Submitted 3 days ago by HoffLabs@forum.guncadindex.com to technology@beehaw.org
First post, so go easy on me, but I’m wondering if there is any call in this community for a Glock compensator that doesn’t suck. By that, I mean on that isn’t overly huge, but still will work with PLA plus. If so, I could probably offer up a design Iade for myself so I could put something on the end of my invader V2. Image
Sorry for the bad pic, lighting isn’t too great.
As someone with no 3d printing experience, but a lot of firearm experience, I’m surprised d that PLA holds up as a comp. It’s one thing to have a printed frame of course, but comps are right past the barrel and get the worst of gas and heat (by design). Hell, I have a very heavy comp on my HK P2000, and it gets absolutely scorched.
Reverse experience and I am also surprised. Seems like the worst material for almost anything around a gun
Fair amount of experience in both. And it works surprisingly well. For a time. I’ve had fully PLA printed designs like the fgc-9 and glock frames like the invader above hold up to hundreds of rounds, only to spontaneously shatter in the safe 2 years later. PLA is an amazing material, in ideal conditions.
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smeg@feddit.uk 3 days ago
You might need to define a few of those words. Squirted glock? Compensator? PLA? Lade? Invader v2? I don’t even know what your picture is meant to be of!
Vodulas@beehaw.org 3 days ago
I might be able to translate based on my experience in 3D printing. I do not have a guns, though, which is what this appears to be about.
Glock is a gun manufacturer. Invader v2 is probably a specific model.
Squirted seems to be a slang term for 3D printed.
PLA is the most common kind of 3D printing material/filament.
A compensator is an attachment for a gun that I believe reduces recoil, but don’t quote me on that.
Lade I think is a typo and they meant made.
The image is of said 3D printed attachment on the business end of a pistol, presumably the aforementioned Glock Invader v2.
Definitely seems out of place on Beehaw.
smeg@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Oh wow, homemade weaponry, yeah not what I was expecting here.
Looks like OP is a new user though so I’m guessing they didn’t mean for their question to end up here and with no context.
apotheotic@beehaw.org 3 days ago
Eh, all the 3d printing stuff is par for the course, the only “controversial” part is gun ownership, but if they live in the united states thats just a normal thing (for some godforsaken reason). The technology community specifically seems like the wrong place though
seathru@quokk.au 3 days ago
Mostly all 3D2A (3d printing, 2nd amendment) acronyms.
Squirted = 3d printed Compensator = a barrel accessory intended to reduce recoil PLA - Type of 3d printing material. Invader v2 - The name of the design of a certain printable firearm frame