.50 AE Dummy Round

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I wanted a dummy round for my Desert Eagle but I couldn't find one anywhere so I attempted to make my own. I have next to no experience modeling, I'm sure someone else could make one vastly superior to what I'm uploading but for now, this is all you get! Haha It loads, my gun clicks when I pull the trigger, and the dummy round extracts like it should when I pull the slide back. The only issue I've noticed is if I hold the slide and gently close the gun it doesn't close all the way, I have to give it a slight smack for it to close, but this happens somewhat with actual ammo on my gun. If I let the slide spring forward slightly on it's own it closes properly. A word of caution, letting the slide go full send will probably break the rim, it chipped off about 1/4 of the rim on one the test rounds I made. I used Inland PLA+ Olive Green to make it, PETG might hold up better but I don't have any to experiment with. Also I used 20% infill, it worked for me, but feel free to experiment. Remix or send constructive criticism. Hope this helps someone. V2 is a bullet design I did on my own, I just verified that it does work. I borrowed the bullet on the original design from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:207355