Hatsan Have I Created The World's Ugliest Air Rifle?

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SpindleB

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Printed a tactical stock and purchased a butt stock. Main body of the stock (red) took 5 or 6 printings before I got the right material and printer combination (HS Petg on the Flashforge 5M). The grip was 3 printings (TPU 98A). The tube was just PLA.

The body has some weak spots, mainly the trigger guard. I may look into beefing that up.

Overall it seems sturdy enough and is about 16 oz lighter than the Hatsan stock. Could have saved a bit more with a non adjustable butt stock.

But thar is one ugly rifle, which to be honest was one of the objectives.

Got one uglier?
 
Kola said:
Anything you change on a Hatsan is surely an improvement….

Just kidding, did you mean to share photos?
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Sure, like I said, was an objective. I started out printing in black and the decided to see if I could take an already marginal looking rifle and make it uglier. Fun with 3d printers, where you can just pick any color filament you want. Then waiting 12+ hours on the slow printer can be considered fun...

I'll probably print a black set now that I have the recipe. Might try ABS for the main body.

-- Matt
 
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SpindleB said:
Printed a tactical stock and purchased a butt stock. Main body of the stock (red) took 5 or 6 printings before I got the right material and printer combination (HS Petg on the Flashforge 5M). The grip was 3 printings (TPU 98A). The tube was just PLA.

The body has some weak spots, mainly the trigger guard. I may look into beefing that up.

Overall it seems sturdy enough and is about 16 oz lighter than the Hatsan stock. Could have saved a bit more with a non adjustable butt stock.

But thar is one ugly rifle, which to be honest was one of the objectives.

Got one uglier?
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Pics would be nice, cuz ugly is a relative thing
 
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Maybe he doesn't have the new 56k modem yet?

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SpindleB said:
Sure, like I said, was an objective. I started out printing in black and the decided to see if I could take an already marginal looking rifle and make it uglier. Fun with 3d printers, where you can just pick any color filament you want. Then waiting 12+ hours on the slow printer can be considered fun...

I'll probably print a black set now that I have the recipe. Might try ABS for the main body.

-- Matt
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