Chuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck Just two years after the creation of the world’s first 3D-printed handgun, a design team has come up with a rifle crafted using additive manufacturing that is capable of firing a larger caliber round than any of the weapons that came before it, according to various media reports. Back in 2013, a company called Defense Distributed created the first-ever 3D-printed handgun, the the .38-caliber Liberator, and followed that up with an AR-15 receiver that can fire hundreds of 5.56mm rounds, Engadget reported on Thursday. Now, a group called FOSSCAD has upped the bar by creating the AR-15’s “badass big brother,” the Colt CM901 modular battle rifle. The website went on to explain that the CM901 is larger and heavier than the AR-15, and also was built to fire a larger-caliber round, the 7.62 x 51mm NATO.
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