Z-2 pistols, were very primitive slugthrower pistols created and used by the Rakatan during the Second Galactic Civil War. After the wielder fired it, he/she had to pull back a side hammer with a piece of hard tree bark embeded into it, then the wielder would load explosive powder into a small "pan", then he/she closed a small serrated metal piece down onto it. Next the wielder loaded explosive powder down the barrel, along with a slug (or bullet) as well; finally, the wielder would pull the trigger, and the hammer with the hard bark would strike the serrated metal piece, making a spark, at the same time opening it up, exposing the pan, igniting the powder in the pan, which, by a side piece which guided the flame from the pan powder into the barrel, igniting the powder in the barrel, creat