14 DAY TRIAL // 3D printed firearms are a can of worms that was kicked over about two years ago and never really got cleaned up since. Mostly because no one can really agree on whether or not they should be legal.
Regulations and lawsuits aside, though, a new 3D printed gun has appeared. Called Imura, it is a revolver created by members of the Free Open Source Software & Computer Aided Design Group, or FOSSCAD for short.
Ironically, the gun is named after a Japanese man who got arrested back in May for possessing five 3D printed firearms (Yoshitomo Imura).
The basic .38-caliber Zig-Zag gun Imura created has now been picked up by members of FOSSCAD, though the team is making some changes. Currently, they have only printed test parts.
The gun fires from the bottom of the cylinder but has a steel barrel liner and chamber sleeves. It is also a double action gun, meaning that you don't have to manually rotate the cylinder or cock and release the striker. Pulling the trigger does it all.
Before the gun is actually finalized, though, the designers have to solve the issue of low tensile strength. Legality is also a bit unclear at this point. Odds are high that someone will order for the models to be removed and the designers to stop, or something along those lines.
