new releases Reference Models ![]()
Here at DEFCAD we spend most of our attention on the latest printable project file drops, but developers need a significant amount of other data in order to produce those files in the first place.
Most of this technical data is found by reverse engineering parts and components into CAD models on a case
by case basis. However, with thousands of files there are quite a few that exist purely
to serve as references for developers in fashioning their own unique designs. This week
has itself been full of uploaders providing these types of files.
sponsor G0̷ Build Kit ![]()
This week’s sponsor is Ghost Guns.
Providing the best in unserialized parts kits and
tools to build your own ghost gun today! The new standard for chassis based pistols was
achieved this year by Defense Distributed with the G0̷: A fully 0% Pistol for Gen3
G17/G19. Ghost Guns provides the both the full Build
Kit with Grip Module and the
necessary tooling in for the Ghost Gunner with the Starter
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NEWS O'Connor Strikes Back ![]()
Last month a cringing Roberts Court blinked under protest and preserved the Biden frame and receiver rule for the life of the first appeal from a final judgment of the Texas district court. That appeal isn't exactly going well for ATF, as you can hear below, but Roberts is still giving the agency the next two years to have their rule. Listen to the VanDerStok CA5 Oral Arguments.
The DOJ will probably appeal, but the Biden administration is now in the worst place they could be: The
true believer fanatics in this industry have achieved commercial monopoly.
Oops. classics DIY Springs ![]()
In line with this week's focus on reference models, DEFCAD wishes to give a little love
to a rarely discussed element of DIY Defense: Spring Manufacture! Firearms rely heavily
on regular points of force being constantly applied to certain parts of a design in
order for things like triggers, magazines, bolt carrier groups, etc, and springs
remain one of the simplest and cheapest options for this purpose. While it is entirely
possible to purchase most springs one would need for a gun build, as they are one of the staples of any
industrialized economy, there are times when prototyping that making our own springs becomes desirable. And DEFCAD is here for
you.
update New Product ![]() Defense Distributed has teased a new release of some kind for September 18th at "midnight." Is that midnight Eastern? Does that mean the morning of September 18th or the morning of the 19th? We wish someone over there would tell us so we could tell you! remixes Void Hex Supressors ![]()
While DEFCAD is known for being the best place for both accessing and visualizing the
most exciting remixes and speciality exterior designs, it has been a week or so since we've seen a major release. Void3Dprinting
comes in to break this
streak with his new round of suppressors just in time for fall.
documents The Modern Gunsmith ![]()
DEFCAD has lately been making a concerted effort to distribute classic texts on
firearms design. Our past highlights have included
materials derived from military research, but now we turn our attention to civilian
works. James Virgil Howe, formerly in charge of the small-arms experimental division at
the United States Frankford Arsenal, wrote the two volumes of The Modern Gunsmith.
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