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You can't actually print a working gun out of plastic, you need metal parts. People think 3D printers are Star Trek replicators.
I saw a YouTube vid on 3d printing guys building glock based guns. Anything that actually took pressure (barrel, springs, extractors, etc) were store bought metal parts.
well duh. There's a reason guns are made of metal.