]

That's just it.  You do not need 'metal parts' at all.  Banning objects is just silly.  Why are all these pushes to ban / remove objects when its bad behavior, bad actors that should be the focus?  

It appears that the second photo does not use 3D prints.  Which is a problem.  If you are going to label this as a ghost gun topic, then show non-ghost guns when the printed ones were never listed as assembled but various stages; that's a red herring.  While ghost guns do exist, they are not really an actual problem.   Unless the goal is not about crime prevention.

[Bryan Eckert]

Kind of unrealistic, because in any other world those are just spare parts. I have multiple barrels for all of my pistols, usually threaded for a suppressor and non threaded. I have ported and non ported barrels/slides. I have spare trigger bars, and spare springs. Because when you shoot every week and put tens of thousands of rounds through a firearm, like anything else mechanical they wear out. That includes barrels.  

What you're suggesting goes completely against right to repair.

It is not illegal in the US to manufacture a firearm for personal use under federal law. The only stipulation is if you plan to use that off your own property, you must submit for a serial number. 

Making and selling firearms without an FFL is what is illegal. Doesn't matter how you make it. 

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I agree with my cohost. Make the metal parts that can be ordered that fit bullets illegal.

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[3D Printing Tips and Tricks]

According to the article all the guns have parts that are 3d printed.

What is totally unrealistic is an entire gun made of plastic. That’s absurd… I know because I tried it. It does not work past the first shot and that first shot is quite ineffective,

[Bryan Eckert]

Here's another video, and he's right. 3D printed firearms are just a Trojan horse:

https://youtu.be/tGEVra9U91I?si=B4wrCetXRnYRcn5S

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