{"id":8594,"date":"2014-11-24T16:30:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T21:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=8594"},"modified":"2014-11-24T19:59:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T00:59:14","slug":"taurus-curve-gets-spanked-by-gun-pundits-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=8594","title":{"rendered":"Taurus Curve Gets Spanked by Gun Pundits Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Taurus-Curve-180CRV-1\"<\/a>You may have seen this on the Internet recently.\u00a0 Taurus USA<\/a> took the popular lightweight polymer .380 ACP carry pistol in a different direction by introducing “contour” to this familiar formula.\u00a0 The electronic media descended upon the new Taurus Curve .380 autopistol<\/a> and treated it like Theseus did the Cretan Bull at Marathon:\u00a0 One bovine D.O.A.<\/p>\n

Keyboard pundits are calling this gun a publicity stunt, not a serious self defense firearm.\u00a0 If you trawl the gunblogs, you will find both sarcasm and derision for this design. From the Curve’s wonky shape to a total lack of iron sights to its holster-less clip of death, not much good is being recorded by word processing programs.<\/p>\n

Another target for the writers’ ire is Taurus’ focus on “innovation” when the quality control of their present offerings is at best spotty (well, if you spell that s#!tty<\/em>).\u00a0 Ouch.\u00a0 Apparently there are those who say, “How dare you!” to a company somewhat infamous for owner dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n

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In a galaxy far, far away, Taurus’ press release of the Curve went something like this:<\/p>\n

“Your body has curves, so why aren’t pistols shaped to match?\u00a0 That’s precisely the question our engineering team challenged themselves to answer-and the results are unlike anything you\u2019ve seen before.\u00a0 Introducing the\u00a0Taurus Curve\u2122, the\u00a0world’s first and only curved firearm.\u00a0 Engineered to fit the unique contours\u00a0of your body with no visible printing, the\u00a0Curve is easily\u00a0one of the most groundbreaking firearms ever conceived.\u00a0 An extreme departure from your typical compact .380, you’ll find\u00a0the Curve takes form and function to an entirely unprecedented level.\u00a0 With its\u00a0patented, snag-free design, the Curve boasts the industry’s first-ever light and laser built right into the frame.\u00a0 Exceptionally accurate and extremely lightweight at just 10.2 ounces, the Curve\u00a0is one\u00a0ultra-comfortable, ultra-reliable personal defense handgun.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hmmm, it seems happier when they say it…<\/p>\n

The hatred had even spilled over to the media platforms themselves.\u00a0 gunssavelife.com received a cease and desist order from Guns & Ammo magazine after GSL published this blog article:\u00a0 TAURUS TURD: Guns & Ammo loves Taurus\u2019 new Taurus Curve, a curved .380 pocket pistol.<\/em>\u00a0 Further, GSL said, “As we at Guns Save Life receive zero dollars in ad revenues from Taurus USA, we\u2019re going to call a turd a turd.”<\/p>\n

In the heated exchange between mainstream magazines and the “new media,” G&A threatened to sue John Boch at GSL if he did not take down the offensive electrons.\u00a0 Boch refused.\u00a0 Wrote Robert Farago over at thetruthaboutguns.com, “Just another nail in the coffin of the dead tree gun press, I reckon.”\u00a0 Pow!\u00a0 This is a product release that was seemingly luring others to the dark side.<\/p>\n