{"id":3821,"date":"2012-12-30T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2013-03-06T21:41:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T02:41:33","slug":"u-s-fire-arms-zip-pistol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=3821","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Fire Arms ZiP Pistol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3822\" title=\"Zip1\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image7-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image7-1024x849.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>The U.S. Fire Arms ZiP pistol blurs the line between toy and real gun. We recently received a safety BOLO for this odd looking .22 cal. LR handgun. It uses Ruger 10\/22 magazines. The ZiP can certainly be mistaken for a futuristic toy gun. I wouldn&#8217;t want to get hit with 10 CCI Stingers out of this thing, though!<\/p>\n<p>The largely polymer ZiP has a 5.25&#8243; barrel and is 7.5&#8243; long overall. The action is single action, striker fired. Its reported weight is just under 16 ounces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image9.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image9-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image9-1024x626.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3832\" title=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image10.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image10-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image10-1024x707.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3837\" title=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image12.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image12-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/image12-1024x588.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>The ZiP pistol can also be configured as a short-barreled rifle with the add-on stock. They call the modification a BattleZiP Survival SBR (ATF SBR license required).<\/p>\n<p>I have read the ZiP is supposed to be shipping currently. MSRP for the basic black gun is around $199. The ZiP is designed, engineered, and made in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>This may be a look into innovative gun designs for new generations. Although I think it has a Lego-ish appearance, it is important to know the thing fires real bullets.<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Shooting the ZiP\" href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=4611\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Part Two and Shooting the ZiP Here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Fire Arms ZiP pistol blurs the line between toy and real gun. We recently received a safety BOLO for this odd looking .22 cal. LR handgun. It uses Ruger 10\/22 magazines. The ZiP can certainly be mistaken for a futuristic toy gun. I wouldn&#8217;t want to get hit with 10 CCI Stingers out of this thing, though! The largely polymer ZiP has a 5.25&#8243; barrel and is 7.5&#8243; long overall. The action is single action, striker fired. Its reported weight is just under 16 ounces. The ZiP pistol can also be configured as a short-barreled rifle with the add-on stock. They call the modification a BattleZiP Survival SBR &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=3821\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,306],"tags":[601],"class_list":["post-3821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-firearms","category-technology","tag-u-s-fire-arms"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-ZD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3821"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3867,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821\/revisions\/3867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}