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It could print ceramics that just need baking, and carbon fiber molds.


We could build rockets and nukes with it, better make it illegal.
 
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erocker said:
Printed or not, probably the best idea. I did read (somewhere) that they may be coating bullets in some sort of pollen to aid in criminal investigations.
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My father makes his own 45.ACP lead slugs for plinking and reloads his own ammo. Its very easy and a monkey can do it......I'm proof of this.


m1dg3t said:
Lol

Theres a LOT of energy in a cartridge "bullet", even rimfire. There is a reason you have NEVER seen a firearm with anything other than metal used for the barrel/action/receiver. Especially since the introduction of cartridge style ammo...

You want a "plastic" gun? Get a Glock.
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Not exactly. I guess you never heard of the "Bic .22". There was an article a few years back in The National Rifleman how to make a working .22 single shot with a bic pen. Those lil' rim fires unless they are magnum or "long" don't have much pressure at all.
 
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