The new product center is a great place to see the new, the weird, and the utterly useless. Today, we are looking at the weird. The Ounce from Third Bay LLC is easily the oddest handgun I’ve ever seen. I’m unsure of how to describe it, but I’ll try.
It’s a semi-auto, 22 LR bullpup pistol with a fixed magazine that sits above the barrel. The gun folds in half and conceals the trigger and barrel for deep concealment carry without a holster.
The Ounce weighs eight ounces, and it’s named Ounce because “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This little semi-auto 22LR has a very odd mechanism that I simply can’t explain. It’s unique, and the guys at Third Bay LLC are mechanical engineers, and it shows. The rounds feed from the top and eject out the bottom of the grip.
The pictures hardly do it justice, so watch the video. A video is worth a million words, so watch the video at ounceoz.com
The Incredible Folding Ounce
The Ounce folds and unfolds easily, and a single control is required to fold or unfold the gun. When folded, the Ounce cannot be fired. The slide is internally concealed within the frame, so slide bite isn’t an issue. The gun also uses a locked-breech design instead of a direct blowback, which is unique for a 22LR handgun.
The magazine doesn’t require a spring to be compressed. You just lay the rounds in the magazine. It won’t offer rapid reload, and it’s a last-ditch kind of concealed carry weapon. The Ounce certainly isn’t for everyone, but it’s super small, very easy to conceal, and will have extremely light recoil.
I’ll have to get my hands on one before I can pass judgment. However, I like weird, and I like unique. I can see a purpose for this gun for those who might find it challenging to carry a more traditional gun. Its odd shape when folded ensures it won’t exactly print when carried. When it comes to deep concealment guns, this might be the most capable.
Great for ingenuity, but when you have a P3at, LCP, etc. This is a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. A for effort though.
I disagree. The design on this gun is a gamechanger compared to traditional small conceal and carry pistols.
Combine this with the design of the Cell Phone Pistol (IC380) and you would really have something.
Interesting, but not $899 Interesting.
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If it was under $200, I would get one. Get a belt holster made the held it (say with a rod in the barrel) that when you “drew” it would flick it open similar to the sheaths made for folding knives. Yeah, MSRP of $900 is too high for this. Now it may end up in some spy movie soon with a suppressor that is Hollywood quiet.
I have a hard enough time wanting to spend what dealers get for the Mark IV 22/45 lite – can’t really see spending the money on this
Dammit! Now I want one…just because. Small enough to throw in a backpack pocket. Kind of a novelty pistol.
The Bond Arms bull-pup 9mm pistol is quite small and fits easily in any pocket without printing. It’s price is way up there too – over $1000, which is way too much for my tastes – especially when there are compacts that are small enough to not print and costs a third of the Bond Arms bull-pup pistol. The Bond Arms is a 9mm pistol, whereas this is a .22 pistol — big difference in stopping power – so why would anyone buy this thing? I don’t think many will — only those with deep pockets that like to collect novelty guns – and those people aren’t enough to keep a company in business.
These guys were our neighbors at Shot Show 2022 and I love the concept and the purpose. For the female who’s “gun shy” this makes it very compact and unassuming which allows them to carry protection in the “just in case” scenario. The story behind the why was that one of their family members was raped by a pathological rapist. Her story is unfortunately not uncommon so they decided to make a difference. It’s not for a male gun owner who’s going to pack anyways, but it is for our wives. With 10 + 1 .22 lr cartridges… this will slow down the perp and allow the victim to hopefully get away. Great product, wish this was available in our country.
Definite novelty item. No way would I pay $900 on this. Swing and a miss for me.