CODE – 01-132-013
NAME – 3D Liberator
TYPE – Single-shot pistol
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 2013
CALIBER – 9x17mm (.380 ACP)
OVERALL LENGTH – 21.6 cm (8.6 in)
BARREL LENGTH – 6.4 cm (2.5 in)
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Smoothbore
BULLET DIAMETER – 9.04 mm (0.356 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 6.16 g (95 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 213 m/s (700 fps) *
MUZZLE ENERGY – 140 j (103 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.05 kg (1.76 oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.060 kg (2.10 oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED INCLUDING STEEL DETECTION WEIGHT) – 0.23 kg (8.1 oz)
SIGHTS – None
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 3 m (9.8 feet)
OPERATION – Manual, single action
TYPE OF FIRE – Single shot, single action
RATE OF FIRE – 1 rpm
FEED DEVICE – Single round
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 9.75 g (150.5 grains) – Single round
MANUFACTURER – Individually home made on 3d Printer, Designer – Defense Distributed, Austen, Texas
STATUS – Individually available
SERVICE – None
This is not a manufactured item for sale as a firearm. Instead, it is unique in that the information and programming to make the weapon is available and the individual maker produces it on a 3-dimensional plastic printer. As originally designed, the only metal part in the device, including the springs, is a common nail used as a firing pin. The design fires a 9x17mm (.380 ACP) round and can reportedly be fired several times before the barrel assembly becomes useless. To prevent any violation of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 in the United States, an opening was designed into the receiver to accept a 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm (1.19 x 1.19 x 0.99 inch) block of steel weighing 6 ounces as required by the law. The originating company, Defense Distributed, has been the target of a volume of litigation from the government to outlaw the release of the information package to produce this design.
*-Estimated according to best available data
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- A left-side view of an assembled Liberator 3D Pistol. This specimen is made of a white plastic which has been darkened for visibility in this illustration. The black object under the rear of the trigger guard is a simple nail which acts as the firing pin and is the only active metal part in the entire device. PHOTO CREDIT: ROYAL ARMORIES
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- A right-side view of an assembled Liberator 3D Pistol. The weapon appears exactly the same on either side. This specimen is made of a white plastic which has been darkened for visibility in this illustration. The black object under the rear of the trigger guard is a simple nail which acts as the firing pin and is the only active metal part in the entire device. PHOTO CREDIT: ROYAL ARMORIES
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- An upper view of the Liberator 3D Pistol, looking down into the action. All of the parts are made from plastic, including the springs. There is no extractor or breach block in the normal sense. The cartridge is loaded into the barrel by hand, the cylindrical object in the front (left) of the weapon and the barrel locked down into the receiver. The hammer is drawn back by hand (single action) and held by the sear at the back of the receiver opening. PHOTO CREDIT: ROYAL ARMORIES
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- All of the component parts of a Liberator 3D Pistol. The barrel is the cylindrical part on the right side, center of this illustration. A single 9x17mm (.380 ACP) round is to the left of the barrel. The T-shaped part just above the center of the receiver is a metal nail to act as the firing pin. All of the parts except for the 9x17mm round and nail were made on a simple #d Printer using ABS Polymer filament. PHOTO CREDIT: DEFENSE DISTRIBUTED
