Liberator .380 can pass undetected through metal screening Undetectable Firearms Act expires Dec. 9 In test%2C bullet fired from plastic gun did as much damage as that from a metal gun WASHINGTON ...

In the image below, you can see all of the individual parts that make up the Liberator. There are just two pieces of metal: The firing pin (which is simply a normal nail) and a 0.380-caliber round.

Below are videos of successful attempts at firing the Liberator with the .380 round remotely and by hand: Defense Distributed, the company that developed the Liberator, ...

When tested remotely, The Liberator could fire .380 caliber bullets without breaking (although it did misfire once). When he swapped out the interchangeable barrel for a 5.7×28 rifle cartridge, ...

And he's cast versions of the Liberator's barrel in epoxy that take .380 and .45 ammunition, a design he argues will be more durable than the pure ABS plastic Defense Distributed tested.

Key Points – The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a key Allied heavy bomber in World War II, was the most produced combat aircraft in history (18,482 built). -Making its maiden flight in 1939, the B ...

The potential for 3D-printed guns has (unsurprisingly) generated a great deal of controversy, and the Liberator is no exception. Named after the WWII single shot pistol, this 3D-printed .380 ...

The embedded video above shows the first test-firing of Defense Distributed's "Liberator" handgun, an almost fully 3D-printed firearm. The only components not made of ABS plastic are a nail ...

The Liberator, a gun created via 3D ... Conn., is that the Liberator is limited to firing one .380-caliber bullet at a time. "As a replacement from either a cost or functionality perspective, ...

Now that we have confirmation that the Liberator 3D-printed pistol can be fired without destroying the body, ... It uses a very small .380 caliber bullet which is deadly, to be sure, but quite small.

In front of a Forbes onlooker, the clip apparently shows a .380 caliber bullet being fired by the Liberator. The only non-plastic part of the design is a common nail, which acts as the firing pin.

The world's first 3D-printed gun, the Liberator, has been printed, assembled, successfully test-fired -- and now the 3D CAD files are available to download, if you wish to create your own gun. A ...