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ugly gun
I know that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but... Looking through G&A and saw the Taurus Curve in.380. I you like it fine but, to me it looks like a staple gun (work box gun)? But goodness, at 15' 4 to 5 inch group, maybe a staple gun may work just as well.
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Re: ugly gun
Life's too short to carry an ugly gun!!
My Glocks or M&P may never win a beauty contest but, Whoa that's one nasty lookin' shooter!
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Re: ugly gun
An article (waste of paper and ink ) is in this months Guns & Ammo Magazine. I cant think of any gun more ugly than that thing. Puke smilie goes here....X
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Looks like it fell out of the ugly tree and bounced off every limb on the way down.
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Re: ugly gun
My Glock 20 is looking a whole lot better right now.
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Re: ugly gun
blech............
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Re: ugly gun
Ugly... yes.
Practical... maybe.
But if it gets more women carrying, and more women on our side, I'm all for it!
Practical... maybe.
But if it gets more women carrying, and more women on our side, I'm all for it!
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To borrow a phrase from the hoplophobes, "If it saves but one life, it's worth it..."
Seriously, if some woman who otherwise wouldn't carry a self defense object that was too 'uncomfortable' or looked too much like a 'gun', carries that device, and uses it to neuter some wannabe-rapist, I'm ALL FOR IT...!!!
Seriously, if some woman who otherwise wouldn't carry a self defense object that was too 'uncomfortable' or looked too much like a 'gun', carries that device, and uses it to neuter some wannabe-rapist, I'm ALL FOR IT...!!!
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Just the thing for the "Buffet" crowd... Anyone who fits that definition (Big, Ugly, Fat, Fellars, Eating Together), has no room to talk about a "ugly" gun... I'm with Doc... and heck, us "rounder", male types could benefit also!
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Just for a split second my eyes played a joke on me-I could have sworn that it said made in china-it has been a long day and that ugly piece of tupperware has me seeing things!
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Only gun uglier than that might be the Rino 357 revolver.
What in the wild world of sports is going on here
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Re: ugly gun
Finally held one at the NRA show this year - it was actually a very nice gun. Ugly, but very well made, and actually 'pointed' very naturally. Would love to shoot one.m.wun wrote:Only gun uglier than that might be the Rino 357 revolver.
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Re: ugly gun
I think it is about marketing. When I first saw those, I assumed the mag curved. The I realized they had a straight mag and that made me take a second look.
The grip does not curve in in the bottom, it curves OUT in the middle. In other words, the pistol takes up the same space as it would with a straight grip, except with added width in the center. Think about how a pistol interacts with your body in various holsters, and you will see that the curve is nit in an area that really presses against the body, and will provide very limited to no concealment value, and will make the pistol awkward to shoot left-handed.
The pistol could have been thinner if the grip was straight. It has a European-style magazine release (have to pull the mag out) and where is the slide catch?
Its purpose is to get those with LCPs, P238s, XD(s)s, Nanos, etc. to buy another pistol. The target for a lot of gun design and marketing is not to reach those that don't have, but to convince those that do to buy yours.
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The grip does not curve in in the bottom, it curves OUT in the middle. In other words, the pistol takes up the same space as it would with a straight grip, except with added width in the center. Think about how a pistol interacts with your body in various holsters, and you will see that the curve is nit in an area that really presses against the body, and will provide very limited to no concealment value, and will make the pistol awkward to shoot left-handed.
The pistol could have been thinner if the grip was straight. It has a European-style magazine release (have to pull the mag out) and where is the slide catch?
Its purpose is to get those with LCPs, P238s, XD(s)s, Nanos, etc. to buy another pistol. The target for a lot of gun design and marketing is not to reach those that don't have, but to convince those that do to buy yours.
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Re: ugly gun
I saw this in Guns & Ammo and tried to be objective about the homely little critter.
Indeed, I immediately tried to see the purpose of creating such a monstrosity, so I asked myself these questions:
- Does it look like it will hide well?
- Does it look like it is easier to wear all day?
- Is it more practical?
- Is it more inherently concealable with some type of holster?
I came up with, uh, "no" each time.
Its shape might indeed suggest a large i-phone or i-gadget, or staple gun, or whatever to throw off suspicion. For about 6 months at the outside.
Then, just like with the short lived fad of undercover officers carrying fanny packs worn in the front for easy access, every thug will recognize it for what it is in short time and it will actually make you a target. A whole lot of fanny packs, purchased privately by officers I knew, either found their way to a closet or drawer or were sold super cheap after some embarrassing incidents in my neck of the woods.
And it's a .380.
And it is regly - you remember from the late 50's - really, really ugly. So's the Rhino. Sorry, it's doomed too.
However, if you buy these up, grab some Rhinos, glom onto a rocket gun, and collect a few ridiculous Dardic pistols with their triangle shaped "tround" bullets; and maybe snatch up an Edsel or two before they are all gone -
You can give them to your progeny who will make a mint on them in about another 40 years!
So - it's a collectible. Oh, and don't forget that crazy sawed off .30-30 lever-handgun that you can't hit a barn with because of the way you hold and fire it. Unless you're Steve McQueen, of course. It's "interesting," too!
Indeed, I immediately tried to see the purpose of creating such a monstrosity, so I asked myself these questions:
- Does it look like it will hide well?
- Does it look like it is easier to wear all day?
- Is it more practical?
- Is it more inherently concealable with some type of holster?
I came up with, uh, "no" each time.
Its shape might indeed suggest a large i-phone or i-gadget, or staple gun, or whatever to throw off suspicion. For about 6 months at the outside.
Then, just like with the short lived fad of undercover officers carrying fanny packs worn in the front for easy access, every thug will recognize it for what it is in short time and it will actually make you a target. A whole lot of fanny packs, purchased privately by officers I knew, either found their way to a closet or drawer or were sold super cheap after some embarrassing incidents in my neck of the woods.
And it's a .380.
And it is regly - you remember from the late 50's - really, really ugly. So's the Rhino. Sorry, it's doomed too.
However, if you buy these up, grab some Rhinos, glom onto a rocket gun, and collect a few ridiculous Dardic pistols with their triangle shaped "tround" bullets; and maybe snatch up an Edsel or two before they are all gone -
You can give them to your progeny who will make a mint on them in about another 40 years!
So - it's a collectible. Oh, and don't forget that crazy sawed off .30-30 lever-handgun that you can't hit a barn with because of the way you hold and fire it. Unless you're Steve McQueen, of course. It's "interesting," too!
Re: ugly gun
I think the tactical crowd will buy it, especially if it makes it into a Tom Cruise movie.