FGC-9 Factory in Finland

From Impro Guns we get the following story. Year of Sauna for Tech Entrepreneur and Family Man who ran Massive FGC-9 Factory

Veikka Joki-Erkkilä, 34, apparently participated in something known as "The Fairy Tale Wedding program," and so was known to the Finnish public.

“Calculated, a gun was printed per week, which means that at least 17 guns could have been completed, the prosecutor estimates.

Veikka Joki-Erkkilä has a serious criminal past. He has received several suspended prison sentences for financial crime

All the usual suspects are freaking out, which in Europe is just about everyone. But then I'm not sure I would describe 17 guns as the output of "a massive factory." I suppose it is a matter of perspective.

The FGC-9 is apparently going for €1800 on the black market.

The FGC-9 (F*ck Gun Control, 9mm) was originally designed to be semiautomatic, but since even those are illegal in Europe, a select-fire, fire control group was designed (to be 3D printed, I believe) for full auto. And according to the (Google Translate version of) the Finish newspaper article, the guns being produced were full auto.

The FGC-9 was designed to be 3D printed, and use common hardware store items for things like bolts and firing pins, and relatively common steel tubing for the barrel. The last I checked there were even steps to rifle the barrels using electrochemical machining. I think the results are questionable, though I suppose it is better than a smoothbore. (I've never seen such a barrel in person, and the images online are not of the highest quality.) There are low-tech rifling machines described on the internet, perhaps not suitable for production, but for 1 or 2 barrels a month...

The FGC-9 pictured above is similar to the photo that accompanies the newspaper article, though I believe that is the Mark 1. There is a Mark 2 version of the firearm, and a couple of follow-on designs that take that as a starting point.