Generic Zip Gun
“Zip gun” is slang for a homemade pistol, almost always single-shot. Zip guns are commonly manufactured from whatever metal scraps are available: a tube of some sort for a barrel, a spring or elastic band to drive the firing pin and so forth. Constructing a zip gun requires an extended Intelligence + Crafts roll (eight successes needed; each roll equals one hour of work). A zip gun typically accepts any handgun-caliber ammunition from .22 LR to .38 Special, with a Damage trait one lower than the normal for that caliber (see sidebar, p. 85). Reloading a zip gun takes two turns, as the shooter must manually remove the empty casing. A zip gun is wholly unreliable: do not re-roll 10s, and subtract 1s from successes. A dramatic failure with a zip gun usually results in the shooter losing fingers.
Item type
Weapon, Ranged
Ranges: 1/2/5
Capacity: 1
Strength: 1
Size: 1/P
Cost: -