Here's the best looking zipgun I've ever seen

[tuoder]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOul73gir4I]YouTube - zip gun ( homemade )[/ame]

I wonder how difficult it would be to make such a thing.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Beautiful in its simplicity.

 

[PatriotPride]

That was amazing. That was a beautiful firearm...wonder how long it took him to make?

 

[furbymac]

That was amazing. That was a beautiful firearm...wonder how long it took him to make?

it says 5 hours on a manual lathe

 

[sheriff125]

wouldn't let me watch the video

 

[Seancass]

very cleanly machined. i wonder why they are often made in .22 short instead of .22LR?

 

[2cool9031]

Seems like a lot of machining for nothing, I saw much simpler designs on utube.
I don't like the fact that you need to unscrew the end to reload.

 

[rhino]

Whatever happened to using a piece of a telescoping car antenna, a block of wood, a nail, and a rubber band?

Kids today just don't respect the classics.

 

[Suprtek]

Did anyone else notice how he kept pointing it at his own hand while it was loaded? Lucky he has no holes in his hand.

 

[jbombelli]

Did anyone else notice how he kept pointing it at his own hand while it was loaded? Lucky he has no holes in his hand.

I noticed that. When he started to unscrew it, I thought "wow... that guy's an IDIOT." He could have easily bumped that bolt and fired it right through his hand. Assuming of course that it works, since the .22 is a rimfire, and I'm not sure but that looked kind of center-fire to me...

 

[salamander42]

I noticed that. When he started to unscrew it, I thought "wow... that guy's an IDIOT." He could have easily bumped that bolt and fired it right through his hand. Assuming of course that it works, since the .22 is a rimfire, and I'm not sure but that looked kind of center-fire to me...

It looked like the barrel was off center to compensate for the firing pin being on the center line.

 

[2cool9031]

It looked like the barrel was off center to compensate for the firing pin being on the center line.

I saw that too...the barrel is off center. As a machinist I can tell you that the guy put a lot of machining into it. He is not an amateur.

 

[jbombelli]

It looked like the barrel was off center to compensate for the firing pin being on the center line.

Thanks... I didn't notice that! That makes sense.

I still don't like how he was unscrewing it to unload it, though. It looked like an accident waiting to happen.

 

[tuoder]

very cleanly machined. i wonder why they are often made in .22 short instead of .22LR?

They're probably afraid of the pressure generated by the round. I'd be willing to bet this thing would handle .22WMR no problem, but I wouldn't want to be the one to find out it didn't.

Seems like a lot of machining for nothing, I saw much simpler designs on utube.
I don't like the fact that you need to unscrew the end to reload.

Got a link to a simpler one?

Unscrewing the end was like to simplify the design.

 

[2cool9031]

They're probably afraid of the pressure generated by the round. I'd be willing to bet this thing would handle .22WMR no problem, but I wouldn't want to be the one to find out it didn't.



Got a link to a simpler one?

Unscrewing the end was like to simplify the design.

Utube has other ones that guys made

 

[trigger_happy57]

def interesting