Nine Swords

Zip guns were used by thugs whenever real guns were not available. They were the cheapest of the cheap, worse than Saturday Night Specials. In fact, if you watch the movie West Side Story you will find that zip guns are mentioned during the scene where the Jets are talking about setting up a rumble with the Sharks. They were basically in the same category as switchblades, but more risky to use. As for their use in espionage and assassination, there have been many unusual weapons designed for that purpose but they were usually better made and more advanced than a zip gun, and more often than not had some provision for noise suppression. For example, during World War II the British Special Operations Executive developed a simple, very inexpensively-built bolt-action pistol with an integral suppressor which was used for assassination purposes. It was much more sophisticated (and more bulky) than the typical zip gun, and it was mostly issued to underground resistance fighters with the idea that they could use it to shoot a Nazi officer in the head and then hopefully steal a more battle-worthy weapon from the dead Nazi. It was called the Welrod, and it is something of a legend. Of course, it is entirely possible that the simple, disposable zip gun may have occasionally been used for assassinations as well, but probably not if the operative had a choice in the matter.

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In short the shorter the barrel the louder and more on accurate the gun is. The larger the roind the louder, and more damaging the bullet is.

.22 is not am ideal caliber for warfare, it is however more then enough to kill a human. At close range it has enough force to penetrate the skull but not exit, which causes the bullet to bounce around in the skull shredding the brain.

There are much better firearms then a zip gun. None of them are disguised as a pen.

Kotts wrote:There are much better firearms then a zip gun. None of them are disguised as a pen.

You're right. When you really need a pen-shaped gun, there is only one choice.

But how about a double-barreled key fob gun to go with your pen?

Hah! awesome!

....how the heck did i miss this entire conversation?

I literally can't comment on any of it now

Stealth aside, I reckon the M777 would be the best pen a fellow could carry on his person. When you write your name with this thing, everyone will see it clearly.

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yuuuup, that's a premature mangasim....Well this is embarrassing. excuse me please, I have to go clean myself up.

Nexa, I'm pretty sure you'd prefer this pen:

I'm going to use that picture for my TSW forum post if you don't mind