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The 3D Printed Arms Race Just Got Real with This Working Handheld Railgun - 3DPrint.com

Electromagnetic projectile launchers called railguns are what many in the military are hoping will be the weapon of the future. A railgun doesn’t use traditional projectile propellants like gunpowder or explosives, but instead they use electromagnetic fields to propel projectiles at speeds that can exceed an incredible Mach 10. A basic railgun design will include a pair of parallel conducting rails that will accelerate a sliding armature when the electromagnetic current flows through one rail, into the armature and then back into the other rail. Using this rapid acceleration, the armature can launch a wide variety of projectiles at incredible speeds.

The US Navy testing a railgun.

Currently the military is still researching railgun technology, but they expect that once perfected, the projectiles will cause considerably more damage than conventional munitions due to the rapid rate of acceleration that they can achieve (up to 13,000 mph in just 0.2 seconds) and the resulting wave of kinetic energy that is pulled along with the fired projectiles. Current military prototypes are massive guns that are intended to be mounted on a battleship, unlike the handheld versions often seen in video games. Until now the idea of even making a handheld railgun was almost entirely the domain of science fiction.

But over the weekend a crafty maker named David Wirth uploaded pictures of his latest project to Imgur, as well as several test videos up to YouTube. Incredibly, he had created a working, handheld railgun capable of firing several different types of metal rods as ‘bullets.’ The railgun was constructed using a combination of 3D printed parts, readily available electronics and hardware. And it’s powered by a bank of six capacitors that are capable of producing over 1,800 joules of energy per shot

of The 3D printed components included parts made using a few different materials. The casing around the electronic components is made from ABS. However, as Wirth noted, “after the first test, the pressure broke a steel bolt in the injector and a piece of weak 3d-printed PLA which held the bolt in place. A new polycarbonate injector piece and nylon bolt plate were printed and the problem never happened again.”

“The rails consist of a set of outer and inner rails.  The outer rails are non-replaceable and made of aluminum. They never contact the armature so they never experience rail erosion. The inner rails are copper and are designed to be periodically replaced. They are held in place by the polycarbonate muzzle break and the polypropylene injector and are free to slide in and out once the muzzle break is removed,” Wirth wrote on his original Imgur gallery.

Wirth used an Arduino Uno R3 board to run the railgun’s electronics and monitor charging levels, temperature, capacitor voltage, amperage, and the battery voltage. Just like the full-sized railgun being developed by the military, Wirth’s railgun uses a set of parallel electrodes to launch aluminum, tungsten, graphite or even plasma projectiles at an absurd 560 mph. Yes, you read that correctly, this railgun is also a handheld plasma gun.


If that sounds terrifying, don’t worry, Wirth’s version of a railgun uses the same technology and principals of the military’s larger versions, but it isn’t quite as lethal. While the projectiles will certainly hurt, and if the shot is exceptionally lucky maybe actually cause some damage to a person. But the 560 mph that the projectiles reach is a drop in the bucket compared to the 13,000 mph the military versions can travel. As impressive as this handheld version is, don’t expect to be using it to hunt down other dimensional Lovecraftian horrors anytime soon. But boy are you going to be able to mess up some cantaloupes something fierce.

Here is some video of Wirth firing a 4.3g tungsten-core aluminum projectile at a cantaloupe:

You can read more about the technology and components that Wirth used to build his railgun on the original Imgur album. And there are several more video’s on his YouTube page of him firing different projectiles, including an aluminum sabot and a carbon rod that vaporized before it could even hit the target.

Let’s hear your thoughts on this weapon.  Discuss in the 3D Printed Rail Gun forum thread on 3DPB.com

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3D Printed Pistol | Weapons printed on a 3D printer

With the help of 3D printing, you can make not only harmless souvenirs and trinkets. People did not limit themselves to the necessary mechanisms and things. Legislators were seriously worried, because enterprising designers and inquisitive minds tried to print weapons. And not just a model for cosplay, but a real one, capable of firing live ammunition. But most importantly, they succeeded! Therefore, it was necessary to introduce restrictions at the legislative level for the safety of people.

Weapons were printed not only by professional devices capable of metal printing. And quite ordinary ones, printing using FDM technology. At the same time, it was possible to print not only prototypes of existing weapon models, but also to develop completely unique models.

3D printed weapons - analogues

The most well-known variants of weapons analogues printed in whole or in part are:

  • Сolt M1911 from Solid Сoncepts
  • Replica of the grizzly . 22 hunting rifle made of plastic by a Canadian with the pseudonym "Matthew"
  • Horns for AK 47 and AR-15 - Feinstein from Defense Distributed
  • Parts for AK-47

Concept3d printed Solt M1911 printer. For this, an alloy of chromium, nickel and molybdenum called Inconel 625 was used. 2000 shots can be fired from this weapon. In this case, the number of misfires will be minimal.

A grizzly .22 plastic hunting rifle capable of firing 14 rounds, after which its barrel becomes unusable. The weapon was built through trial and error on a Stratasys Dimension 1200e.

Other legally restricted options are hybrid systems of existing firearms.

New Designs

Many have gone further and have not tried to print existing models of weapons, but have tried to create new unique models. The most famous among them are:

  • Liberator and Lulz Liberator
  • Shutu-MP1
  • Reprringer Pepperbox

The very first additive pistol was the Liberator. This iconic weapon appeared in 2013. It is completely printed on a Stratasys Dimension SST 3D printer, and its cost is about $10. The drawings of this device were freely available. The disadvantages of this weapon were that it gave a lot of misfires, and was only capable of one shot. The shortcomings have been eliminated in the improved Lulz Liberator model. This plastic pistol is capable of firing up to 8 shots. Now the drawings are removed from the public domain. And the distribution and printing of Liberator is prohibited by law, although you can find a photo of it without problems.

There is a video on the Internet that shows the tests and characteristics of the combat Shut-MP1. This is a half-printed firearm, meaning it consists of an AR15 receiver and a printed plastic module.

Non-combat printed weapons

This is not about cosplay, but about other options, such as, for example, airsoft guns and air pistols. The printing of such weapons can be carried out on conventional FDM printers. At the same time, there are samples of air rifles printed on 3D printers. This weapon may well be used even in competitions, and it is even capable of outperforming many analogues produced using classical technologies. This rifle has a light weight, a rate of fire comparable to market weapons and is equipped with a comfortable handle and stand.

So the seal of the weapon is a reality. On the one hand, now everyone can practice as a weapon designer or create a tool for self-defense. But on the other hand, it is important to control the production of firearms, because the security of society directly depends on this.

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