The table below lists noteworthy 3D printed weapons (mainly 3D printed firearms) and parts.
Plastic -Weapon/Part used plastic 3D-printer
Metal -Weapon/Part used metal 3D-printer
Both -Weapon/Part uses both metal and plastic 3D-printers
Name | Date made public | Type | Mechanism | Process | Designer | Other required parts | Caliber |
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Monolith Arms P-12 [1] [2] [3] | 2005 | Hybrid firearm: shotgun | Pump action | Unreleased | Empty Shell llc | Empty Shell LLC components | 12-gauge |
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Liberator .380 [4] [5] | [4] [6] [7] | 2013, MayPrimarily printed firearm: Pistol | Single shot | FDM [8] | Defense Distributed [9] | Roofing nail | .380 ACP |
Grizzly, [5] [10] | [10] [12] | 2013, August (original), G22 v3 (latest)Hybrid firearm: Rifle | Single-shot | FDM w/ ABS | "Matthew" (pseudonym) [10] [11] [12] | .22 caliber barrel liner Metal rods Metric fasteners Springs Screws | .22 LR |
Reprringer [5] [13] [14] [15] | [13] | 2013, SeptemberPrimarily printed firearm: Pepper-box revolver [5] [13] | FDM | Hexen [13] [14] | .22 Short/.22 LR | ||
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Solid Concepts 1911 DMLS [16] | [16] | 2013, NovemberWeapon: Browning 1911 handgun [5] [16] | Semi-automatic, Short-recoil | DMLS [16] | Solid Concepts [5] [16] | Springs | .45 ACP |
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Zig Zag revolver [5] [18] | [18] | 2014, MayPrimarily printed firearm: Revolver [5] | FDM [5] | Yoshitomo Imura [18] | .38 Caliber | ||
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Imura Revolver [19] [20] [21] | [20] | 2014, SeptemberPrimarily printed firearm: Revolver [19] [20] | FDM | FOSSCAD members: WarFairy, Frostbyte and others [21] | .22 caliber barrel liner | .38 Caliber | |
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Reason [24] | 2014, October | Weapon: M1911 pistol | Semi-autonatic Recoil operation | DMLS [25] | Solid Concepts [26] | 10mm Auto | |
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XPR-1 [27] | 2015, October | Weapon: Plasma Armature Railgun | FDM | David Wirth [28] | |||
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PG22 [29] | 2017, February | Primarily printed firearm:pistol | Single-shot | FDM w/ PLA | Pilotgeek | Steek barrel liner, breechblock, firing pin, and spring | .22 LR |
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EMG-01A [30] | 2018, July | Weapon: Coilgun | FDM | Arcflash Labs | |||
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FGC-9 / FGC-9 MkII | 2020, March 27 (MKI); 2021, April 16, (MKII) | Hybrid Firearm: pistol | Semi-automatic simple blowback | FDM | JStark1809 (DetDisp) | Steel round stock, springs, AR-15 fire control group springs, fasteners, stainless steel tubing | 9×19mm Parabellum |
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Thump 'n Grind [32] | 2021, July | Signaling device: Launcher | FDM | AWCY? | Steel rods, tubing, AR-15 FCG, fasteners | 37mm ammunition | |
The Harlot [33] | 2022, February | Primarily printed firearm: Pistol | Single-shot | FDM | BAD-CAD / Black Lotus Coalition | .22 caliber barrel liner, spring, and fasterners | .22 LR |
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The Urutau [35] | 2024,July 20 | Hybrid Firearm: Bullpup Short-Barreled Rifle or Standard Rifle | Semi-Automatic Straight-Blowback | FDM | Joseph The Parrot, A.K.A. Zé Carioca | Steel Bar/Round Stock, Hydraulic Tubing, Springs, Screws, Pins, Spacers | 9x19mm |
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Receiver and frame are the parts that are legally considered a firearm and must be registered.
Name | Date made public | Type | Process | Designer | Caliber |
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AR Lower V5 [36] | [36] | 2013, MarchReceiver: AR-15 rifle lower receiver [36] | FDM [37] | Defense Distributed [36] | .223 Rem/ 5.56x45 |
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Charon [38] [39] [40] | [38] | May 2013Receiver: AR-15 rifle lower receiver [38] [39] [40] | FDM [41] | WarFairy [39] [40] | .223 Rem/ 5.56x45 |
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WarFairy P-15 [38] | [38] | 2013, MayReceiver: AR-15 rifle lower receiver [36] | FDM [41] | WarFairy [39] [40] | .223 Rem/ 5.56x45 |
Hanuman AR-15 Bullpup [42] [43] | [42] [43] | 2014, MayReceiver: AR-15 rifle bullpup lower receiver [42] [43] | FDM w/ ABS | WarFairy [42] [43] | .223 Rem/ 5.56x45 |
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Ruger Charger [44] [45] [46] | [45] | 2014, JulyReceiver: Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic pistol [45] | FDM [47] | "Buck-o-Fama" (pseudonym) [45] | .22 Long Rifle |
A pistol version of the popular Ruger 10/22 rifle. [44] [45] | |||||
CM901 [48] | 2015, March | Receiver: AR-10 Receiver | FDM | Printed Firearm [49] | 7.62×51mm |
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Lopoint / Bigpoint [50] | 2019, November (v1); 2020, November (,40/.45); 2021, May (v2) | Frame: Hi-Point pistol frame | FDM | CTRLPew / Atmac / freeman1337 | 9×19mm Parabellum, .380 ACP, .40 S&W, .45 ACP |
Scz0rpion [51] | 2020, October | Receiver: CZ Scorpion Evo 3 receiver | FDM | Are We Cool Yet? | 9×19mm Parabellum |
3011 / 3011DS [54] | 2021, November; 2023, January (DS) | Receiver: 1911 based PDW | FDM | Deterrence Dispensed | .45 ACP, 9×19mm Parabellum, .22 TCM |
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3DPD10 [55] | 2023, April | Frame: Pistol frame | FDM | Avidity Arms | 9×19mm Parabellum |
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Name | Date made public | Type | Process | Designer | Caliber |
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The Cuomo Mag [57] | [58] | January 2013Magazine: AR-15 rifle STANAG magazine [57] | FDM [59] | Defense Distributed [58] | .223 Rem/ 5.56x45 |
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Feinstein AK Mag [57] [63] [64] | [57] [63] | March 2013Magazine: AK-47 rifle magazine | FDM [65] | Defense Distributed [57] [63] | 7.62×39mm |
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Red Rocket shotgun slug | May 2013 | Ammunition: 12 gauge shotgun slug[ citation needed ] | FDM w/ ABS+ [66] | Jeef Hesszel [67] | 12-gauge |
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3DX [68] [69] muzzle brake | [68] | July 2013Muzzle device: AR-15 rifle muzzle brake [68] | DMLS w/ Inconel [68] | Sintercore [68] | .223 Rem/ 5.56x45 |
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5.56×45mm/.223 rifle suppressors:
| [71] | November 2013Muzzle device: Titanium rifle suppressor [70] | SLM w/ Titanium [72] | Oceania Defence Ltd. [72] [71] [73] and Rapid Advanced Manufacturing [74] | .223 Rem/ 5.56x45 |
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7.62×51mm/.308 rifle suppressors:
| [71] | November 2013Muzzle device: Titanium rifle suppressor [75] | SLM w/ Titanium [72] | Oceania Defence Ltd. [72] [71] [73] and Rapid Advanced Manufacturing [74] | 7.62x39mm |
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Small-caliber suppressors: | [71] | November 2013Muzzle device: Titanium pistol suppressor [76] | SLM w/ Titanium [72] | Oceania Defence Ltd. [72] [71] [73] and Rapid Advanced Manufacturing [74] | 9x19mm Parabellum, .45 ACP |
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The Israel drum magazine [78] | [78] | December 2013Magazine: AR-15 rifle 75-round STANAG drum magazine [78] | FDM | FOSSCAD members [78] | .223 Rem/ 5.56x45 |
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The Yee drum magazine [78] | [78] | December 2013Magazine: AK-family drum magazine [78] | FDM | FOSSCAD members [78] | 7.62x39mm |
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SKS grip and stock [15] [79] | [15] | May 2014Part: SKS rifle grip and stock [15] | FDM | FOSSCAD members [15] | |
Škorpion vz. 61 grip and stock [15] [79] | [15] | May 2014Part: Škorpion vz. 61 sub machinegun grip and stock [15] | FDM | FOSSCAD members [15] | |
NERO 556 Muzzle brake [80] [81] | 2018 [80] | Muzzle device: AR-15 rifle muzzle brake [68] | DMLS [81] w/ Inconel [82] | Walker Defense Research [83] [81] | .223 Rem/ 5.56x45 |
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Menendez Mag [84] | March 2021 (v2) | August 2019 (v1); Part: Glock 17/19 Magazine | FDM | Deterrence Dispensed | 9×19mm Parabellum |
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'Make Glocks Full Auto' Glock Autosear [86] [87] | April 2020 | Part: Glock autosear | FDM | digitalmaniac / FreeMenDontAsk |
FCG
In firearms terminology and at law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving") components such as the barrel, stock, trigger mechanism and iron/optical sights. Various firearm receivers often come with 1 or 2 sections, the upper receiver which houses the barrel/trunnion, bolt components etc and the lower receiver that holds the fire control group, pistol grip, selector, stock etc.
The pepper-box revolver or simply pepperbox is a multiple-barrel firearm, mostly in the form of a handgun, that has three or more gun barrels in a revolving mechanism. Each barrel holds a single shot, and the shooter can manually rotate the whole barrel assembly to sequentially index each barrel into alignment with the lock or hammer, similar to rotation of a revolver's cylinder.
Improvised firearms are firearms manufactured by an entity other than a registered firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith. Improvised firearms are typically constructed by adapting existing materials to the purpose. They range in quality, from crude weapons that are as much a danger to the user as the target, to high-quality arms produced by cottage industries using salvaged and repurposed materials.
Glock is a brand of polymer-framed, short-recoil-operated, striker-fired, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H.
Defense Distributed is an online, open-source hardware and software organization that develops digital schematics of firearms in CAD files, or "wiki weapons", that may be downloaded from the Internet and used in 3D printing or CNC milling applications. Among the organization's goals is to develop and freely publish firearms-related design schematics that can be downloaded and reproduced by anyone with a 3D printer or milling machine, facilitating the popular production of homemade firearms.
Cody Rutledge Wilson is an American gun rights activist and crypto-anarchist. He started Defense Distributed, a non-profit organization which develops and publishes open source gun designs, so-called "wiki weapons" created by 3D printing and digital manufacture. He is the director of Defense Distributed; it gained international notoriety in 2013 when it published plans online for the Liberator, the first widely available functioning 3D-printed pistol.
The Liberator is a 3D-printable single-shot handgun, the first such printable firearm design made widely available online. The open source firm Defense Distributed designed the gun and released the plans on the Internet on May 6, 2013. The plans were downloaded over 100,000 times in the two days before the United States Department of State demanded that Defense Distributed retract the plans.
The DEFCAD Charon is an open source 3D-printable AR-15 lower receiver project that was partially inspired by the Fabrique Nationale P90. It began as a design exercise by a DEFCAD user to explore FDM additive manufacturing technology as a means of integrating the P90's ergonomics into a stock for the AR-15, resulting in the WarFairy P-15 stock set.
A 3D printed firearm is a firearm that is partially or primarily produced with a 3D printer. While plastic printed firearms are associated with improvised firearms, or the politics of gun control, digitally-produced metal firearms are more associated with commercial manufacturing or experiments in traditional firearms design.
The United States Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 makes it illegal to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive any firearm that is not as detectable by walk-through metal detection as a security exemplar containing 3.7 oz of steel, or any firearm with major components that do not generate an accurate image before standard airport imaging technology.
The G22 Grizzly is a series of 3D-printed, single-shot, break-action rifles that fire .22LR cartridges. Initially developed in 2013 by a Canadian designer known by the pseudonym "Matthew", the G22 Grizzly has evolved through multiple iterations, with each version improving design, functionality, and printability. It is known for its high level of 3D-printability, requiring minimal non-printable metal parts. The latest version, G22v4, was released in September 2023.
The Feinstein AK Mag is a 3D printed magazine for the AK-47 rifle. It was created by Defense Distributed and made public in March 2013. The magazine was created using a Stratasys Dimension SST 3-D printer via the fused deposition modeling (FDM) method.
The Cuomo Mag is a 3D printed AR-15 magazine named after the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, who signed the NY SAFE Act into law banning magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. It was created by Defense Distributed and made public around January 2013
The WarFairy P-15 is a 3D printed Fabrique Nationale P90 stock made public around May 2013. It was printed using a LulzBot Taz printer via the fused deposition modeling (FDM) method. It was created by WarFairy
The 3DX, also known as the Auxetik, was the first 3D printed metal muzzle brake and the first 3D printed metallic component for a firearm. It is meant for the highly customisable AR-15 rifle. The design was made public around July 2013. The printer used to print it is unknown but the brake was created using the Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) method by Sintercore. It is designed to tame the recoil and muzzle rise of AR-15 pistols chambered for .223 caliber (5.56×45mm) NATO rounds. The Auxetik was renamed to 3DX by Sintercore.
The Reprringer is a 3D printed pepperbox firearm, made public around September 2013. It is a 5-shot, single-action, manually-indexed .22 CB Cap revolver.
The Solid Concepts 1911 DMLS is a 3D printed improvised firearm version of the M1911 pistol. It was made public around November 2013 and was printed via the direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) method. It was created by Solid Concepts. The first gun, version 1.0, is made up of 34 3D-printed 17-4 stainless steel components.
The Zig Zag revolver is a 3D-printed .38-caliber pepperbox type revolver made public in May 2014. It was created using a $500 plastic 3D-printer, however the name of the printer was not revealed by the creator.
The FGC-9 is a 3D-printable, semi-automatic, pistol-caliber carbine. The firearm was first designed and manufactured between 2018 and 2020 by Jacob Duygu, a Kurdish German gun designer known by the pseudonym "JStark1809". In April 2021, a "MkII" revision was released. As of 2024, the FGC-9 is "by far" the world's most common 3-D printed gun, used by insurgents, militia members, terrorists, and drug traffickers in "at least 15 countries". The gun's most prominent promoter and co-designer is "Ivan The Troll," a man identified as John Elik in legal documents.
Shuty is a series of 3D printed firearms created by Derwood, a 47-year-old West Virginia carpenter. The Shuty is a semi-automatic pistol that is mostly 3d printed but requires some factory-made gun parts. It is chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum.