Class 3 Machining and My Suppressed Ruger-57 [VIDEO]
When Ruger launched the Ruger-57 a year ago (TTAG review HERE), we were taken quite by surprise. Nobody foresaw this FN Five-seveN competitor coming, but it was a great news for fans of the...
Letter to Biden From GOA, JSD Supply and Defense Distributed on 80% Blanks and...
1 March, 2021
The President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Request on Behalf of Law-Abiding Owners of Non-Firearm Receiver Blanks and NonCommercial Manufacturers of Home-Built Firearms
Dear Mr. President:
Recent reports indicate that your administration is...
DIY: Installing an Ed Brown 1911 RMR Cut Slide
Ah, the 1911. There is a certain poise and surety when an American hand wraps around the grip of one of these classics, almost like slipping on a well-worn leather glove with the colors...
Australians With 3D Printers Turning To Disposable Barrels
Australians making 3D printed guns have came up with an interesting way to get around the durability problem: interchangeable disposable barrels.
https://twitter.com/nswpolice/status/1293041086634418181
The frame appears to be based on the Songbird design that's floating around the...
Gear Review: 80% Arms Easy Jig Gen 3 Multi-Platform 80% Lower Jig
The 80% Arms GST-9 Pistol Built Kit I reviewed late last year was easily the best pistol lower build kit I've seen yet. It was window-licker simple and produced a great product.
The 80% Arms...
Is Homeland Security Cracking Down On 3-D Printing?
Some odd documents are circulating on the Internet which purport to show that the Department of Homeland Security wants to combat "illegal -D printing," whatever that is, because making firearms for one's own use...
Building the FGC-9: Getting Started With 3D Printing (Part 1)
"You'll blow your hand off shoot your eye out, kid!"
-Unnamed department store Santa Claus, A Christmas Story
Background
When the Liberator 3D printable gun came out in 2013, it was revolutionary. Politicians, regulators, and fearful members of...
Making Your Own Gun is No Different Than Growing Your Own Food
The right to craft and customize firearms is integral to the right to determine which arms one will “keep and bear.”
There is nothing strange or sinister about making and customizing one’s own means of personal defense....
Gear Review: $39 ‘Fule Filter’ Form 1 Silencer Build [VIDEO]
With an e-filed ATF Form 1 (the application to manufacture your own NFA item) taking only three to five weeks (ish) for approval these days, as compared to about nine months for a Form...
GFEN Announces the First Shooting Competition for DIY Gun Builders
There are thousands of shooting competitions held across the country every year for competitors shooting a huge range of calibers -- .22 up to .50 -- and firearms. Everything from PRS to Cowboy Action...
Ghost Gunner 3 CNC Mill Now Supports AK-47 and AK-74 80% Receivers
When Defense Distributed launched their faster, larger, more powerful Ghost Gunner 3 mill they noted it is powerful enough to cut steel. At that point it was only a matter of time before AK-47...
DIY Friday: Make an M-LOK Side Saddle for Your KelTec KS7 Shotgun
In my Keltec KS7 review, I mentioned that I wish someone would make an M-LOK side saddle I could attach to the shotgun. There isn’t a lot of room on the gun for accessories....