USFA Zip 22: How a Garbage Gun Destroyed A Good Company

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USFA used to be the producers of probably the best Single Action Army reproductions on the market - but then the company owner decided to pursue a crazy whim and embarked on the Zip 22 project. This was to be a very modular and very inexpensive little pistol with lots of cool possibilities. Problem was, the thing was a malfunctioning piece of junk that handled like a lumpy 2x4.
To make it cheap and easy to make, Donnely (owner of USFA, and apparently the actual designer of the Zip) eschewed the use of either an extractor or ejector. Furthermore, the bolt is a roughly 1" (25mm) cube of polymer and is a consumable part like the recoil springs. The combination of a short bolt travel, very light mass of reciprocating parts, and lack of traditional parts to ensure extraction and ejection resulted (not surprisingly) in a notoriously unreliable firearm.
While each individual Zip is very cheap, this is only possible through the use of polymer molds, which are very expensive to create. Apparently USFA sold off all its traditional machine tools (ie, the Single Action Army production capacity) to finance the various molds for the Zip 22 project. Donnely thought that the massive profits form the Zip would allow him to purchase new tools and restart SAA production after a two-year hiatus. However, the massive problems with the Zip destroyed the company's finances. It was only in production for just about a year, and by January of 2017 the company was formally dissolved, with no assets remaining.

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  • @MadJustin7
    @MadJustin75 жыл бұрын

    This is what happens when a group full of smart people are unwilling to tell their boss his idea is stupid.

  • @Sideshow320

    @Sideshow320

    5 жыл бұрын

    Almost as genius as manufacturing a friggin zip gun

  • @rob.3575

    @rob.3575

    5 жыл бұрын

    MadJustin7 More like a bunch of yes men.

  • @fastmongrel

    @fastmongrel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or a group of very smart people who dont tell the moron his idea is moronic and walk away laughing with pockets stuffed full of cash

  • @ac1dP1nk

    @ac1dP1nk

    5 жыл бұрын

    Power that is not shared is abused

  • @bigpalookaalt

    @bigpalookaalt

    5 жыл бұрын

    The George Lucas Effect.

  • @bjrnmgranvang1107
    @bjrnmgranvang11073 жыл бұрын

    I read about a guy who left his Zip22 in the passenger seat of his car and went into a store. When he came back, someone had broken into his car and left a Zip22 next to his.

  • @killert_7759

    @killert_7759

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol the guy that broke in wanted to get rid of his

  • @mackenzienorman6406

    @mackenzienorman6406

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lolololol

  • @nanotfound1042

    @nanotfound1042

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@killert_7759 "bro I will literally commit a crime just to get rid of this fucking piece of wasted plastic"

  • @henrysokol3466

    @henrysokol3466

    2 жыл бұрын

    You might land a successful hit on Wonder Woman with this. She's attacked by bizarre-looking guns all the time. But she'd never expect ineffective firearms being flung at her for an *opening move!*

  • @John_Conner_

    @John_Conner_

    2 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment lol 😅

  • @felixfrenkel5488
    @felixfrenkel54882 жыл бұрын

    The gun is actually pretty powerful. Destroyed a whole company holy sh*t.

  • @meshuggahshirt

    @meshuggahshirt

    Жыл бұрын

    All without having to fire a shot

  • @themightykv-5410

    @themightykv-5410

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@meshuggahshirt Not like it could

  • @YeeterzYT6259

    @YeeterzYT6259

    11 ай бұрын

    @@themightykv-5410indeed

  • @mrt2this607

    @mrt2this607

    8 ай бұрын

    Now if we can only take a couple of those billions we blindly send off to Ukraine and update all the domestic agencies. Say like all these new armed irs agents and especially let's outfit all atf people with this lovely tool. That way these agencies will be as useful as these things. ...?

  • @carlosfabricioalf

    @carlosfabricioalf

    6 ай бұрын

    OMG He he he... I almost died here man. I was eating when I read this and almost spit everything. One of the most funny comments I ever read.🤣😂🤣😂😂

  • @JenkinsOwen
    @JenkinsOwen2 жыл бұрын

    “In order to avoid operator failure, please fire with the incorrect hand” truly a marvel in firearms technology

  • @robertstewart5351

    @robertstewart5351

    7 ай бұрын

    Incorrect to you I’m a lefty😂

  • @ktk44man

    @ktk44man

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@robertstewart5351finally, us lefties get what we truly deserve, a terrible gun

  • @jimshotfirst4887

    @jimshotfirst4887

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@robertstewart5351represent!

  • @Justin-er2bq

    @Justin-er2bq

    6 ай бұрын

    Me too sp would my incorrect hand be my right hand?

  • @gennadyreshetnikov5948
    @gennadyreshetnikov59483 жыл бұрын

    Somewhere in a parallell universe an angry drill Sergeant is forcing his crying troops to field strip their Zip 22's.

  • @dooderbug2437

    @dooderbug2437

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not too far from ours either.

  • @xeveniahdarkwind178

    @xeveniahdarkwind178

    3 жыл бұрын

    Best laugh in ages...

  • @joseppi4435

    @joseppi4435

    3 жыл бұрын

    In honesty this reminds me of project cars but in this case you make a project gun and this is your base gun you choose. The parts inside look like they don’t need much so you just gotta remake the shape and fix the surface controls do you don’t end up blowing off a finger

  • @robertagren9360

    @robertagren9360

    3 жыл бұрын

    Zip up! Drop dead!

  • @xeveniahdarkwind178

    @xeveniahdarkwind178

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vspec17 ditto...

  • @Worldintime
    @Worldintime3 жыл бұрын

    When i was a little kid, i also played with VHS tapes imagining that it was a gun.

  • @rockeestar4629

    @rockeestar4629

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahahaha, the more I look at it the more it looks like a VHS tape lmao. Underrated comment

  • @LucarioDoT

    @LucarioDoT

    3 жыл бұрын

    A VHS might actually do more damage

  • @motormouth2472

    @motormouth2472

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha. Underrated

  • @brutusvonmanhammer

    @brutusvonmanhammer

    3 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid,literally anything was a gun, including food

  • @lop1991

    @lop1991

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@brutusvonmanhammer same I would play with breadsticks and think that they’re shotguns😂

  • @0000Sierra117
    @0000Sierra117 Жыл бұрын

    With the reverse rail option, I now want to see a very rail-covered AR-15 just bristling with zip-22s. Including one mounted upside-down on top of a scope whose scope mount has additional top-rail

  • @FFKonoko

    @FFKonoko

    Жыл бұрын

    I also now want to see this.

  • @Kneon_Knight

    @Kneon_Knight

    Жыл бұрын

    Yo, Dawg...🤣

  • @crazyinsane500

    @crazyinsane500

    Жыл бұрын

    Tag Jeditobewan and he'll probably do that in H3VR at least. . . And then try to reload the ouroboros of Zippies in some silly way.

  • @kwc0435

    @kwc0435

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolute pain

  • @michaelsanders6920

    @michaelsanders6920

    Жыл бұрын

    We had the 6 barreled mgl in Iraq and the scope had rails on three sides so I stuck an m4 with a 320, 2 foregrips, and 2 flashlights on it.

  • @lilwyvern4
    @lilwyvern42 жыл бұрын

    This would make a great weapon for a horror game. Your only ranged defense option is this. It might save your life if the monster is closing in, but your best option is still to remain hidden and unseen.

  • @DoctorTheo

    @DoctorTheo

    11 ай бұрын

    I know im a year late, but Amnesia the Bunker is pretty much that idea

  • @keztannis6848

    @keztannis6848

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@DoctorTheoBut the guns in that game are actually functional so it doesn't count

  • @kueferd5671

    @kueferd5671

    10 ай бұрын

    it appeared somewhat in Cruelty Sqaud

  • @DoctorTheo

    @DoctorTheo

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kueferd5671 Possibly the most accurate depiction of the gun

  • @lexdelaney2805
    @lexdelaney28054 жыл бұрын

    "It won't fire if you drop it." It won't fire when you pull the trigger either.

  • @thdmtr

    @thdmtr

    4 жыл бұрын

    hahahahahahhhahaha

  • @ayotamquam9519

    @ayotamquam9519

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hence the safest gun

  • @Not_Ciel

    @Not_Ciel

    4 жыл бұрын

    I love how they said to hang it off a carbine as if you could actually pull that stupid trigger while it's sitting on the rail, and even then who knows if it'll fire XD

  • @pospenguin

    @pospenguin

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Wiedergeboren lol!

  • @masonlaw7628

    @masonlaw7628

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lolol

  • @Lefty217
    @Lefty2174 жыл бұрын

    This is a real life Tediore. Throw it at your enemy when it's empty, it'll probably do more damage than trying another magazine.

  • @sibire8284

    @sibire8284

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nah man that's Hi-Point; Tediore has some wicked good guns.

  • @theinstitute1324

    @theinstitute1324

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sibire8284 Hi-Point makes good guns though, despite all of their unabashed ugliness.

  • @superior2u

    @superior2u

    4 жыл бұрын

    Safer idea, hand the gun and ammo to your attacker, wait til he blows a finger off. Subdue.

  • @JamesManimal

    @JamesManimal

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha. No give it to your enemy. They’ll never get a round out.

  • @lillardzero8790

    @lillardzero8790

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tediore from borderlands ?

  • @1959Berre
    @1959Berre Жыл бұрын

    The design is intended to mislead customs officers. Officer: "What is this thing?" Answer: "It's a toner cartridge for my printer". Officer: "Okay, move along".

  • @user-rt4uf6et9u

    @user-rt4uf6et9u

    Ай бұрын

    I think that really was his intention but for different reasons. His philosophy that everybody had the right to self defense presumably applied even to those who are afraid of guns because of pop culture and a fear mongering 24 hour news cycle. He made the gun cheap enough that anybody could afford it, and so unlike other guns that it avoids a lot of the scary baggage tied to regular guns. The execution of that idea was awful but there was logic to his thought process. On the other hand, a gun that doesn't look like a gun is a recipe for accidental shootings, so perhaps people would learn to be more afraid of it pretty quickly had it caught on.

  • @Makskori
    @Makskori11 ай бұрын

    "The ultimate weapon, in ejection failures and misfires. You'll be lucky to get two shots out of this thing without blowing off your fingers."

  • @CruelestChris

    @CruelestChris

    8 ай бұрын

    The best American firearm designers came together and now, with the fusion of modern expertise and the latest production technology, have finally created a semi-auto you can play Russian roulette with.

  • @AAZ-yu5ss

    @AAZ-yu5ss

    8 ай бұрын

    Truly the Gorbino’s quest of guns!

  • @suursuits7637
    @suursuits76373 жыл бұрын

    A picatinny rail, for mounting a massive scope that is ten times the price of the gun, to miss more accurately.

  • @banditthesiberian8156

    @banditthesiberian8156

    3 жыл бұрын

    In order to miss it has to fire

  • @anthonygarcia5375

    @anthonygarcia5375

    3 жыл бұрын

    In order to miss you have to at least be able to aim

  • @Angel-wi5pu

    @Angel-wi5pu

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha more accurately. “Don’t just miss your shots, miss them with purpose”

  • @wolfen26

    @wolfen26

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Angel-wi5pu Motto of the Stormtrooper Shooting Academy.

  • @killert_7759

    @killert_7759

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s what phantom forces players do. Put a Sagittarius 40x on a Zip 22

  • @linusdn2777
    @linusdn27774 жыл бұрын

    The supposition that the brass could hit your hand rests entirely on the gun actually ejecting the brass.

  • @AnimeSunglasses

    @AnimeSunglasses

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey, it might eject only HALF the brass! Burns AND cuts on your hand!

  • @dizisill

    @dizisill

    3 жыл бұрын

    When these first came out i went to a gun shop and the owner was tryna sell me one of these so bad i wasn't having it

  • @TheNewGuy59

    @TheNewGuy59

    3 жыл бұрын

    That is predicated that it fired to begin with, otherwise no brass to eject.

  • @SuperLordHawHaw

    @SuperLordHawHaw

    3 жыл бұрын

    The jamming is a safety feature

  • @commandercody2980

    @commandercody2980

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dizisill "please, for the love of God, just take this piece of shit off our hands!"

  • @matthewmoser1284
    @matthewmoser1284 Жыл бұрын

    It shows Ian's distain for this gun that he dry fires it so much without bothering to slow the action like he normally does. 🤣

  • @ericoberlies7537
    @ericoberlies75377 ай бұрын

    When I was a kid, “zip gun” was a slang term for a homemade.22 where a round was fired through a tube, attached to a piece of wood, using little more than a rubber band and a nail.

  • @masonsykes2240

    @masonsykes2240

    6 ай бұрын

    You'd probably get better performance out of that tbh

  • @Damian-cilr2

    @Damian-cilr2

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@masonsykes2240 Probably would be a little safer too.

  • @potatoeyboi
    @potatoeyboi4 жыл бұрын

    This gun was so bad, the only thing it killed was a million dollar company

  • @felixautomaton5314

    @felixautomaton5314

    4 жыл бұрын

    And it killed it by *not* firing a shot!

  • @spaceballs72

    @spaceballs72

    4 жыл бұрын

    *IT'S OWN MILLION DOLLAR COMPANY

  • @movessmitt6427

    @movessmitt6427

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@saturnity6 For real, hate unfunny add-ons.

  • @icannotthinkofaname6248

    @icannotthinkofaname6248

    4 жыл бұрын

    That’s a lot of damage tbh

  • @4T3hM4kr0n

    @4T3hM4kr0n

    4 жыл бұрын

    how does this not have over a thousand likes?

  • @dosbilliam
    @dosbilliam2 жыл бұрын

    This thing is like a reverse AK-47; extremely complex to take apart, works horribly, and destroyed the company that spawned it.

  • @sibottle

    @sibottle

    2 жыл бұрын

    it's EXACTLY like a reverse AK-47

  • @greatwhiteironic9085

    @greatwhiteironic9085

    2 жыл бұрын

    Small, low power, eyesore

  • @CaptainCraigKWMRZ

    @CaptainCraigKWMRZ

    2 жыл бұрын

    The AK-47? The most copied and mass produced rifle in human history? You millennials need to get some education. Yeet!

  • @CaptainCraigKWMRZ

    @CaptainCraigKWMRZ

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sibottle if EXACTLY means not at all, you nailed it! Sad...

  • @dosbilliam

    @dosbilliam

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CaptainCraigKWMRZ ...Did you and the previous person not bother actually reading what the rest of us typed?

  • @ajorsomething4935
    @ajorsomething4935 Жыл бұрын

    I get what Donnely's concept was, but there was nothing forcing him, or the engineers to make it in this form factor. Who said it needed to be a brick? Who said it needed to have such a short bolt travel? Who said that they shouldn't make the bolt out of metal, or cast it, or at least weigh the bolt down by filling it with shot like a deadblow hammer? Did they design the shape first and the gun second?

  • @UnitSe7en

    @UnitSe7en

    Жыл бұрын

    I think the form factor is designed to have no potential points for catching on clothing or such. And I guess to that goal the concept might be to just not look overall like a gun. Also they clearly had concepts for accessories, for example the SBR stock. I think the form factor of the ZIP aids integration with those other products, too.

  • @grimgrahamch.4157

    @grimgrahamch.4157

    6 ай бұрын

    My closest guess was he saw the P90 and thought rectangle=futuristic.

  • @mkultragaming6939
    @mkultragaming69392 жыл бұрын

    They could've outsourced it to Keltec and they would've somehow made it not only good but successful because they're the only ones that can make weird shit and get away with it

  • @tysontaggart7246

    @tysontaggart7246

    2 күн бұрын

    I love that Keltec's whole market is basically making weird guns that make people go "That's really bizzare... I want one." Lol

  • @myway7367
    @myway73673 жыл бұрын

    The only gun that when pointed, raises questions rather than hands.

  • @jayathdesilva6179

    @jayathdesilva6179

    2 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @save02

    @save02

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jayathdesilva6179 Definetly

  • @cr1ms0n8bit7

    @cr1ms0n8bit7

    2 жыл бұрын

    "PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND GIVE ME YOUR MONEY" "lmao wtf is that get a real gun and not a VHS tape"

  • @vipervidsgamingplus5723

    @vipervidsgamingplus5723

    2 жыл бұрын

    “Why are you pointing a toy at me?”, “do you need a moment to fix the thing?”, “why did you try to rob me with a broken gun?”, “do you want to try throwing it to cause some damage?”.

  • @JohnnyYeTaecanUktena

    @JohnnyYeTaecanUktena

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cr1ms0n8bit7 and when he dies from it he will claim he got shot by a Hi-point and not a VHS tape lol

  • @nooneinparticular5256
    @nooneinparticular52562 жыл бұрын

    So, one funny thing, is that this gun is now in a new game: Cruelty Squad. Every time you click to fire it, there's a 1/3 chance of it firing, a 1/3 chance of it doing nothing, and a 1/3 chance of damaging you instead.

  • @actuallyasriel

    @actuallyasriel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Finally, a proper representation of the Zip22!

  • @nooneinparticular5256

    @nooneinparticular5256

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@actuallyasriel And even better, you get it in a casino level, by running a gun slot-machine, that has a 1/9000 chance of actually giving you the Zippy 3000; AND you have to finish the level with it in your inventory (1 of 2 weapon slots) to keep it; AND this is a game where you can die very easily (just a few shots); AND if you die, you have to start ALL OVER.

  • @bigdaddydons6241

    @bigdaddydons6241

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wait really? I haven't found it yet, I gotta go looking

  • @bigdaddydons6241

    @bigdaddydons6241

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nooneinparticular5256 and thats why I love this game, its like its trying to kill me, and beating a level is so rewarding

  • @m__y-t-s

    @m__y-t-s

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cruelty Squad really is an amazing game.

  • @BCDeshiG
    @BCDeshiG2 жыл бұрын

    For some reason, I thought it'd be a lot bigger. I absolutely lost it when he inserted the extended mag into it though, and even moreso when I saw the photo of it being mounted to another gun.

  • @hugokatz
    @hugokatz2 жыл бұрын

    The main safety feature is.... if you're opponent gets ahold of your weapon, they won't be able to use it against you. While they're trying to figure that out, you're going to have a lot of time to run away. And you're going to want to run away out of embarrassment.

  • @mysticmallachi777
    @mysticmallachi7774 жыл бұрын

    "How do we make firearms safer for children?" "I dunno, make it look like a toy."

  • @madcourier6217

    @madcourier6217

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also make it easier to injure yourself then ever before!

  • @sebastiaandewit159

    @sebastiaandewit159

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sacha Baron Cohen did that! He made teddy-guns!

  • @mysticmallachi777

    @mysticmallachi777

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sebastiaandewit159 lmao, This was a commercial product with "legitimate" "practical" "use" (yes, all the quotations are intentional lol).

  • @movessmitt6427

    @movessmitt6427

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hannibal to Eric Andre. Lol, that's what it sounds like, amazing Q&A

  • @claudiuspulcher2440

    @claudiuspulcher2440

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah just make it so it won't go off until they mess with it for 2 minutes

  • @aquileslame6897
    @aquileslame68974 жыл бұрын

    Me: mom can we have a P90 Mom: we already have a P90 at home P90 at home:

  • @nibs7252

    @nibs7252

    4 жыл бұрын

    It is like a discount P90 prototype, if you have ever seen one

  • @andrerobertson3151

    @andrerobertson3151

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your comment reminds me of when i actually asked my dad if we could get a P90. He's currently looking into it.

  • @leefithian3704

    @leefithian3704

    4 жыл бұрын

    The difference between fruit rings ....and fruit Loops

  • @xinfinity8532

    @xinfinity8532

    4 жыл бұрын

    🤣😂

  • @JelloThatsMellow

    @JelloThatsMellow

    4 жыл бұрын

    We got P90X at home on DVD /flex

  • @daneelaart
    @daneelaart11 ай бұрын

    the zippy was so beloved they made it into a real thing

  • @TheEnderBoy6625

    @TheEnderBoy6625

    10 ай бұрын

    Gotta get it from the slot machine.

  • @brucefromfindingnemo7842
    @brucefromfindingnemo7842 Жыл бұрын

    I remember having a nerf pistol that attached to the rail sections of some other nerf guns. It actually shot reliably though, so I guess it's not that similar.

  • @chaseman113
    @chaseman1132 жыл бұрын

    One day you’ll stumble across a prototype Zip 22 that performs flawlessly and somehow devolved into this thing.

  • @mr.bobcyndaquil4214

    @mr.bobcyndaquil4214

    2 жыл бұрын

    The SA80 in pistol form

  • @KingBowserLP

    @KingBowserLP

    2 жыл бұрын

    I feel like the bolt was designed to be steel and then they replaced it with polymer to cut costs... resulting in this thing.

  • @LucarioDoT

    @LucarioDoT

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KingBowserLP Does anyone want to bother testing this?

  • @Silentguy_

    @Silentguy_

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KingBowserLP it would probably work 1000 times better even if the bolt was made of cast zinc

  • @cleanerben9636

    @cleanerben9636

    Жыл бұрын

    I think the manufactured gun is the prototype.

  • @sethdowd
    @sethdowd4 жыл бұрын

    22 is very lethal, unless fired from this unreliable piece of garbage Didn't have to roast em like that Ian, damn.

  • @millistein3217

    @millistein3217

    4 жыл бұрын

    This thing is also Letal.... but mostly not for the Target

  • @refrweerf

    @refrweerf

    4 жыл бұрын

    Millistein for oxygen*

  • @BigboiiTone

    @BigboiiTone

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lethal to any man's sense of manhood who has one

  • @thurin84

    @thurin84

    4 жыл бұрын

    and so spaketh firearms jesus on the matter.

  • @mahnemsjef

    @mahnemsjef

    3 жыл бұрын

    whyd you even bother to use the quotation marks?

  • @ALTER_7
    @ALTER_72 жыл бұрын

    So basically the only way to hold this thing correctly is if you had hands like an Elite from Halo.

  • @jackmcglion8337

    @jackmcglion8337

    Ай бұрын

    Yes

  • @doublepiedavid8908
    @doublepiedavid89082 жыл бұрын

    Almost everything about this gun is clever and well thought out. Except everything that matters

  • @DrLennieSmall

    @DrLennieSmall

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to see these secondary features on an actually well done weapon.

  • @doublepiedavid8908

    @doublepiedavid8908

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DrLennieSmall after rewatching the video again, I think that it may be possible to make it work by making the firing pin/ejector a couple millimeters longer and giving it a steel bolt. If you really wanted to go all the way in upgrading it, you could give it skorpion-like cocking nubbins instead of the weird buttons it has now, round the corners a tad, and maybe give it an extractor, but overall I think that the concept is salvageable despite being kinda useless. Ig a functional zip may be able to capitalize on how bad the OG zip is

  • @mauserman2514
    @mauserman25145 жыл бұрын

    "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything." - Doug Donnelly

  • @nolanolivier6791

    @nolanolivier6791

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol, that frikkin ticked...

  • @mrsaturdaynightspecial3055

    @mrsaturdaynightspecial3055

    5 жыл бұрын

    "It's not the man who wins the gold medal, but the man who steps into the arena against all odds and still competes." Doug

  • @bacon81

    @bacon81

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lmao 😂 👌🏽

  • @andyprairiedog4829

    @andyprairiedog4829

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mauser Man lmao!!!!

  • @chancepaladin

    @chancepaladin

    5 жыл бұрын

    ouch!

  • @Blad3warrior
    @Blad3warrior5 жыл бұрын

    Manual of arms: 1. Take out of box 2. Throw directly in trash

  • @Kizron_Kizronson

    @Kizron_Kizronson

    5 жыл бұрын

    3. Keep box. As it actually has some uses

  • @jackandersen1262

    @jackandersen1262

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or sell it as scrap.

  • @rob.3575

    @rob.3575

    5 жыл бұрын

    It could make a decent door stop.

  • @1stPCFerret

    @1stPCFerret

    5 жыл бұрын

    Blad3warrior Or just "1. Take $100. 2. Throw in trash." Similar final end, but saves unnecessary motion.

  • @11Kralle

    @11Kralle

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Griff dran schrauben - wegschmeißen."(screw on a handle - toss it away)

  • @magamexican6302
    @magamexican63022 жыл бұрын

    I want nothing more in this life than to be a “zip operator”.

  • @davidreeding9176

    @davidreeding9176

    10 ай бұрын

    Do it

  • @iCy77
    @iCy7711 ай бұрын

    Yoooo it's the thingamajig from Cruelty Squad

  • @Eliwood407
    @Eliwood4072 жыл бұрын

    Looking at the design, it looks like you reload it by throwing it at your enemy after which it explodes and magicaly reconstructs itself in your hands.

  • @TC-xd3gq

    @TC-xd3gq

    2 жыл бұрын

    We call this the baby maker Jr

  • @lxjoe96

    @lxjoe96

    Жыл бұрын

    Tediore guns are fun!

  • @willful759

    @willful759

    Жыл бұрын

    Glat to see i'm not the only one who thought that LOL

  • @noban2730

    @noban2730

    Жыл бұрын

    The ammo cost gets out of hand though when you realise the more ammo you have the more damage it does

  • @Filthycasual123

    @Filthycasual123

    Жыл бұрын

    tediore guns lmfao

  • @akyloren10050
    @akyloren100503 жыл бұрын

    I’m not sure if it is intentional, but Ian is absolutely HILARIOUS when he hates a gun

  • @henrysokol3466

    @henrysokol3466

    2 жыл бұрын

    He's so polite! There's usually a subtext of exasperated pity: "I don't know what misfortunes made you attempt this lifestyle. You must be unhappy as a firearm."

  • @LiterallyWho1917

    @LiterallyWho1917

    2 жыл бұрын

    cynical Montone humor is uniquely hilarious and helps add to absurdity

  • @egg5474

    @egg5474

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well a gun that resembles a failed abortion is going to take what it can get.

  • @vonschlesien

    @vonschlesien

    Жыл бұрын

    Negative reviews are always easier to write.

  • @oz_jones

    @oz_jones

    Жыл бұрын

    @@vonschlesien Especially when the subject is notoriously bad. Boring is hard to criticize.

  • @TheRealLemongrab
    @TheRealLemongrab10 ай бұрын

    As someone who’s owned a few of these. the reason they were so bad is because the return spring was very weak, causing the gun to not eject the rounds, but after purchasing an upgrade spring and oiling the firearm up it runs flawlessly. If you have one and want it to run better, replace the trigger spring and the trigger and the return spring

  • @lztn1183
    @lztn11832 жыл бұрын

    POV: You've been standing in a casino in front of the same slot machine for two and a half hours trying to get a gun that doesn't even work

  • @expendableround6186

    @expendableround6186

    2 жыл бұрын

    Zippy 3000. Not even once.

  • @ballsdeep6924
    @ballsdeep69243 жыл бұрын

    So THATS where Gearbox got their inspiration for Tediore designs

  • @Spectrik

    @Spectrik

    3 жыл бұрын

    I knew it looked familiar thank you

  • @cooperfurman4745

    @cooperfurman4745

    3 жыл бұрын

    And just like a Tediore, it does more damage if you throw it at the enemy rather than shoot it.

  • @m_fredi9549

    @m_fredi9549

    3 жыл бұрын

    My name is Klein!

  • @yourlocalfishservent9213

    @yourlocalfishservent9213

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's why you throw it away

  • @laurafrakinroslin

    @laurafrakinroslin

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was so excited to see that thumbnail. Someone at gearbox really knows guns.

  • @SkeeterMcBeater
    @SkeeterMcBeater4 жыл бұрын

    How to make a hi point look like an engineering masterpiece.

  • @Creamer305

    @Creamer305

    4 жыл бұрын

    Alex Jongenelen yeah go check demolition ranches hi-point videos and you will see

  • @steveman751

    @steveman751

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Creamer305 Where he calls hi points terrible 15x a video, yet shows how indestructible and very reliable they are.

  • @jameson1239

    @jameson1239

    4 жыл бұрын

    It is it’s very reliable but it’s really ugly

  • @thdmtr

    @thdmtr

    4 жыл бұрын

    hahahahhahahahah

  • @MilitantVision

    @MilitantVision

    4 жыл бұрын

    What the hell is with the hate with the hi point? It’s ugly, sure but it is reliable

  • @danielokelly9553
    @danielokelly9553 Жыл бұрын

    US Firearms sold their single action revolver machinery to Standard Manufacturing in New Britain, Ct. Standard has been making the SAA ever since and it’s quality exceeds the original Colts. They all come with a case/hardened frame. I just got mine and it’s fantastic.

  • @trs4184
    @trs4184 Жыл бұрын

    This really takes "Remember, switching to your pistol is always faster than reloading" to a whole new level

  • @jcash72
    @jcash725 жыл бұрын

    "I kind of see where he was going. The problem is he is kind of crazy, and where he was going wasn't somewhere anyone wanted to be." This is great :D

  • @homelessEh

    @homelessEh

    5 жыл бұрын

    yeah kinda like how the some bb guns has butt stocks it could clip into and other odd accessories to turn a pistol into other stances. as far as safe may as well weapon a rubix cube lol.

  • @idontwanttoputmyname403
    @idontwanttoputmyname4035 жыл бұрын

    Ian: "Did you do it?" Doug: "Yes." Ian: "What did it cost?" Doug: "Everything."

  • @bitfreakazoid

    @bitfreakazoid

    5 жыл бұрын

    Holy shit! Can't breath.

  • @datguy9408

    @datguy9408

    5 жыл бұрын

    I dont want to put my name HAHAHAHAHA

  • @BBTomahawk12

    @BBTomahawk12

    5 жыл бұрын

    r/unexpected_thanos

  • @Deadlyaztec27

    @Deadlyaztec27

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is the best comment in here.

  • @quetzalthegamer

    @quetzalthegamer

    5 жыл бұрын

    *Zip shoots bubbles* Doug: "I like it."

  • @drenemelia2960
    @drenemelia296011 ай бұрын

    If you used a picatinny on one, and then a reverse picatinny on a second one, could you mount two Zip 22's onto each other? Because that's kind of hilarious

  • @titaiao

    @titaiao

    Ай бұрын

    Oh no, you made me imagine that

  • @the_furry_inside_your_walls639
    @the_furry_inside_your_walls6392 жыл бұрын

    Judging by how USFA designed this weapon, and the sacrifices that were made for it, seems that the creator's vision of the gun was to drive his own company into the ground rather than actually design a cheap weapon that could be easily manufactured.

  • @seanh2364
    @seanh23645 жыл бұрын

    "The whole thing just fizzled up and blew away like dust." Mr. Gun Jesus, I don't feel so good...

  • @captiannemo1587

    @captiannemo1587

    5 жыл бұрын

    If only he had gone one step further... and said... "dust in the wind"

  • @sonofnone116

    @sonofnone116

    5 жыл бұрын

    Too soon

  • @tranz2deep

    @tranz2deep

    5 жыл бұрын

    Beat me to it, Michael...

  • @wanderingwonder111
    @wanderingwonder1112 жыл бұрын

    "Test that object in the middle of the street..." "Dear user, use our firearm to take potshots at unidentified targets" -sincerely, the USAF team

  • @optionalcoast7478

    @optionalcoast7478

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah I was like what the hell do they mean by that

  • @LonelySpaceDetective

    @LonelySpaceDetective

    2 жыл бұрын

    Other people have brought up the point that this could have been referring to IEDs, but uh, while I believe that could have been the intent by USFA/Doug Donnelly it is still just so _incredibly_ dumb on so many levels. EDIT: corrected the typo after someone pointed it out

  • @randombloke82

    @randombloke82

    2 жыл бұрын

    *USFA. I very much doubt the USAF want any more to do with this thing than the average punter….

  • @josephsshitpostemporium4325

    @josephsshitpostemporium4325

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought it was a joke.

  • @deletdis6173

    @deletdis6173

    Жыл бұрын

    Prophetic

  • @domesticalyx
    @domesticalyx11 ай бұрын

    this is just like gorbinos quest. this is the gorbinos quest of weapons.

  • @tvoirealvragg
    @tvoirealvragg11 ай бұрын

    zippo 3000 but in our time and multiuniverse

  • @craigstewart6194
    @craigstewart61945 жыл бұрын

    It has to be the safest gun in the world if it doesn't work.

  • @failer_

    @failer_

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not safe at all in a selfdefense situation.

  • @catbear3294

    @catbear3294

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@failer_ the their would laugh himself to death. Effective

  • @TonboIV

    @TonboIV

    5 жыл бұрын

    The problem is, it doesn't not work reliably either.

  • @ace5566

    @ace5566

    5 жыл бұрын

    Craig Stewart For firearm laws, I presume.

  • @-_Nuke_-

    @-_Nuke_-

    5 жыл бұрын

    exactly lol

  • @stonegiant4
    @stonegiant45 жыл бұрын

    Gun Jesus never speaks ill of a firearm. So you can tell how bad this one must be by his unabashed used of the descriptor "garbage"

  • @medicalmanport1136

    @medicalmanport1136

    5 жыл бұрын

    they have crazy feeding problems and jams it's a good idea terrible execution

  • @jasondoe2596

    @jasondoe2596

    5 жыл бұрын

    Medical Man Port, uhmmm, no, it's not even "a good idea". How could such horrid ergonomics be considered a good idea? And yes, the execution makes it even worse.

  • @GruntBurger

    @GruntBurger

    5 жыл бұрын

    If Judas made a gun...

  • @Fuzzyburritto93

    @Fuzzyburritto93

    5 жыл бұрын

    He doesn't speak that good about every gun

  • @Fuzzyburritto93

    @Fuzzyburritto93

    5 жыл бұрын

    That Terminator shotgun

  • @pandabuluk
    @pandabuluk2 жыл бұрын

    Now coming in your friendly PMC Griffin and Kyurger.

  • @carolwilson5348
    @carolwilson5348 Жыл бұрын

    I am curious who purchased the SAA tooling, and will it some day be used to build quality handguns.

  • @higorguedes4413
    @higorguedes44135 жыл бұрын

    *find himself in a shootout* *sees a .22 zip and a wooden plank on the ground* **picks the plank**

  • @pieV3000

    @pieV3000

    5 жыл бұрын

    Picks up gun hits it like a baseball with the plank

  • @brian-8674

    @brian-8674

    5 жыл бұрын

    When the other person is out of ammo id throw the zip at him and say "here use this" then id proceed to beat him with the plank because he cant get the zip to fire.

  • @sparda9060

    @sparda9060

    5 жыл бұрын

    Of course you pick the plank, everyone knows how to use a plank than that zip gun lol...

  • @hurk_lifeless_explorer7718

    @hurk_lifeless_explorer7718

    5 жыл бұрын

    *Picks up Richard Mask* HM2 reference

  • @djraythefurry0420

    @djraythefurry0420

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'd still use the zip. But only two shots then I would use the second bullet toy head lol

  • @Gorilla_Chaos
    @Gorilla_Chaos5 жыл бұрын

    Did the manual actually say “Just shoot random things in the middle of the street?” Top notch gun safety here

  • @gastonbell108

    @gastonbell108

    4 жыл бұрын

    They meant it for military purposes. Testing suspicious packages for bombs, would be my guess. I still have no idea why that is a good idea.

  • @jacobhinton6178

    @jacobhinton6178

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gastonbell108 That's how the military and law forces disarm bombs, by shooting them. In most cases bombs are shoddily made, sometimes detonating on accident at random or even being garbage that you could disable by a rock toss. If the bomb is placed in an area safe from collateral damage like roads or buildings that are already damaged, they dont risk human life or expensive robots to disarm them, and just open fire. They do disarm them with those options, but only in cases where its impossible or risky to shoot the damn thing.

  • @gastonbell108

    @gastonbell108

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jacobhinton6178 I can understand bomb disposal via gunfire: I've seen it done with a .50-caliber rifle. But that's because they can shoot it from far away. Even a small bomb has a greater explosive radius than a .22 pistol. Doesn't seem like a good idea to save a few pennies on a bullet that puts you in harm's range.

  • @jacobhinton6178

    @jacobhinton6178

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gastonbell108 Heh, no it does not. I don't think that would ever be viable.

  • @CrudeConduct666

    @CrudeConduct666

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gastonbell108 .22s go farther than you seem to think. This gun sucks ass, but with a Ruger 1022 or something I see no problem

  • @lunsine
    @lunsine Жыл бұрын

    we all know the feeling getting a killstreak somehow with a 90000 rpm zip 22 lazer beam in phantom forces

  • @Dan-gj1hz
    @Dan-gj1hz5 ай бұрын

    I will shamelessly admit ive re-watched this 6 times. This is one of the best forgotten weapons videos ever.

  • @Nellsism
    @Nellsism5 жыл бұрын

    Remember when you were a kid and pretended your TV remote was a gun... thats what this reminds me of

  • @richie_23

    @richie_23

    5 жыл бұрын

    shit im 22 and i still like to pretend my tv remote is an m1911

  • @lukalukunic2820

    @lukalukunic2820

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hahahahahahaha I wish I can like this 1000 times😂

  • @thezorz4687

    @thezorz4687

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@richie_23 If you put fresh batteries in it, it would become a reliable handgun. ;)

  • @boxtank5288

    @boxtank5288

    5 жыл бұрын

    It'd be a more effective handgun than this.

  • @dfwai7589

    @dfwai7589

    5 жыл бұрын

    My grandparents had a TV remote that had a distinct curve to it and I would always hold it like a sawed off

  • @PsychadelicoDuck
    @PsychadelicoDuck4 жыл бұрын

    KZread recommended me this and "homer designs a car" at the same time. They seem appropriate, together.

  • @binkbonkbones3402

    @binkbonkbones3402

    4 жыл бұрын

    Magnum_koichi seems to think so

  • @juanandresmendezmartinez8024

    @juanandresmendezmartinez8024

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@a.hollins8691 IF it fires

  • @steevrawjers

    @steevrawjers

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @marthaindahouse1010

    @marthaindahouse1010

    4 жыл бұрын

    It'd be better if the third recommendation was a video about the Pontiac Aztek.

  • @FIXTREME

    @FIXTREME

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@marthaindahouse1010 The 4th video was about the Sega 32x

  • @vicnedel02
    @vicnedel022 жыл бұрын

    at first I thought "Perhaps this was made for space aliens who's hands are not shaped like out hands and its intended use was for zero gravity environments." But then you showed the manual where it says its intended as a rifle attachment and I understood why its a left handed gun. I think the idea was to always attach this to another gun. You'd be holding your AR or whatever with your right hand on the trigger and your left one on this thing.

  • @stephenrosenthal5252

    @stephenrosenthal5252

    6 ай бұрын

    Why the pocket clip then?

  • @iEATteeth-tm8he
    @iEATteeth-tm8he9 ай бұрын

    Type 94: finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary

  • @5anjuro
    @5anjuro5 жыл бұрын

    It has that late 1980s "cheap disposable camera" aesthetic to it. Something you'd grab from 7-Eleven, fool around with and discard without regret.

  • @SimuLord

    @SimuLord

    5 жыл бұрын

    "It's the casual way to murder someone on a weekend!" Or it would be, if it worked.

  • @Marc83Aus

    @Marc83Aus

    5 жыл бұрын

    Someone looked at a $200 plastic glock and thought there has to be a way to make something for half the price with 1% the reliability!

  • @alpacatwoniner2370

    @alpacatwoniner2370

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol, Sev would sell a disposable gun though. They totally would

  • @moosemaimer

    @moosemaimer

    5 жыл бұрын

    It looks like something from a dystopian comic, like you'd buy it out of a vending machine and it just comes preloaded with 5 rounds.

  • @HappyBeezerStudios

    @HappyBeezerStudios

    5 жыл бұрын

    To me it looks a bit like a scifi prop. A bit into wht the P90 or Vector are doing.

  • @gestaposantaclaus
    @gestaposantaclaus2 жыл бұрын

    The game ‘Cruelty Squad’ has this gun as a secret weapon. And yes, it’s prone to failure lol.

  • @dr.freshmemes3696

    @dr.freshmemes3696

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's a 1/3 chance it does nothing another third it hurts you and a final third that it actually shoots

  • @junioraltamontent.7582

    @junioraltamontent.7582

    2 жыл бұрын

    Zippy 3000. Spent a solid 2 hours in front of that damn slot machine. I knew it was garbage but still got excited when it finally dropped. Then the joy quickly faded when I found out just how garbage it actually is.

  • @gestaposantaclaus

    @gestaposantaclaus

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@junioraltamontent.7582 Forgotten Weapons has a review of the gun here on KZread.

  • @massivive

    @massivive

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gestaposantaclaus can I get a link to that?

  • @Colin_Nelson

    @Colin_Nelson

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@danialyousaf6456 which video? You didn't post a link

  • @qwertykeyboard5901
    @qwertykeyboard59017 ай бұрын

    6:28 Ah yes, let's put part of the controls where the bullets come out. Brilliant!

  • @origamigamer8990
    @origamigamer8990 Жыл бұрын

    Some possible improvements: -Make the bolt out of aluminum -Some sort of integral ejector -Any sort of extractor

  • @lunkfumble
    @lunkfumble5 жыл бұрын

    Buy 2 Zip 22s, one with the standard rail and the other with the reverse rail, attach them top-to-top and now you have double the reliability

  • @Steel-toad-Jack

    @Steel-toad-Jack

    5 жыл бұрын

    So 0×0 reliability I guess that's better

  • @Justanotherconsumer

    @Justanotherconsumer

    5 жыл бұрын

    But how do you hold it?

  • @cymond

    @cymond

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Justanotherconsumer how do you hold it? Like this, of course: www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2011/02/28/double-glock-full-auto-pistols/

  • @GymVideos1

    @GymVideos1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Probability should be .75 4 options like the odds of one coin of two coming up heads fire/fire fire/no fire no fire/fire no fire/no fire 25% none fire, 50% one of the two fires, 25% both fire.

  • @AlmightyRager95

    @AlmightyRager95

    5 жыл бұрын

    You mean a lack thereof.

  • @marshallferron
    @marshallferron4 жыл бұрын

    It's like a gun designed by someone who had never seen a handgun before. Or even a human hand.

  • @marthaindahouse1010

    @marthaindahouse1010

    4 жыл бұрын

    They were blind their whole lives, spun around for 16 hours on a centrifuge, and asked to draw a staple gun immediately after.

  • @fridaycaliforniaa236

    @fridaycaliforniaa236

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is the Windows 10 of guns ^^

  • @duantorruellas716

    @duantorruellas716

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or even a human hand hahahahah good one 👍

  • @grubbybum3614

    @grubbybum3614

    3 жыл бұрын

    I like the idea behind this gun. A sleek, ergonomic design that literally fits in your pocket (unlike other guns what make that claim). If they'd spent more time on design, it probably would have become a new standard for handguns.

  • @XxXNOSCOPEURASSXxX

    @XxXNOSCOPEURASSXxX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nintendo gun

  • @RKStrikerJK5
    @RKStrikerJK5 Жыл бұрын

    I found your video through a forum thread about horrible business decisions. Really, really good. I swear this thing looks like it should be in a bad sci-fi movie.

  • @supergeek1418
    @supergeek1418 Жыл бұрын

    I'd be willing to bet that if you made a replacement bolt out of steel (or maybe even aluminum) that gun might just work properly.

  • @ittasteslikeburning6895
    @ittasteslikeburning68955 жыл бұрын

    *Sees thumbnail* *knows nothing of the gun* "How could a gun be garbage? Once he unfolds it, it should be good" "Ohhh"

  • @boiledelephant

    @boiledelephant

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was waiting for him to insert a magazine that would fill out the rest of the grip shape. Then he removed a little walnut of .22 goodness and I was like ".....oh. Oh dear."

  • @MinecraftKarol2005

    @MinecraftKarol2005

    4 жыл бұрын

    that's exactly what i was thinking.

  • @VulpeRenard
    @VulpeRenard5 жыл бұрын

    "It's the world's safest pistol!" How do you charge it? "You put your hand in front of the barrel!"

  • @xsterawesome

    @xsterawesome

    5 жыл бұрын

    If I recall correctly when they were marketing this I think you were supposed to use those charging handles against the edge of a table. I don't remember where I heard that but I'm pretty sure I heard that from someone back when they were originally making this I really wanted one of them I thought it was the neatest thing ever but alas I wasn't 21 yet.

  • @xsterawesome

    @xsterawesome

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Roderick storey Hey, you don't have to point it down you can always push it against the edge of the table keeping it horizontal. So you accidentally shoot your friend in the spleen instead. Okay, I'm not saying it was a good idea or good design, it was just *neat* okay.

  • @VulpeRenard

    @VulpeRenard

    5 жыл бұрын

    "It's the world's safest pistol!" How is that possible? "It almost never fires when you pull the trigger!"

  • @RobertMorgan

    @RobertMorgan

    5 жыл бұрын

    Climb carefully down off that high horse (wouldn't want you to die in such a fall) and think about what you said for just a second: How safe is it? Being unloaded, perfectly safe. Hand in front of the barrel, whatever, it's NOT YET CHARGED! MEANWHILE, millions of Appendix Carry evangelicals are walking around with Glocks, Sigs, and XDs loaded, pointed at their cocks all day, saying 4 O'Clock IWB is wrong and unsafe. There's dumb bumblefucks posing as experts all over, it's an infinite resource.

  • @goreobsessed2308

    @goreobsessed2308

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's not untrue he'll most don't fire lol

  • @Gumdropnipples
    @Gumdropnipples Жыл бұрын

    This is the only gun ever that a firearms store urged me NOT to buy. I was so surprised at how bad they said it was that I wanted it even more, but the retailer told me it was to expensive to buy just to collect. I ended up getting an aug a3 instead.

  • @a.k8185

    @a.k8185

    9 ай бұрын

    Nice taste.

  • @Gumdropnipples

    @Gumdropnipples

    9 ай бұрын

    @@a.k8185 I think it's my top choice for compact rear fed rifles

  • @snail2755
    @snail275511 ай бұрын

    Best gun in cruelty squad.

  • @MrBrown-br7sh
    @MrBrown-br7sh5 жыл бұрын

    Doug was a member at our gun club. He filmed the shooting portions of his advertisements there. The one time I met him, he let me shoot Zip Gun serial #1; he was so proud of it and that example was 100% reliable, even with garbage ammo. I feel bad saying it (because he is a really nice guy) but I’ve probably shot the only reliable zip gun.

  • @charlesmckinley29

    @charlesmckinley29

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wax Pragmatic I wonder what was changed from the prototype. I held one and just couldn't get passed sweeping my hand to charge it.

  • @charlescarr3909

    @charlescarr3909

    5 жыл бұрын

    Did you even listen it's meant to be under barell mounted for reasons that make no sense.

  • @boringpolitician

    @boringpolitician

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well, I'm one of the few who have liked this thing ever since it came out. Because of its simplicity. I like simplicity. Ian points out an important fact though - which is what others have noticed as well. Simple fix is: getting a stronger spring. That's all! A harder spring and the gun works flawlessly every time (otherwise it is prone to jamming). So in the original gun the creator probably had a heavier spring. Someone thought they'd skimp on a smaller spring, which made the gun jam on almost every round. Search for zip 22 spring, here on youtube and you'll see a totally different gun - from just such a small and simple fix.

  • @leadcounsel4869

    @leadcounsel4869

    5 жыл бұрын

    Curious. What makes this "simple." Looks complex as hell to me; and dangerous. If I just picked one up, I would have NO IDEA how to charge a round or take it apart. It took Ian 10 minutes to take it apart and I counted 18 parts on a basic dis-assembly!!!!

  • @MrBrown-br7sh

    @MrBrown-br7sh

    5 жыл бұрын

    Charles McKinley I’ve always assumed the one I shot was reliable because it was hand made and had many hours of hand tuning as part of development.

  • @kiekert2007
    @kiekert20075 жыл бұрын

    a forgotten weapon 3 years after it's productionrun..that must be a record.

  • @charlescarr3909

    @charlescarr3909

    5 жыл бұрын

    Seriously I was amazed this is up but damn this is dumb!

  • @RobertMorgan

    @RobertMorgan

    5 жыл бұрын

    Naw, SigSauer holds the record. I shot one once and immediately went blah, ick, and forgot about ever buying one. Their proportions are weird. Don't like the angles. It's why I bought an HK.

  • @jackandersen1262

    @jackandersen1262

    5 жыл бұрын

    kiekert2007 you’re forgetting the Chippa Triple Threat.

  • @sashaokoh2344

    @sashaokoh2344

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RobertMorgan when you call one of the biggest gun companies a "forgotten weapon"

  • @crusaderiii477

    @crusaderiii477

    3 жыл бұрын

    Unless you play phantom forces on roblox

  • @europa873
    @europa8738 ай бұрын

    I once got one of these out of a slot machine and regretted it.

  • @noobpro9759
    @noobpro975911 ай бұрын

    15:23 I don’t know why but that little high pitch noise made me smile. I don’t know if it’s knowing that feeling of nearly loosing something or just the noise itself.

  • @michaelvoorhees5978

    @michaelvoorhees5978

    6 ай бұрын

    Cause you're gay

  • @BloodyCrow__
    @BloodyCrow__5 жыл бұрын

    Let's make a safe gun! **puts charger next to muzzle**

  • @Enkarashaddam

    @Enkarashaddam

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's not safe until you blow all your fingers off... because then you can't pull the trigger anymore

  • @Feeshyenjoyer

    @Feeshyenjoyer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Enkarashaddam I mean.... you are technically correct

  • @theblackbaron4119

    @theblackbaron4119

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Feeshyenjoyer yeah, how can a company design an atrocity like that.

  • @imjusthereforthememe6625

    @imjusthereforthememe6625

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have more faith in my nerf guns then that abomination

  • @rhadooxxl

    @rhadooxxl

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but if the gun fails to load, you could have to operate the charger with your eye by looking down the barrel, this point is moot.

  • @chill_octopus_8553
    @chill_octopus_85533 жыл бұрын

    in theory, you could put 2 of these on top of one another with the reverse rail

  • @Shaun_Jones

    @Shaun_Jones

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yo dawg, I heard you like jams, so we put a Zip on your Zip so you can jam while you jam!

  • @ninjaswordtothehead

    @ninjaswordtothehead

    2 жыл бұрын

    You may have discovered the only way to make this thing even harder to shoot. I'm impressed.

  • @wurstelei1356

    @wurstelei1356

    2 жыл бұрын

    Didn't they have a rail under the barrel as well ? You could build up an infinite stack of these.

  • @lagg1e

    @lagg1e

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's how you correctly dual wield the Zip. You screw them onto each other.

  • @Ol_Durty_Badger

    @Ol_Durty_Badger

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve heard the Vatican has had the rail mounts for the Zip’s taken off the market and locked in their Vault. As two Zips Connected together and firing both resulting in an “Über Jam” and thus beginning the chain of events that leads to the end of mankind.

  • @amyminty3165
    @amyminty3165 Жыл бұрын

    The pamphlet included with the gun with all the extras (that don't exist) made me smile.. ".. with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.." haha

  • @BashoftheMonth
    @BashoftheMonth2 жыл бұрын

    "Unfortunately, Ian would never get his really cool ruptured case footage."

  • @xAragingStdx
    @xAragingStdx5 жыл бұрын

    Ok now this is a gun I had legitimately forgot about.

  • @simonmaguire5250

    @simonmaguire5250

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lucky you, maybe you will again.

  • @ExUSSailor

    @ExUSSailor

    5 жыл бұрын

    I had never even heard of it.

  • @MatthewBaileyBeAfraid

    @MatthewBaileyBeAfraid

    5 жыл бұрын

    Here is to hoping you again lapse the memory of this hideous contraption.

  • @bolorenz4780

    @bolorenz4780

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was completely unaware

  • @talkingbtr-82a76
    @talkingbtr-82a765 жыл бұрын

    Most guns kill animals or other humans but this one singlehandedly killed an entire company...

  • @devilsoffspring5519

    @devilsoffspring5519

    5 жыл бұрын

    When your new gun kills the whole company without firing a single round, you *know* that's serious firepower :)

  • @corbinschad1

    @corbinschad1

    5 жыл бұрын

    How is there not more thumbs up on this comment. That was good.

  • @emilbergstedt5967

    @emilbergstedt5967

    5 жыл бұрын

    This gun is, most likely, still killing owners and passersby regularly. That being said it has probably saved a lot of people with failures. Jamming and the like.

  • @emilbergstedt5967

    @emilbergstedt5967

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@devilsoffspring5519 In this instance it's more likely a lack of firepower that did.

  • @emilbergstedt5967

    @emilbergstedt5967

    5 жыл бұрын

    @[ Soviet Maverick ] I know how to take a joke. I replied with one. I was surprised that someone missed it. ;)

  • @ryanoberfranc9664
    @ryanoberfranc9664 Жыл бұрын

    saw one of these in a gun shop last year. i though it was the funniest thing and the store owner knew nothing about it. it was next to a german C96 with stock, and a yugoslavian m57 tokerev. they had no magazines for it and it was priced at $250. the m57 was $700 and came with 2 mags, thay also had a tub full of yugo 7.62x25 for it aswell.

  • @michaelvoorhees5978

    @michaelvoorhees5978

    6 ай бұрын

    You should have bought it!!!!

  • @tritoner1221
    @tritoner122111 ай бұрын

    Power in misery.

  • @Paul-vi9gh
    @Paul-vi9gh4 жыл бұрын

    That is the ugliest, non-ergonomic, complicated P.O.S. I've ever seen. And I see myself in the mirror everyday. I'd honestly rather carry a brick.

  • @dragonictus

    @dragonictus

    4 жыл бұрын

    Only person who can kill with this gun is John Wick.

  • @NeonChrome_

    @NeonChrome_

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dragonictus He’d just throw the fucking thing like he does props in the movie. Why even try and shoot the thing?

  • @winterdaboi4284

    @winterdaboi4284

    4 жыл бұрын

    What do you mean? While carrying a Zip22, you already are carrying a brick.

  • @RMediaObelisk

    @RMediaObelisk

    4 жыл бұрын

    You didn't have to kill yourself like that OP

  • @crixtionn

    @crixtionn

    4 жыл бұрын

    that was just a kamikaze attack with words

  • @b.hagedash7973
    @b.hagedash79735 жыл бұрын

    They even failed in the naming by calling their firearm after the term for a crude homemade pistol. It's like Ford releasing a new model and calling it the Ford Jalopy.

  • @lyokianhitchhiker

    @lyokianhitchhiker

    3 жыл бұрын

    I feel like it looks like 1.

  • @jd_the_cat

    @jd_the_cat

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Ford Jalopy better look like a 60’s muscle car.

  • @KrisLI1408
    @KrisLI1408 Жыл бұрын

    It's really impressive for someone to came up with such a defected gun in such a matured industry.

  • @iagodarriba1840
    @iagodarriba1840 Жыл бұрын

    I don't have the slightest idea of ​​firearm design, but I think that changing the bolt to a metal one and with an extractor would solve a lot of the problems with the operation of that thing.

  • @Fister_of_Muppets
    @Fister_of_Muppets3 жыл бұрын

    Halfway into disassembly I was waiting for Ian to start dropping parts into a trash can lol.

  • @ThatBeePerson

    @ThatBeePerson

    2 жыл бұрын

    i would have actually just died if he did so lol

  • @lapislazuli2896
    @lapislazuli28965 жыл бұрын

    Literally the only automatic pistol you can play russian roulette with

  • @jaymethodus3421

    @jaymethodus3421

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is genius

  • @lapislazuli2896

    @lapislazuli2896

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jaymethodus3421 Yeah but don't try it

  • @jaymethodus3421

    @jaymethodus3421

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe i already did. Never know with a gun like this

  • @lapislazuli2896

    @lapislazuli2896

    5 жыл бұрын

    Methodist first shot tends to be 90 percent more lethal

  • @petterdalbyvesteras7428

    @petterdalbyvesteras7428

    5 жыл бұрын

    So true haha

  • @amovy031
    @amovy03110 ай бұрын

    Zippy 3000 mains rise up

  • @franklinlaws1225
    @franklinlaws12255 жыл бұрын

    This looks like something a detective would use in some distopian cyberpunk film

  • @billul1

    @billul1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Something you can buy from a vending machine

  • @schwarzerritter5724

    @schwarzerritter5724

    5 жыл бұрын

    More like a mockbuster version of some distopian cyberpunk film. "Scissor Runner", "Mechacop", "Meg Tropolis"

  • @Mage-7734

    @Mage-7734

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's what I was thinking lol

  • @Matt-md5yt

    @Matt-md5yt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Classic Deus Ex reference?

  • @balderfrey20

    @balderfrey20

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@schwarzerritter5724 "Johnny Remember "

  • @benhaney9629
    @benhaney96293 жыл бұрын

    “Consider it a less lethal cartridge...” Uh, they fucking printed that?! Who was their lawyer?

  • @berserkasaurusrex4233

    @berserkasaurusrex4233

    3 жыл бұрын

    Joe Biden, maybe?

  • @skyethegoose

    @skyethegoose

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do not question the incredible stupidity of Doug Donnelly

  • @nitroxylictv

    @nitroxylictv

    2 жыл бұрын

    22 is more lethal than 45 and 9mm, it bounces around inside of you and destroys bone and tissue.

  • @Shaun_Jones

    @Shaun_Jones

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think the Israelis were trying that same tactic, using Ruger 10/22s as “less lethal” crowd control snipers. It didn’t end well then, either.

  • @mr.bobcyndaquil4214

    @mr.bobcyndaquil4214

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe it was meant for angry dogs

  • @davidreeding9176
    @davidreeding917610 ай бұрын

    Anyone else thinking about that zippy only run where the guy shot at the politician for a solid 30 seconds and failed to hit him?

  • @donaldwycoff4154
    @donaldwycoff41545 жыл бұрын

    I will never gripe about field-stripping my 1911 ever again.

  • @thiesvanderkooij8421
    @thiesvanderkooij84214 жыл бұрын

    Usfa: “will be the safest gun on the planet” Also usfa: *forces you to put your hands next to the muzzle*

  • @Ignisami

    @Ignisami

    4 жыл бұрын

    mechanical safety vs operational safety, I'm assuming. I'm far from an expert (being Dutch, gun control is very tight so the only guns I see are the ones on the other side of my pc screen), but it's technically not wrong if it won't accidentally discharge.

  • @coltonkay9000

    @coltonkay9000

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Ignisami Yup safe in theory, but once again they failed to properly design the monkey interface

  • @billbailey55

    @billbailey55

    4 жыл бұрын

    You can push the charge handles back with the edge of a table Than no fingers will be near the muzzle and the muzzle will be safely pointed to the floor. Everyone would know that if they read the instructions.

  • @psider1522

    @psider1522

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@billbailey55 that sounds great, pushing the muzzle of a loaded gun against the edge of a table

  • @tiedeman39

    @tiedeman39

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@billbailey55 I'm not seeing it in the instruction manual www.all4shooters.com/en/shooting/pistols/usfa-zip22-modular-pistol/zipoperatormanualwebedition.pdf