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krunckyesterday at 4:50 PM2 repliesview on HN

For hundreds of years people have been making guns without 3D printers and CNC mills. All that is needed is some metal machining skills, a lathe, and some other tools.


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maxlybbertyesterday at 5:45 PM

I have a copy of https://archive.org/details/gerard-metral-gun/ on my bookshelf (by a European, too!).

thatguy0900yesterday at 5:12 PM

If you want to be really simple you can make a slam fire shotgun with two pipes and a nail, no machining skills required