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The Red Rocket is the humorous name youtube user "TAOFLEDERMAUS" Jeff Heeszel gave to a 3D printed %60 solid
shotgun A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small p ...
projectile, or slug. It was printed using the
Solidoodle Solidoodle was a 3D printer company headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. Solidoodle was founded in September 2011 by engineer Sam Cervantes. Solidoodle 3D printers use digital files supplied by the user to create physical plastic parts. Solid ...
3 3-D printer.3-D Printed Shotgun Slugs Blow Away Their Targets
Wired, May 22, 2013.
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 The slug was created by an American named Tony Griffy.
huffingtonpost, May 23, 2013.

The printer used to create the bullet retails around $800 as of September 2014, and it took the printer about an hour to produce the slug. ABS thermoplastic material was used in the production of the slug. During testing, the slug penetrated a 2×12 piece of pine wood, and created a hole in a wire reel.


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List of notable 3D printed weapons and parts This is a list of notable 3D printed weapons and parts. The table below lists noteworthy 3D printed weapons (mainly firearms) and parts of weapons as well as items with a defense-related background. It includes 3D printed weapons and parts creat ...


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