14 DAY TRIAL // Just the other day, we learned that Australia was coming down hard on 3D printed weaponry, seeking to ban the distribution of the 3D model files themselves, and now we find out what the view of those on the opposite side of the spectrum is.
Long story short, the developers of Call of Duty video game believe that, by 2054, rifles will be 3D printing their ammunition.
The devs didn't actually come out and say it. But when you have a game set in 2054 where players can find rifles that use liquid canisters as ammo, you can't really get more obvious.
To elaborate, the rifles in the game, or at least one of them, can 3D print its own bullets after you attach a liquid canister to it and pull back on the bolt.
A digital display will let you know how many bullets have been 3D printed / haven't been depleted by constant shooting.
It sounds pretty scary, especially if the rifle can print bullets from more than one type of fluid. Imagine, determining the efficiency of your ammunition by using different canister types.
Maybe rifles will even have support for two or more canisters at once. So you could, say, 3D print bullets with a nitroglycerin core. Exploding rounds, coming right up.
Naturally, the gun will need the ability to somehow propel the bullet without causing the explosion while it's still in the barrel, but it's not the most ambitious thing we've seen in science fiction.