TTAG reader Jeremy is not impressed with Cody Wilson’s 3D printable pistol. “The Liberator does suck,” Jeremy emails, “and people rag on it for good reason.” Yes but—“there is a company that will currently print your product from your drawing and they print in aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, bronze, brass, and plastics, etc. The defcad stuff renders in their system.” That would be i.materialise.com. “You can see for yourself that defcad’s drawings render perfectly in their system. Upload the attached AR-10 lower receiver file and it will appear in their 3D preview no problem.” Note: their machines are more than large enough to print an AR lower. Needless to say, the Belgian manufacturer is legally constrained from this sort of endeavor. However, the technology to print a robust firearm in a strong metal exists. And now that cat’s out of the bag, too.
Forget your plan, RF. If all the goons in Nawlins end up in Angola prison, who will be left to vote for Mitch Landrieu and the rest of his lowlife family?
“MBI” is more fitting than MAIG…Mayors Behaving Illegally;
http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/fact-sheets/2012/criminal-behavior-by-members-of-maig.aspx
And besides, these mayors should stop pretending: They don’t give a rip about illegal guns–it’s the legal ones they’re really after.
ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT.
SERPAS IS A LIBERAL JACKASS.
END THE WELFARE/CRIME BREEDERS SYSTEM.
GUESS WHAT I WAS AT WORK NOT 2ND LINING.
“I’m as mad as Hell, and I’m not going to take it any more!”
How about a pre-arranged act by every gun-owner we can reach. At some time (2100/4th July, anyone?) everyone lets off seven into something safe – say a sandbag if they’ve nothing else.
Millions of angry shots in every time zone, audible everywhere – and with all the firecrackers and such, who’ll be able to fix blame?
Civil disobedience.
I have been considering a XD-S for sometime now after digesting most of what has been written both in magazines (every magazine review I have read has been stellar) and on the internet from present owners. I have surmised that the problems of the gun not returning to battery have mostly been a grip issue with people that have large hands. I have small hands, actually I’d describe them more as short and fat and they seem to work with the XD-S just fine. Folks with large hands tend to push the magazine up with their pinkies which is the reason why it fails to return to battery. I already own a Springfield EMP in .40 S&W which I love. There were problems with that gun with some owners early on too and Springfield went out of their way to take care of those. The only problem I ever had with my EMP was a stovepipe but it was with Hornady Critical Defense ammo which lots of folks have had problems with. I read about a lot of failures to feed with the EMP and stovepipes with HPs but after careful consideration I came to the conclusion that a lot of those problems were caused by limp wristing. It’s easy to do if you’re at the range running 200 + rounds through your pistol. You’re inevitably going to limp wrist a shot or two after so many rounds. So I finally bought one today. $600 for a all black model. I also ordered a couple of 7 round mag extensions from Springfield tonight. I ran 100 rounds of Winchester white box 230g FMJ through my XD-S today right after I purchased it and it gobbled all the ammo up without a hiccup. I was also very pleasantly surprised at the manageability of the recoil on the pistol. Its definitely got a little kick to it but it’s easily manageable and not bad enough to keep you from getting enough practice in. Springfield makes some very nice firearms from the M1A rifles to the Trophy Match 1911s. I understand there are going to be some people that do not like this pistol because it just doesn’t fit them right or it lacks the capacity they want (but I plan to use it as a backup gun so that’s not an issue for me) or they own one and have not had much luck with it digesting ammo without hiccups. (and again I say that seems to be a problem for people with large hands who’s pinkies are jamming the magazine upwards resulting in the pistol failing to completely return to battery) So the gun didn’t workout for you. That is too bad because it is a very nice gun that has carved a nice niche in the market. That said, I think it’s ridiculous that some folks will say they will never buy another Springfield product again assuming that everything they make is garbage. That’s just not true and very disingenuous I think. You’ll swear by Glocks (which I am not a fan of) and dis Springfield very unfairly to them and to yourselves IMO. I own Colts, S&Ws, Springfields, Sigs and Berretas and they all work fine and they all have their place in my arsenal. Try being a little more open minded about it and don’t just reject their whole lineup out of hand because of your bad experience with one firearm.
dunno if its a peter the great emblem or a crest over eagle.
its stamped into the reciever on some.
eyes dont focus that well anymore.
gotta find a lupe or a decent nagnifying glass.
two are marked with a star and 5 dots and have CCCP stamped in the barrel shank and the hammer symbol on the reciever.
the oldest one so far is 1921 and the newest is 1944.
some are low wall and some high wall.
this is gonna get fun 🙂 :).