Defense Distributed $1200 Home-CNC Unit Sells out in 24 Hours!

While huge amounts of main-stream editorial labor has been invested in concerns about a 3-D Printer's ability to empower nerds to create firearms with inferior materials, many old-school gunsmiths seemed flabbergasted by the new-found media fascination with 3-D printing while machining, especially with a CNC mill, produces a superior product.

Many have thought about the ability to make a low-cost or entry-level CNC machine capable of making a specific component, such as the AR-15 lower receiver.

Defense Distributed Desktop CNC for AR-15 Lower Receivers

Apparently a Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed felt that way as well and has designed a $1,200 CNC mill-in-a-box that is capable of machining AR-15 lower receivers.



We are pretty sure this is going to generate a lot of buzz and a lot of legal entanglements so we'll be watching this story closely.