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First Print (self.general)

submitted 2 months ago by ncdmatty to c/general

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Looking for recommendations on what would be a good first project. I've got a Bambu X1C so I can print with pretty much any material.

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[–] Kopsis 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lot's of people recommend Glock clones, but to me they're really not the ideal starter project ...

Relatively expensive. A quality slide and barrel and OEM parts kits cost as much or more than just buying a good used Glock.
Obviously not an option in places that restrict the sale of gun parts.
Too easy to slap all the parts together with zero understanding of how the thing actually works.
You don't learn much. You're printing one part and buying everything else.

My advice is start with the Decker 380 (https://guncadindex.com/detail/RELEASE-Decker-3.0.1:d). So cool to be able to post links! Low cost, easy to print (you can actually print every part without any supports), easy to understand, and quite innovative. You can buy a barrel (no need to ECM) but that's the only gun part you need -- everything else is hardware store material. The design is quite safe, and doesn't demand a lot of manufacturing skill or experience or any special tools.

It's also fun to shoot (the release even includes an optional designed-in Recoil Assisted Reset trigger) and a real attention grabber. I had a new development version at the range Friday for testing and the ROs were literally lining up to take pictures of it :)

[–] ncdmatty 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks, I'll look into it!