It's still an early technology, with the saying "you get what you pay for." There are cheaper printers that do the job, and higher ones with the better quality. Solid Concepts printed a fully functional Colt 1911 with assembly, honing and finishing, estimated at $1million. We use it where parts cannot be physically machined or fixtured. There are uses for it, but right now I think the public tends to re invent the wheel with it, where it's just as easy for me to make a colt 1911 like they did in 1911
