SPOOK331945
Sharpshooter
Thought I'd share an old project of mine I did a few years ago. I've had a couple individuals ask about it in other threads I've posted it, so here it is.
First off I just want to say this is NOT my design, nor will I take credit for it. Whom ever the original creator was, they're definitely a creative one and kudos to them.
I just happened to stumble across it on GrabCAD one day. I thought it was a very interesting concept and worth experimentation. For the most part if you're half way familiar with a Bridgeport you could machine one of these up in about a day.
By no means is it ascetically pleasing but its a very good example of what it takes minimally for a firearm to work. Whats important, whats not. I have about $40 in the entire pistol. The lower literally came from the scrap barrel. Some pieces still have scaring from the scrap barrel the never fully cleaned up when I machined it. Other parts like the barrel were given to me, because they were "broken." I tend to twist the term broken around from time to time... One man's trash is another man's treasure.
One of these days I'll have to get some prints made up from the models if anyone wants to build one of their own later. It does have some design limitations. Such as not having a bolt catch, no detents for the take down pins and its limited to just the traditional steel mags. I don't know how the durability would be over time, but it isn't something that I'm going to blast 1000s of rounds out of it anytime soon. Just purely experimental. With a little thought and creativity it could be redesigned, which might be something I do later. But for now I've got bigger projects to fool with for the time being lolol.
First off I just want to say this is NOT my design, nor will I take credit for it. Whom ever the original creator was, they're definitely a creative one and kudos to them.
I just happened to stumble across it on GrabCAD one day. I thought it was a very interesting concept and worth experimentation. For the most part if you're half way familiar with a Bridgeport you could machine one of these up in about a day.
By no means is it ascetically pleasing but its a very good example of what it takes minimally for a firearm to work. Whats important, whats not. I have about $40 in the entire pistol. The lower literally came from the scrap barrel. Some pieces still have scaring from the scrap barrel the never fully cleaned up when I machined it. Other parts like the barrel were given to me, because they were "broken." I tend to twist the term broken around from time to time... One man's trash is another man's treasure.
One of these days I'll have to get some prints made up from the models if anyone wants to build one of their own later. It does have some design limitations. Such as not having a bolt catch, no detents for the take down pins and its limited to just the traditional steel mags. I don't know how the durability would be over time, but it isn't something that I'm going to blast 1000s of rounds out of it anytime soon. Just purely experimental. With a little thought and creativity it could be redesigned, which might be something I do later. But for now I've got bigger projects to fool with for the time being lolol.