Taurus patents new curved handgun design

Check out the muzzle.

I wonder if they get any effect like a compensator from it?

It's 'only' a .380 and a short barrel to boot so the upward venting gases aren't much and they don't get much leverage from the short barrel...

Like Nlight1 said, it's different.
 
Hope it turns out to be a winner. Personally, it looks more akin to a taser or a maybe even a stapler. :)

Think I will stick with some of what I already got. ;)
 
I'll give em the props for taking the chance on marketing such a new and very different platform... How long until the lawsuits roll out from the antis for making a weapon too easy to conceal?
 
Notice the asymetrical muzzle? The included electronic stuff with no real sights?
The added bulk of the electronics?
This looks like a gun that was designed by someone who knows nothing about firearms.
 
Notice the asymetrical muzzle? The included electronic stuff with no real sights?
The added bulk of the electronics?
This looks like a gun that was designed by someone who knows nothing about firearms.
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The added BULK of the LASER takes up some room but clearly won't add much weight.

This new guns is seemingly designed as a POCKET GUN, and that size and shape is arguably more positive than negative in that it follows the curve of the leg, and the square shape won't obviously print and yell out "GUN" as do some pocket guns (not carried in holsters).

The G&A write-up says the gun comes with a belt clip as standard equipment that allows IWB carry (like the add-on clip used with some Kel-Tec designs.) Maybe holsters are considered an unnecesary option?

Sights on most of these small pocket guns are generally more form than function, and there is a rudimentary sight system according to the G&A article. The Taurus is not the only pocket gun that comes equipped with a functioning LASER.

As for the asymetrical muzzle: the barrel is perfectly round, but is just cut at an angle. You do have to wonder whether uneven pressure as the bullet leaves the barrel will negatively affect accuracy -- but I'll bet it's not much of an issue out to 50' feet.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
Notice the asymetrical muzzle?
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Bill, the muzzle does look like it's curved on top, and if that were the case, there's no telling where the bullet would go. But, the muzzle itself is hidden and is square cut. You can see it with the slide back:

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Bill, the muzzle does look like it's curved on top, and if that were the case, there's no telling where the bullet would go. But, the muzzle itself is hidden and is square cut. You can see it with the slide back:
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I have no idea where you got your photo. The muzzle IS asymmetrical, following the curvature of the slide. But is you look closely you can see that the rifling ends and the barrel diameter is slightly opened up at the end.

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I think I'll pass. Getting a Taurus that works is like rolling a hard eight. It happens, but there are much safer bets.
 
Uncle Malice said:
I have no idea where you got your photo. The muzzle IS asymmetrical, following the curvature of the slide. But is you look closely you can see that the rifling ends and the barrel diameter is slightly opened up at the end.
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Interesting. That would, I think, make the release of hot gases more even -- as the barrel internal diameter becomes LARGER after the rifling ends. Clever way around what might otherwise have been a problem. The barrel is, functionally, slightly shorter than it appears.

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Thanks for the info Uncle Malice. I suppose the photo I posted was pre-production. And as Walt mentioned the true barrel length is a little less than it appears.

This does make for an interesting print:
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Edit: Found the specs.
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I think it's an answer to a question nobody asked.
My thought is that the Keltec p3AT is slimmer, lighter, and probably kicks less.
I'm just not impressed with this gun.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
I think it's an answer to a question nobody asked.
My thought is that the Keltec p3AT is slimmer, lighter, and probably kicks less.
I'm just not impressed with this gun.
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Nobody asked? Small, pocketable gun? Somebody must be asking, as Colt, Keltec, Kahr, Ruger, S&W, SIG, Taurus and others are all offering small or "pocket" weapons in that caliber, and some gunmakers are doing it with a variety of form factors. Some of these guns also come from the factory equipped with a LASER, and after-market LASERs are available for most of the guns cited. I'm still waiting for Beretta and H&K to jump on the "pocket gun" or small .380 bandwangon.

Nobody's asking the question?!

The Keltec P3AT is a nice little gun, but many -- me included -- consider it P3AT unpleasant to shoot. Part of the reason that it's uncomfortable to shoot is because it is light and thin! (And, yes, I've owned and shot both the P3AT and the similar Ruger LCP.) Given that, I don't understand what leads you to say that the Kel-Tec P3AT "probably kicks less" than the Taurus -- given that that the Kel-Tec P3AT is thinner and lighter than the Taurus. "KICK" is generally interpreted to mean both recoil and how that recoil is passed to the shooter's hand. Lighter weight generally doesn't equate to KICKS LESS and thinner doesn't generally suggest MORE COMFORTABLE. Nearly all of the guns made by the gunmakers referenced above are thicker and heavier than the P3AT -- but that hasn't kept them from selling!!

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