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Alicecomma

What specific plastics are used to assemble guns?

I'm populating a materials database for gun crafting in a game I'm working on, and I want it to be broad and ridden with properties such as durability. Currently my plastics category has nothing but "plastics", which is not enough to give items an interesting range of durabilities. I've been looking for gun materials in general, but usually those are listed as "wood" or "plastic" - very unspecific too.

Where would I find more information specifically on this subject?

Posted Nov 26, 2014, 9:57 PM UTC

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Datum000•

Well, not sure about firearms, but there are a good range of plastics commonly used, and likely are in use with firearms.

ABS is probably your best bet. It's what makes LEGO bricks and much of your plastic world. It is a thermoplastic, in that it can be heated to soften it for molding etc.

Nylon is another popular plastic, used in smaller parts, such as screws and washers. It, too, is a thermoplastic.

Bakelite is a thermosetting plastic, meaning it irreversibly cures. It is one of the earliest popular plastics, and has been used in various firearms, mostly for grips, though sometimes a bit more.

There are tons more, but ABS is probably your strongest bet.

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AlicecommaOP•

Thanks, after some research I found Nylon 6 and Nylon 6,6 to be used a lot in firearms (heck there's guns named after them ) but I didn't see anything specifically mentioning ABS before - except for the Zig Zag Revolver as mentioned by mrcoplo.

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#### Remington Nylon 66:

The Remington Nylon 66 is a rifle manufactured by Remington Arms from 1959 to 1989. It was one of the first mass-produced rifle to feature a stock made from a material other than wood. Of note is the 22-410 Stevens combo, offered with a Tenite stock in the same time period. The firearms market generally lacked experience with synthetic stocks, making the Nylon 66 a risky gamble for Remington.

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Nice try Yoshi

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#### Zig zag revolver:

The Zig Zag revolver is a 3D printed .38-caliber pepperbox type revolver made public in May 2014. It was created using an $500 plastic 3D-printer used, the name of the printer was not revealed by the creator. It was created by a Japanese citizen from Kawasaki named Yoshitomo Imura He was arrested in May 2014 after he had posted a video online of himself firing a 3D printed Zig Zag revolver. It is the first known 3D printed gun design from Japan.

It holds a capacity of 6 bullets and can fire .38 caliber bullets.

After Imura's arrest a gun called the Imura Revolver was designed and printed by FOSSCAD members and was named in honor of Yoshitomo Imura.

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