Comments by "Robert Morgan" (@RobertMorgan) on "I 3D-Printed a Glock to See How Far Homemade Guns Have Come" video.

He's Right, it actually is In many cases easier, cheaper, and faster to just go buy a 'factory' gun than print and build one.
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The gun, for legal purposes, is the frame only, the REGULATED part. It's the only part you cannot freely buy over the counter with zero regulation. Why would you print parts you don't need to? If I need a new tire for my car, I don't have to go invent rubber and the concept of the wheel, you just buy one.
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I mean, Glocks are already plastic framed guns, the plastic coming from a different source and/or method means nothing. The literal only difference is the 3d print is additive manufacturing and the factory frame is injection molded. Glock started as a company making plastic curtain rods. The same equipment for that was just pivoted to make guns
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Exactly, the guns for cartel turf wars and government take overs are obviously Polymer80 80% lowers lol. We all know THAT
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@SavageGerbil I will say that when I built [redacted] P80 g17s in a few hours, I thought "Wow, Gangs would be idiots if they didn't have members in a room training and building these all day everyday. You can make a crate full of great working handguns in a day."
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@whiskeybravo91 you're right, it takes TWO days to download a file and just start printing guns, like many I know have. That second day is because a good FMDA frame on an Ender 3 takes about 24 hours :) Next you'll be saying someone can't build a P80 g17 in 20 minutes lolololol
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@whiskeybravo91 WB go look at Print Shoot Repeat on YouTube, which you would already be watching since you're 'in the community'. There are people who print dozens at a time and just keep the reliable ones. People are printing HK91s and MP5s and ARs that are still thousands of rounds in on camera with no issues or wear. Some break first shot. Factory guns have the advantage of CENTURIES of refinement that 3d printing guns have maybe a decade of, and in that decade we went from the liberator that lasted one shot to being able to build a Glock reproduction that takes all factory parts for pennies.
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Incorrect. Whatever part has the serial number is the firearm for legal purposes. For an AR as example, the actual firearm, the serialized receiver, is maybe 10% of the overall firearm. The other 90% is easily available over the counter with zero restrictions, a child can buy it, and they do.
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Uses identical parts to a factory firearm. You could take a FDMA Glock frame, take the entire slide assembly off a factory Glock of the same model, works no different.
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