3D printers

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Originally Posted by Batty

People have been reloading and making their own ammo for years but even without "traditional ammo" there are other possibilities. It's not far fetched to think that lethal ammo couldn't be made from other materials. Over the years we've seen guns that shoot rubber bullets, bean bags and wooden blocks. To think a more lethal ammo isn't just around the corner would be insane.

And yeah, the technology isn't there yet to make a sturdy durable weapon yet but if you were an underground dude making quick disposable guns for robberies or hits, you could make some serious cash.

Imagine making movie props with this thing, some collectors would pay crazy cash.

i can go buy a regular gun right now for 100 bucks

so a disposable gun that can fail would have to be cheaper, so who's ever making them for criminals would have to sell 10 a day to make BIG MONEY.

all those bullets you mentioned still have gunpowder and metal casings housing the powder, so when the hammer hits the pin on the casing, it fires the gunpowder, forcing the shot (beanbag, or bullet or whatever) out, into a barrel where it has nowhere to go but straight

it is a closed controlled explosion

plastic from 3d printers could never do that reliably.

you would be better off making your own crossbows or bow and arrows, and even then you need a sturdy but slightly flexible piece

its basically unrealistic

its not gonna be realistic in "a few years"

the matierials are the matierials.