You guys are gonna love to hate this commercially made "zip gun" in 9mm or .380...

This has been around for what seems like a couple of years. I don't remember if anyone here has reported on actually firing one.

Yep, it has been discussed a couple of times on here.
Oops! Wait, the 9mm one was discussed. Not a 5.56 / .223 model.
I wouldn’t want the 9mm and sure wouldn’t want the .223 model.

i can see that trigger slipping in someones finger - i think I will pass though if I ever need a zip gun, maybe I will reconsider

Meh. If you want one with a little power, try one of these:
PAK1 | Heizer Defense
American Derringer Model M-4 Alaskan Survival .45-70 Gov Variant-2 (genitron.com)

Not my cup of tea.

I think whoever can't afford a Hi Point has bigger problems in their life than what a gun will help them with. At the very least a single shot is an extremely simple gun that will likely last a long time. I just don't see people buying these.

JN01 writes:

Meh. If you want one with a little power, try one of these:
PAK1 | Heizer Defense
American Derringer Model M-4 Alaskan Survival .45-70 Gov Variant-2 (genitron.com)

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High-end Liberators.

A LCP 380 is "better than nothing" - how is that better than a LCP 380? I don't carry less than 9mm

JN01 said:

Meh. If you want one with a little power, try one of these:
PAK1 | Heizer Defense
American Derringer Model M-4 Alaskan Survival .45-70 Gov Variant-2 (genitron.com)

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oh, my.

That gun weighs just 24x the mass of the bullet (figure a 300gr .45/70 load) and less if you count propulsion gas.

I think that's a Bad Idea (TM).

I just don't see the market for this.

On the other hand, the repop of the OSS Liberator pistol, a similar concept, has a place because of the historical context. People might buy it to fill a hole in their collection, not to actually use.

I think I would rather have one of the FP-45 Liberator as a history piece. Not much chance I would ever use it.

I don't know, maybe I was a little hasty, it probably will get bought by some folks, me personally, I would buy this instead even though it cost twice as much. I just dont like the trigger setup on the Altor.

https://shop.davide-pedersoli.com/en/derringer-liegi/688-1030-derringer-liegi-deluxe-pistol.html

Who know, this may be where the idea came from

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Looks like something you would attach to a garden hose to water the flowers.

Definitely a Big-Time PASS!

webrx said:

I don't know, maybe I was a little hasty, it probably will get bought by some folks, me personally, I would buy this instead even though it cost twice as much. I just dont like the trigger setup on the Altor.

https://shop.davide-pedersoli.com/en/derringer-liegi/688-1030-derringer-liegi-deluxe-pistol.html

Who know, this may be where the idea came from

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I have one of those Pedersoli. More fun than should be legal.
One of the sales guys at a gun shop I go to bought an Altor .380 and had the barrel threaded then put a suppressor on it. At ten feet using sub-sonics you can't hear it go off but it's kinda cumbersome and long. The gunsmith at that shop who threaded the barrel made an integral suppressor out of the barrel. It's more compact and also cant' be heard at ten feet using sub-sonics. The shop sells suppressors so I guess for them it advertising.

My Momma raised some dummies, but they was my sister.

jmars said:

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I think the trigger slipping off the finger is how they work. Pulling the trigger causes
the firing pin to retract, and when the trigger slips off the finger,the gun fires.

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Exactly and if someone has one in their hand and has it pulled back and the finger slips off prematurely, then what? Maybe it has non-skid on it, or is serrated enough that this will not likely happen.

reminds me of those home mad spitball guns that use rubber bands to fire a spitball across the room. Only this one throws a .380

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I'd give $25 for one of those. On second thought,,,,, it looks too much like a cordless hair dryer, so my wife might blow her brains out if she saw it.

H&R Glock said:

I'd give $25 for one of those. On second thought,,,,, it looks too much like a cordless hair dryer, so my wife might blow her brains out if she saw it.

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Nah. The things tiny. Way too small to be confused with a hairdryer. It’s about the size of one of them fancy lighters the manbun brigade like to use for whatever it is they been smokin. No offense to any fellow posters who sport a manbun and smoke wacky t’backy.

I’m waiting for the 50 BMG model.

well, I don't want to think to longabout the body parts you might lose shoving one of those in your pants pocket or appendix carry holster

I'll get far greater joy sending 100 bucks worth of ammo downrange from any gun I own rather than pissing money away on such a useless novelty item.

I think I am in the minority here, but I wouldn’t mind one. Onion field gun when all else fails. This price is right for sure. I am just glad I live somewhere where I can buy one or buy something better. 9mm snake shot also come to mind as something that maybe useful to some people. I would definitely pass on a .223 one.