Concept: A survival horror game that does the thing where the combat is miserable and awkward and floaty 'because it's survival horror it's like silent hill', except rather than giving you an improvised melee weapon, the reason the combat is terrible is that you are armed solely with a USFA Zip .22 (pictured above)
Now, the Zip .22 itself is an incredibly cursed object, but what I think really encapsulate the genius at work here is the 'ZIPSBR'.
USFA sold a picatinny rail mount for the Zip. Now, that's not at all unusual, of course. Except by 'picatinny rail mount' I don't mean a length of rail used for mounting optics or the like to the Zip. I mean an opposite rail intended for mounting the Zip to other things. Specifically, mounting it to the underside of a rifle. Why would you want an incredibly awkward and unreliable pistol strapped to the underside of a rifle? Good fucking question. This gives rise to what is one of the most eye-popping texts in American gun culture, the page of ad copy in the Zip .22 manual about this system:
Attaching an additional weapons system opens up ZiP™ Operators™ to the world of special operations. Only possible now with the ZiPSBR.™ Why use a duty round when less force will do? -or- test that object in the middle of the street?...and performing a mag change now isn't so bad... leaving you a viable option.
What is dynamic about ZiP™ beyond its affordability is ZiP's light weight. At less than a pound, (.95lb unloaded weight) it adds a complete weapons system (at less weight than some accessories) to your already battle proven AR or SCAR. ZiP™ attaches anywhere...on any pic rail attachment system in the field.
There are many scenarios where having ZiPSBR™ along for the mission means operational success.
(The unhinged emphasis and punctuation in this is sic)
