It is the only known firearm that has been produced by ZiPFactory. The owner of the company, Douglas Donnelly, designed the ZiP. However, the end weapon was plagued with a host of problems, including high unreliability, poor ergonomics, and unsafe operation. It was a commercial failure and led to the dissolution of its manufacturing company. The ZiP.
Donnelly's original plan to produce the ZiP. The revenue generated by the products would then be used to supposedly buy new tooling for more Single Action Army replicas. The video is the only video uploaded by an account named John Smith, and claims that a shooter at a gun range appeared on the range with the pistol.
The video was reported by The Firearm Blog after an individual named "Doug" emailed them about the video, and the TFB post had a comment from a user named "Doug", who praised the pistol and the video.
It was believed that Douglas Donnelly enginneered the entire setup. The weapon began manufacture the same year; the weapon failed to generate any revenue for the company and was considered a failure in every regard. Manufacture is estimated to have lasted only a year, and it is estimated only a few hundred weapons were produced before ZiPFactory lost their Federal Firearms License.
The weapon's extremely small size meant that the bore axis is almost completely aligned with the shooter's hand. The gun has no distinct grip, and users must use their index and middle finger to grip the trigger and a small loop underneath the trigger, and their palm resting on the back and their thumb wrapped around the weapon.
The weapon has no slide nor any visible bolt handle. Instead, there are two charging rods, both located directly above the muzzle. Pushing it into the frame and releasing it will move the bolt back and chamber the first round. Pushing it into the frame will, in theory, reset the striker but not open the action far enough to eject the chambered round.
The two rods are reversible if the operator desires, since the only reason the restrike rod stops short of ejecting a round is that it is not physically long enough: both rods push on the same mechanism in the same way.
An inspection port on the top of the weapon allows the user to check if the weapon is cocked or not. A hex wrench is mounted on the underside of the top cover plate and is used to disassemble the weapon, along with a recess for using the entire cover plate as a wrench to unscrew the barrel. The safety is a small button located near the trigger guard. The magazine release is a small lever located behind the magazine.
The weapon is modular and allows for many customizable components from ZiPFactory to be used. It works best with BX-1 round rotary magazines and has issues with using the BX round magazine, which feeds too slowly. The extremely small and light polymer bolt cycles very quickly, which causes aftermarket magazines to fail to feed or double-feed, only exacerbated by the weapon's lack of a feed ramp. The bolt can also often slam shut on a casing that has only partially exited the weapon, causing a stovepipe jam.
The high bolt velocity also causes occasional case ruptures due to the bolt attempting to extract a case while pressure is still high enough to rupture it without the support of the chamber, causing serious jams.
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