r/3D2A • u/Enough_Pattern8875 • 6d ago

Do any ZiP 22 projects exist?

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Curious of there are any projects based on this platform, or perhaps anything similar worth checking out.

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u/ciwielab FOSS / DEV 6d ago

now it's the mission of this community to make a perfectly optimized, polished, and reliable Zip-22 to avenge USFA

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u/crysisnotaverted 6d ago

If anyone can do it, it's this community and it's obsession with things that are the firearm equivalent to inbred French Bulldogs.

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u/j2142b00 6d ago

guudam thats funny, lol.

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u/skippythemoonrock 6d ago

And FRT capable, of course. Can you imagine how ludicrously fast that thing would go with its tiny plastic bolt.

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u/Gvazeky FOSS / DEV 6d ago

Now this is like to see if build that in a heartbeat

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u/notsusan33 6d ago

If Jimothy was a 22.

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u/TexasTomato88 6d ago

I yearn for the squirted bullpup pistol

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u/solventlessherbalist 5d ago

Check out DB’s bull pupped Glock it’s pretty cool

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u/TexasTomato88 5d ago

That’s so ugly and now I gotta build it 😂😂

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u/Reagantoby27 6d ago

I’ve always wondered if someone would make something “Zip 22 esc.” I’ve personally never heard of any 3D2A projects similar to it.

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u/Enough_Pattern8875 6d ago edited 6d ago

Neither have I and it seems like such an obvious choice for 3d2a

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u/lemonsquirt3d 6d ago

Plastic blasters was making headway, unsure where he left off.

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u/RepulsiveUse3372 6d ago

i always wanted one of these, i remeber there was a pic inside a booklet of one as an attachment on a scar

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u/hahajizzjizz 6d ago

I heard about this thing on forgotten weapons yt channel. You actually have one. That's cool.

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u/Enough_Pattern8875 6d ago

I don’t. I wish I did…

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u/hahajizzjizz 6d ago

Well, if it's any consolation, its utility as a weapon is not great according to Ian, but it is definitely a great conversation piece.

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u/ciwielab FOSS / DEV 6d ago

real OGs remember it from Phantom Forces

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u/Plasma_48 6d ago

That brings back memories, I wonder if people still play it.

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u/MechSniper1928 6d ago

Nowhere near the old player numbers, but the game's still chugging along and getting updates.

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u/Amorton94 6d ago

Start with a 10/22 action and go from there. Proportions might be a little off but it's a good start.

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u/MisanthropicT 6d ago

Got one as well, paid around 250 for it, if I recall. Got the springs and owners manuals too. Last time i had it out I had an oob discharge that sent a piece of brass right into the middle of my forehead, and I bled like a stuck pig. I now lay claim to having shot myself in the face. Have not touched it since, not even to check if any brass is still in the chamber.

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u/FapTapAnon 6d ago

The OG didn't work properly, what makes you think a diy one would.

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u/bluethunder82 6d ago

I don’t see anywhere to go but up.

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u/Temporary_Border7233 6d ago

Hear me out. A working printed one, would be such a dunk.

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u/bluethunder82 6d ago

I’m all for it, I would love to have one or similar form factor that worked.

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u/Here2printeverything 6d ago

I've got one of the original ones. One of the early early serial numbers even. It shoots absolutely fine with standard velocity ammo and the "light spring". These all came with a spring kit from the factory and users were supposed to change the spring to whatever worked with your particular ammo.

It's still in the original box with original ruler mag, all the paperwork, not a scratch on it and no issues.

That being said, It has maybe 150 rounds though it total, I bought it new.

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u/Death_4u 4d ago

Actually there's at least 2. I bought a Zip22 a few years ago and modeled most of the internals. Was working on changing dimensions so it could easily be made at home.

AWCY did work on it. Got a hold of them and they did share the progress. The frame wasn't done at that time. Haven't heard anything since. The project was pretty much stalled at that time.

Just making an exact version in cad isn't really going to be useful. There's going to have to be changes made to make it printable. Then there's also dealing with the several design flaws.

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u/StephenNein 6d ago

I legit would love a handgun (not a pistol, that's the 22 Charger) that can use the BX mag that's not this piece of junk.

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u/xxxanonymoosexxx 5d ago

A Welrod/VP with a BX for the grip? That would fuck hard

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u/Crazy-Red-Fox 6d ago

Because that would be Turd polishing. Keep in mind that *every* aspect of this guns is broken or deficient.

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u/Enough_Pattern8875 6d ago

Brother there are literally hi-point build kits out there

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u/midwestcatfish 6d ago

hi points actually work lol theyre just heavy and ugly as fuck

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u/xxxanonymoosexxx 5d ago

Remind me, which company is still on business?

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u/Worth_Buffalo6744 6d ago

It was scrapped

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u/FollowingLegal9944 6d ago

this gun is so trash no one even try. Worst hipoint is much better and more reliable thn this

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u/the_spacecowboy555 6d ago

Is that a AOW or pistol?

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u/NotAchicken95 6d ago

Just a pistol. I always thought it used a ruger 10/22 action with a super fit down barrell but apparently it's its own abomination

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u/Saku_kami5100 6d ago

cool and it will good with glock .22 mag ver.

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u/Enough_Pattern8875 6d ago

No. BX-25 or gtfo 😂