The ‘Nutty 9’ is an ingenious new and improved bolt design for the FGC-9 which consists of nothing more than four nuts and two bolts screwed into a printed connector piece. The only thing left for you to do is simply drill a hole for the firing pin, which could even be done with an old egg-beater drill. A handy printable jig is even included to stick your drill through so there is no measuring or anything else involved. Any kid in the world can now make an effective 9mm carbine, currently being used in war zones, quietly from the comfort of their bedroom ..read more

“Yep fully printed. Only metal is barrel springs and screws. Just calling it Just-in-Case. I over halled the el ratto. Made it reliable and serviceable. Files are done working on guide.” The barrel in this case is simply a piece of steel break-line tube pressed into a printed outer barrel. These types of almost fully 3D printed semi-auto pistols are starting to show up seized around the world – now coupled with fully printed silencers that rival commercially made ones ..read more

Not a bad effort this one. Seized a couple of weeks ago in Brazil (where else ..read more

Working Group on Firearms, 11th Session – Vienna, Austria, 3 and 4 April 2024 In the lunchbreak of the Working Group’s first day, United Kingdom, with the support of the UNODC Firearms Trafficking Section, organizes a side event, entitled “United Kingdom’s Multi Agency Approach to Tackling the Threat of 3D-printed Firearms”. The spread and increasing availability of 3D-printed firearms as feasible lethal weapons that can be used in serious crime is a global threat. This event will be an opportunity to find out more about Project INTERKNOW, the UK’s Multi agency response co-ordinated by the Na ..read more

A recently spawned Brazilian creation ..read more

A recent seizure of locally produced ‘AK47’ submachine guns which have shown up widely in the region. The bolts are obviously cut out using basic power tools. Component parts of revolving shotguns are also present ..read more

A new variant hybrid 3D printed submachine gun seized in Espirito Santo, Brazil, which appeared last year. It’s an open bolt tubing SMG but appears to make use of a heavily modified and hand fitted 3D printed AR9 lower and furniture. It is chambered for .380 ACP. Perhaps someone out there recognizes the exact files used in this case ..read more

“A teenager arrested in Hobart’s CBD over alleged thefts was carrying a loaded homemade gun, police say ..read more

‘At home’ monstrosity seized by the IDF last month ..read more

“Tasmania Police have seized 36 firearms, $45,000 in cash and quantities of ice, cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis during a 30-day targeted operation in the state’s north ..read more