Meet “The Reason,” A New Metal 3D Printed Gun

Its creator, Eric Mutchler, alas informs me today the name of is
new metal 3D printed handgun is not a deliberate shout-out
to Reason, despite our early and often coverage of the
world of 3D printed weapons in both
plastic and
metal. It was just named that “for the sake of it, it seemed a
useful term” for such a gun since “who can argue with
‘reason’?”

Mutchler tells me that, despite erroneous reporting all around
the tech field this morning from
TechCrunch to
Gizmodo, his weapon is not an official product of
his employer, Solid
Concepts.

It was made by him and for him, merely as his personal
example of how interestingly personalized 3D printing allows metal
weapons to be. (Solid Concepts, now owned by a bigger, and publicly
held, 3D printing interest Stratasys, is trying to avoid being too
connected with the weapons field these days.)

The weapon was made mostly out of stainless steel with
store-bought grips, using an
EOS M280 3D printer. It chambers 10mm ammo and features the
word “Reason” printed in the slider, and the preamble to the
Declaration of Independence on the front of the grip.

The unique trigger was designed to look like Mutchler’s last
initial “M.” Mutchler says all the work, including the
inscriptions, was done by the CAD and required no post-cleanup.

    The Reason in use:

Reason on
3D weapons.