• john_brown [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Anybody who’s done some shooting with a .22lr semi-auto pistol would likely have that kind of muscle memory response to clear a jam. The point I’m making is a professional would not have used a gun that didn’t function properly. You’ve already got a can on it, go out in the woods and run a few mags through it to make sure it works.

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        Don’t those 3d printed guns usually start malfunctioning as a result of moderate use, as in the process of testing then?

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          Absolutely, any home made pistol would have some teething issues. I have an 80% “glock” that took a while to make reliable. I think I had to put about 800rds through it as well as replacing the extractor with an aftermarket machined one instead of the shitty imperfect OEM one and doing a little bit of polishing on the internal hardware before it could get through a whole magazine without a failure. I would have been dumb as a rock to carry that for protection before I had another 500-1000rds down the pipe without a single malfunction.