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[milktree]

What handgun is the easiest to make?

I don’t mean, “start from an 80%” but rather “start from a block of steel or aluminum”

just the frame, not the hammer and sear and barrel and stuff.

What pattern is the most forgiving of inexperienced/shoddy workmanship?

I imagine the magazine well is the hardest part to get right. (Without a shaper)

A single shot zip gun would be easy, but I don’t want one of those.

 

[AMV]

Mac 10/ Cobray M11 style guns can get welded up pretty Easy with minimum machine time,

 

[whatluck]

AK and MP5 receivers can be bent on a jig from sheet metal.

Or a shovel apparently.

 

[MaroonedinMA]

Check out one of the Pakistani 1-person-arms-factory videos and make whatever the haji with the hammer, file and leaf-spring metal, is making.

 

[whatluck]

 

[Gasgunner]

I made a steel P320 frame. As far as handguns go, it has the fewest critical interfaces. As long as the takedown pin and FCU are located correctly, the gun will work. The slide only interacts with the FCU and there are no pins or pivots in the frame.

 

[Marty McFly]

This is an easy design. It's not for sale as it's pre 8/1.

 

[Arto]

FP-45 Liberator Pistol

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www.liberatorpistol.com

 

[DarkJoker33]

I made a steel P320 frame. As far as handguns go, it has the fewest critical interfaces. As long as the takedown pin and FCU are located correctly, the gun will work. The slide only interacts with the FCU and there are no pins or pivots in the frame.

How?

 

[Gasgunner]

How?

I got a big chunk of steel and removed everything that *wasn’t* a P320 grip frame.

 

[Mtn_Guy]

This is an easy design. It's not for sale as it's pre 8/1.
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The craftsmanship is outstanding… you even got the medallion on the grips, truly impressive.

 

[Marty McFly]

The craftsmanship is outstanding… you even got the medallion on the grips, truly impressive.

It's for of I'm running from the cops. It's an mbta token

 

[milktree]

I made a steel P320 frame. As far as handguns go, it has the fewest critical interfaces. As long as the takedown pin and FCU are located correctly, the gun will work. The slide only interacts with the FCU and there are no pins or pivots in the frame.

How'd you shape the magazine well? That seems like it would be tricky.

 

[Marty McFly]

@Gasgunner I would buy one. Just saying

 

[DarkJoker33]

I got a big chunk of steel and removed everything that *wasn’t* a P320 grip frame.

I kinda assumed that.
But hobbyist milling machine?
Or super fancy industrial multi axis machine?

 

[Gasgunner]

How'd you shape the magazine well? That seems like it would be tricky.

I kinda assumed that.
But hobbyist milling machine?
Or super fancy industrial multi axis machine?

I have a clapped out manual Bridgeport. The mag well was done with long reach end mills. It was not ideal. The mill got me close, then it was hand filing and sanding to refine it.

 

[DarkJoker33]

That still fu(kin rad man. Awesome work.

 

[milktree]

I have a clapped out manual Bridgeport. The mag well was done with long reach end mills. It was not ideal. The mill got me close, then it was hand filing and sanding to refine it.

Nice. Now I'm thinking how I might do it. Start with a basic shape, then a reference surface (top where the slide rails will be) then do the mag-well based on that.

It looks like a ton of work. How's it shoot?

 

[Gasgunner]

Nice. Now I'm thinking how I might do it. Start with a basic shape, then a reference surface (top where the slide rails will be) then do the mag-well based on that.

It looks like a ton of work. How's it shoot?

Very soft. It’s over 2 pounds loaded. I could have removed a lot more material from inside the backstrap. Shooting 150gr subs, it barely moves. I took all the measurements from that X5 grip module, so not incredibly precise. It was more of a styling/skills exercise than anything.

 

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[akma]

3D print one. look up Reddit FOSSCAD.

 

[peterk123]

How about a pipe and a hammer?

 

[sshamrock]

3D print one. look up Reddit FOSSCAD.

Edit cause I am dumb:

Avoid defcad.

Thegatalog is a good place to start too

 

[VigilantesLiberi]

Si Vis Pachem? Professor Parabellum!

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Professor Parabellum's guide to building a full auto shotgun.

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[akma]

Edit cause I am dumb:

Avoid defcad.

Thegatalog is a good place to start too

defcad=Fed Cad

 

[jayhitek]

How many government watch lists do you want us on??