Because you have little to no humility, and have the audacity to call yourself a "firearms designer."
There is nothing wrong with experimenting and learning.
Because you have little to no humility, and have the audacity to call yourself a "firearms designer."
There is nothing wrong with experimenting and learning.
This coming from the guy who can't tell the difference between wood and gold glitter 3D Printed plastic?:beatingdeadhorse:
I'm busy actually designing mechanical systems that operate in a way that fires projectiles. How am I not a designer of firearms? I may not work for Browning or some****, and IDK what you mean by humility, but don't start a semantic argument with me, I'll drag you down into thesaurus hell.ot stirrer:
This coming from the guy who can't tell the difference between wood and gold glitter 3D Printed plastic?:beatingdeadhorse:
I'm busy actually designing mechanical systems that operate in a way that fires projectiles. How am I not a designer of firearms? I may not work for Browning or some****, and IDK what you mean by humility, but don't start a semantic argument with me, I'll drag you down into thesaurus hell.ot stirrer:
Well now- you asked a question and I answered it.
It's obvious you don't know what I mean by "humility."
I'll be glad to match skill sets with you any time.
I guess the ball's on your side of the net then. Good luck.
BTW I only came here for a constructive discussion which could add to my understanding and help my design work. But W/E, I don't usually get what I want so this is nothing new to me.
Keep on experimenting. Be safe. Examine all the firearms you can. READ as much as you can. Understand that-while 3D printing may be the wave of the future, at this point in time it is not adequate for durable firearms, so more conventional methods are probably in order if you wish to make guns.
Humility: The ability to realize that you do not, infact, know all there is to know about something, and can accept that fact and go from there to learn more. Such knowledge, and the admission of the need for it, usually comes after the point in time that you really need it.
Keep moving forward with you experimentation, but go slow and be safe about it. Should you decide to try for something that fires a modern cartridge, fire it from a secured rest, via a long line, from cover.
>Humility: The ability to realize that you do not, infact, know all there is to know about something, and can accept that fact and go from there to learn more. Such knowledge, and the admission of the need for it, usually comes after the point in time that you really need it.
That's why I'm here. That's the whole point of this...
Seems to me, rather, that the whole point of this was to get yourself some ego or self-justification. Now that a bunch of sand has been kicked, time to roll up your blanket and re-think the entire premise. Sorry that I haven't visited this thread for a while, but it didn't seem worthwhile.
Seems to me, rather, that the whole point of this was to get yourself some ego or self-justification. Now that a bunch of sand has been kicked, time to roll up your blanket and re-think the entire premise. Sorry that I haven't visited this thread for a while, but it didn't seem worthwhile.
Sometimes when a store bought gun we like disappears from store shelves forever it is because one discharged unintentionally, or some one found a way of making one of them burst and blinded a by stander or something like that. I know for a fact those things happen and the company lawyers step in and say either, you are out of business, or you are dropping that model firearm. The following is an out of date and incomplete list, but reading the details of some of them gives you an idea of how even skilled designers in firms with megabucks and decades of experience sometimes find themselves over their head.
I mean look at the list Llama, Colt, Winchester, Remington, etc. They all sometimes make products their lawyers and some poor family somewhere wish they hadn't.
My point is, be careful. Be very careful, and even then, be aware sometimes things happen.
The Mosquito pistol reached its' final form a while ago, and my other work has been fraught with problems. But I watched a Forgotten Weapons video a few days ago that gave me an idea.
I'll post again when I get it printed (waiting on a new hot-end in the mail).
Maybe I should have included a scale, not sure why I didn't think of that.
Anyway, the trigger guard ring is 2cm across. Big enough for most people's middle fingers. I could ovalize it if you think that'd be better, give a little more room out frontwards.
Unless I'm missing something, I see no means of locking the barrel during firing. When that baby goes off, the barrel will go forward, taking parts of the shooter's hand along with it.
The angular fulcrum effect should multiply the holding pressure of the shooter's grip by 4. In case that's not enough I have been juggling an idea for a sliding lock that comes up underneath with the fulcrum lever.
Firing a .22LR, do you think that'll be necessary?
If so I'll add it in.
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