The worlds first 3dprinted gun, the liberator, has been printed, assembled, successfully testfired and now the 3d cad files are available to download, if you wish to create your own gun. Theyre not supposed to be able to get them until later this week, but 1,000 people have already downloaded plans for 3d printable guns, pennsylvanias attorney general says. After the blueprints were made available online on may 5th, 20, they were downloaded more than 100,000 times within four days. Thats the number of downloads of the 3d printable file for the socalled liberator gun that the hightech gunsmithing group defense distributed has seen in just the last two days, a. Downloadable files for 3dprinted guns to be made publicly. Freedefcadliberator 3d printable gundd liberator stl. Here is our selection of the best 3d files of planes, all these magnificent machines are from the 3d files library cults and are perfectly 3d printable this collection includes free 3d files of all kinds of aircraft. Models for the ar15, the secondmost popular firearm, had. The worlds first 3d printed gun, the liberator, has been printed, assembled, successfully testfired and now the 3d cad files are available to download, if you wish to create your own gun. Wilson first successfully fired his 3d printed handgun, the liberator, in may 20. Liberator is the name of the 3d printed gun designed by defense distributeds open source printing project defcad. Back in 20, cody wilson of defense distributed designed and built the worlds first completely 3d printed pistol. When the us state department forced cody wilson to removed the design files from his website for the liberator 3d printed single shot hand gun, this marked a turning point within several arenas. The worlds first 3d printed handgun has been successfully fired.
On may 1st, wilson assembled the 3d printed pieces of his liberator for the first time, and agreed to let a forbes photographer take pictures of the unproven device. 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. Super liberator 3d print kit gun 3d cad model library. He called his gun the liberator, after a world war iiera singleshot pistol. Ben philippi what started as a political art project became the liberator 12k, a prototype homemade 3d printed 12gauge. In 2012 cody wilson recruited a team to develop the first entirely 3d printed pistol, eventually named the liberator. Worlds first downloadable 3dprinted gun, liberator.
Constructed of abs plastic with a nail used as the firing pin this is proof of how 3d printing technology is pushing the envelope when it comes to manufacturing. This plastic pistol was produced by internet activists defense distributed under the name liberator the liberator. I will tell you several places where 3d files might be available to the public, and where you can go to search for the file for the liberator pistol, but finding the actual. The open source firm defense distributed designed the gun and released the plans on the internet on may 6, 20. Liberator fully printable pistol assembly with view of stl files. Screenshot by sean hollister cnet wilson initially said he would make such weapons in 2012. As ive learnt more about the design software and 3d printing ive wanted to put more detail into this model. Contribute to defiantcadfree defcad development by creating an account on github. And it will never start doing that, a pirate bay insider told torrentfreak, which first pointed out the 3d gun on the nowicelandic site. The state department has successfully demanded the removal of the files from defcad. Gun rights activist cody wilson resumed sharing the controversial files over his site defcad, but as a buyable good. What you really want are the native cad files or output in step or iges format. The worlds first 3d printed handgun, the liberator. For the purposes of this subsection the undetectable firearms act of.
Now there is a entirely 3d printed gun dubbed the liberator. Embrace the new age and retrofit your arsenal with. With more than 4,500 downloads as of tuesday afternoon, the most popular blueprint on the site appeared to be for the liberator, a singleshot. We think that the good thing about the discussion about 3d printers and their gun laws might bring more focus on the double standards that the u. Modeling the development and release of the pistols code on wikileaks efforts, wilson directed a new, free speech approach to undermining the ideological forces of american gun control. The neverending talk of 3d printing guns continues to run rampant among owners of 3d printers, as well as legislators and gun control activists all around the world. Once uploaded to the defense distributed, its blueprints were downloaded almost 100,000 before the. Further claims by lawmakers that the printed guns will be wielded by terrorists and criminals have fueled a rather heated debate. In may 20, the first 3d printed gun was testfired by cody wilson. I printed the original model earlier this year and was very happy.
Id like to say this model would not have been possible without. The only thing thats currently stopping more 3d guns from being printed is the limited availability of 3d printers themselves. Download our files and build them with your lasercutter, 3d printer, or cnc. We follow gun designer cody wilson and 3d printing enthusiast travis lerol as he tests the liberator. Wilson is the creator of liberator and the founder of. On may 9th, 20, the us department of defense trade controls requested the files be removed from the site. Freedefcad liberator 3d printable gun dd liberator stl. Plans are also underway to enable homemade printers assembled through the reprap project to print the liberator. Once uploaded to the defense distributed, its blueprints were downloaded almost 100,000 before the government. You can legally download 3dprinted gun designs next month.