Zip Gun (other)

	Zip Gun (other) Zip gun may refer to: * Improvised firearm * Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit, a device used by astronauts on spacewalks * The ZIP .22 pistol by the U.S. Fire Arms Manufacturing Company * ''Bolan's Zip Gun ''Bolan's Zip Gun'' is the tenth studio album by English rock band T. Rex, released on February 1975 by record label EMI. Eight of the eleven songs on the album had already been released in the US the previous year on the ''Light of Love'' alb ...'', a 1975 album by the band T. Rex * Zipgun, a 1990s punk rock band from Seattle, Washington, US {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Improvised Firearm Improvised firearms (sometimes called zip guns, pipe guns or slam guns) are firearms manufactured other than by a firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith, and are typically constructed by adapting existing materials to the purpose. They range in quality from crude weapons that are as much a danger to the user as the target to high-quality arms produced by cottage industries using salvaged and repurposed materials., Chapter 4 Improvised firearms may be used as tools by criminals and insurgents and are sometimes associated with such groups; other illicit uses include self-defense in lawless areas and hunting game in poor rural areas. Types Zip guns Zip guns are generally crude homemade firearms consisting of a barrel, breechblock and a firing mechanism. For small, low-pressure cartridges, like the common .22 caliber rimfire cartridges, even very thin-walled tubing works as a barrel, strapped to a block of wood for a handle. A rubber band powers the firing pin, which the shooter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	ZIP Zip, Zips or ZIP may refer to: Common uses * ZIP Code, USPS postal code * Zipper or zip, clothing fastener Science and technology Computing * ZIP (file format), a compressed archive file format ** zip, a command-line program from Info-ZIP * Zipping (computer science), or zip, reorganizing lists of lists * Zip drive, a removable disk storage system * Zone Information Protocol, AppleTalk protocol * Zip Chip, Apple II accelerators by Zip Technologies Other science and technology * Zip tone, in telephony * Zig-zag in-line package, electronic packaging * Zip fuel, a type of jet fuel * Zip tie, a cable fastener * Zrt- and Irt-like proteins, or Zips, zinc transporters Arts, entertainment and media * Zip (game), a children's game * Zip (roller coaster), at Oaks Amusement Park, Oregon, US * Zip, a band formed by Pete Shelley * ''Zip Comics'', 1940-1944 * ZIP FM, a radio station, Vilnius, Lithuania * '' ZIP Magazine'', UK * Zip, a character in the ''Tomb Raider'' video games * Zip, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bolan's Zip Gun ''Bolan's Zip Gun'' is the tenth studio album by English rock band T. Rex, released on February 1975 by record label EMI. Eight of the eleven songs on the album had already been released in the US the previous year on the ''Light of Love'' album on Casablanca Records. ''Zip Gun'' was a repackage with three extra tracks.Paytress, Mark. Bolan: The Rise and Fall of a 20th Century Superstar. Omnibus Press. 2003. However, it was the only T. Rex album that failed to chart in the UK. Background and production Marc Bolan's new partner Gloria Jones and other recent American friends, such as Gloria's brother Richard and backing singer Pat Hall, had helped influence Bolan's music, and he was experimenting with soul inflections. The album was recorded at MRI Studios in Hollywood, United States. The album was produced by Marc Bolan. Music and lyrics Although the sound of the album was very stark and the lyrics very simple and direct, Bolan had tried to go beyond the rock format of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]