Posted on 03/23/2013 10:34:20 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Uses a standard Ruger 10/22 magazine.
Anybody familiar with it?
Neat, but it’s tough finding .22LR fuel.
Form follows function. So what is the function of this thing? From the looks of it the old Chicago Palm Pistol is more advanced.
youtube video review of pistol. Use 10 rd mags, no problem. It will jam if you use the ruger bx-25 25 rd clip. The pistol does not seat the larger mag properly.
Should have the ability to shoot any near sized caliber other than .22lr, of which there is NONE anywhere.
I have about 30 plus bricks of .22L bought years ago, went out shopping today and all I see are signs at the ammo counter saying no this no that. But they basically had a full ammo counter of everything else from .17 to stuff heavier than .460 Weatherby.
Just no 22lr, 9mm, 40,.45, .223, 7.62x39 and .308.
I’m tempted to try selling some of that .22lr, people are frothing at the mouth for it.
Looks like staple gun that a carpenter might carry.
I will check the BX or PX tomorrow. We had plenty of .22 a few weeks back.
Also picked up 9mm and 357.
Yeah, and as hard as it is finding .22LR, try finding match grade .22LR.
tough? How about impossible. Sportsman’s Guide had some listed for Feb and it keeps getting pushed back. Probably will be a cancellation or the order wont be filled until 2015
It does look futuristic, but the stapler comparisons are not unwaranted. For some reason, I’m reminded of the strange looking shotgun, the Pancor Jackhammer.
I first saw the USFA ZiP .22 on USFAs website and it immediately caught my attention. Why? Well, for starters it is uniquevery unique. It captures the imagination, finding something truly new in firearms development is a bit of a rarity. John Browning and Paul Mauser can still say that most firearms are mere modifications of designs they pioneered 100 years ago. So on that merit alone, I wanted to check out this pistol.
Secondly, being mainly polymer and uber-lightweight, this gun fills a niche for the survival crowd. It would fit easily in a backpack, truck or tackle box, and could be carried as an emergency survival gun without any undue weight.
Finally, it is versatile. It takes Ruger 10/22 magazines (I mean, who already doesnt own a 10/22 and a plethora of mags?), and with the Ruger 25-round mags, it makes this pistol one of the few handguns on the market with a 25-round capability. In light of the recent fervor coming from the gun-grabbers in Washington, owning multiple guns that take the same high-cap mags might not be such a bad idea. This gun can also be converted into a rifle, and can be used in conjunction with other firearms with a standard 1913 Railall NFA rules do apply, of course.
Read more: http://www.petersenshunting.com/2013/01/11/exclusive-usfa-zip-22-review/#ixzz2OR07nT9k
Twenty or 30 years ago there was an automatic 22 that had a 100 round magazine, and was pretty cool supposedly, I guess it didn’t sell though.
Calico.
looks like it would take a round 50-round magazine though.
Looks like a good 3D printed gun project.
Actually I like the concept.
It wasn’t the Calico, but it turns out that I read the review 36 years ago when Soldier of Fortune reviewed it. That means that I will still have the original Spring 1977 issue.
It is the American 180.
http://elmfg.com/am180/articles/sof-77b.html
http://bubbleheadgunnut.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/22-tuesday/
Thanks.
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