Zip Gun

real Zip gun made out of pipe parts (single shot)

real Zip gun made out of plumbing parts (single shot .22 short loaded by disassembly)

Zip Guns are makeshift firearms that are made out of materials on hand to the characters. They are not professionally finished custom firearms from someone with machining and manufacturing experience but are usually crude, single shot home built firearms. They are not an Assassination Device since those are firearms designed to be disguised as 'non firearm items' such as lipstick cases, belt buckles, cigarette cases, nor are they professionally crafted "one off" firearms (like 007's Golden Gun). Zip guns are a common term for crude homemade guns.

Note: not to be confused with the commercially available USFA Zip gun (which is a polymer .22 pistol).

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Death Warrant	Abdul Salaam El Razzac	"Priest"	Pipe with wooden pistol grip and firing pin in endcap	1990
		convicts
Brother 2 (Brat 2)	Sergei Bodrov Jr.	Danila Bagrov		2000
Munich	Eric Bana	Avner	Single tube with pin striker on end	2005
	Daniel Craig	Steve
	Hanns Zischler	Hans
A Good Day to Die Hard	Jai Courtney	Jack		2013
Demons (Besy)	Andrey Shchipanov	Kirillov	Pipe mounted onto wooden grip	2014
	Nina Loshchinina	Erkel
	Evgeni Tkachuk	Verkhovensky

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Burn Notice - Season 5	Jeffrey Donovan	Michael	"Army of One" (S5E10)	2011
Reef Break	Vince Colosimo	Mister Pink aka James Rogers	Custom Zip gun made from piston parts (S1E012) "Prisonbreak"	2019
	Poppy Montgomery	Cat Chambers