wally
Member
This gun gets my vote for the worst new gun introduction. Gimmick design and there is a lot wrong with it.
Why do I have one you ask? I had four variations of the Taurus Millennium pistols Gen 1 in 9mm & .45, Gen II in .40, and a 9mm 24/7 subject to the class-action lawsuit settlement. They were decent enough pistols but I retired them to safe queen status years ago when the "fire when dropped" issues started to be reported. I had been using them for center console carry, so fire when dropped could easily be fire in a random direction in a collision, end of usefulness for me, YMMV. After the settlement took effect I returned them for replacement. I won't go into any of the details as to how poorly this whole thing has been handled.
Problem is, it seems they are only replacing them with 9mm 24/7 G2 Compact models or the Curve. After getting two essentially identically pistols save for the color, I didn't want a third, so when offered a Curve I figured what the heck.
Finally got around to shooting it. There is really nothing to like about it, except maybe the integrated light/laser, but hitting ~8" high at 10 yards is pretty poor out of the box IMHO. I mean when the Laser module on my S&W Bodyguard died, S&W sent me a free replacement and it was a lot closer POA/POI than this when I replaced the module.
No slide lock lever, so clearing an extraction failure it would help to have a third hand, I had one on the fifth round of each six round magazine initially, but no more in subsequent loadings, which made me painfully aware of this issue. I was thrilled to have no further functional issues.
If you have grip strength issues good luck changing the magazine, the release is "innovative" in that you squeeze the sides at the bottom which IMHO takes an unreasonable amount of "pinch" to extract it. This also makes clearing said extraction failures much more difficult. It also makes the spare mag very bulky at the bottom, and it locks in with a "hook" that could easily snag on fabric mag pouches. Different is not better, better is better, and this magazine release system is the worst thing I've ever encountered.
Adding insult to injury they continued to "innovate" by not having any sights "for a smooth snag free profile". At 68 I can't use irons very well, but nothing is a whole lot worse! There is a white "Plus Sign" across the hammer notch and "ears" on the loaded chamber that is supposed to somehow help, maybe some 20-something with perfect vision could make some use of this system, but IMHO this sighting system is much worse than the rightfully maligned "gutter sights" milled into the slide of the AMT Backup DAO.
As to the "curve" shape, think of a P3AT with a fatter grip that has been molded into a slight curve with the gun dropped into a straight slot cut inside and you've about got the curve "innovation" (gimmick). Bummer if you are a lefty, only curves for right side carry, no left-handed option, which IMHO is double stupid as the only possible use I could see for this thing would be as a backup piece, which I I usually carry for left handed draw.
The pseudo holster thing that can automatically activate the laser and/or light is a decent enough idea but unless you hook it around your belt it takes so much force to snap off that I suspect it would rip a fabric belt loop instead of coming off.
All in all two thumbs down, more if I had more thumbs!
Even the plastic box it comes is is curved so the doesn't stack well with the rest of my firearm boxes up in the attic, I imagine gun dealers really love this "feature".
Why do I have one you ask? I had four variations of the Taurus Millennium pistols Gen 1 in 9mm & .45, Gen II in .40, and a 9mm 24/7 subject to the class-action lawsuit settlement. They were decent enough pistols but I retired them to safe queen status years ago when the "fire when dropped" issues started to be reported. I had been using them for center console carry, so fire when dropped could easily be fire in a random direction in a collision, end of usefulness for me, YMMV. After the settlement took effect I returned them for replacement. I won't go into any of the details as to how poorly this whole thing has been handled.
Problem is, it seems they are only replacing them with 9mm 24/7 G2 Compact models or the Curve. After getting two essentially identically pistols save for the color, I didn't want a third, so when offered a Curve I figured what the heck.
Finally got around to shooting it. There is really nothing to like about it, except maybe the integrated light/laser, but hitting ~8" high at 10 yards is pretty poor out of the box IMHO. I mean when the Laser module on my S&W Bodyguard died, S&W sent me a free replacement and it was a lot closer POA/POI than this when I replaced the module.
No slide lock lever, so clearing an extraction failure it would help to have a third hand, I had one on the fifth round of each six round magazine initially, but no more in subsequent loadings, which made me painfully aware of this issue. I was thrilled to have no further functional issues.
If you have grip strength issues good luck changing the magazine, the release is "innovative" in that you squeeze the sides at the bottom which IMHO takes an unreasonable amount of "pinch" to extract it. This also makes clearing said extraction failures much more difficult. It also makes the spare mag very bulky at the bottom, and it locks in with a "hook" that could easily snag on fabric mag pouches. Different is not better, better is better, and this magazine release system is the worst thing I've ever encountered.
Adding insult to injury they continued to "innovate" by not having any sights "for a smooth snag free profile". At 68 I can't use irons very well, but nothing is a whole lot worse! There is a white "Plus Sign" across the hammer notch and "ears" on the loaded chamber that is supposed to somehow help, maybe some 20-something with perfect vision could make some use of this system, but IMHO this sighting system is much worse than the rightfully maligned "gutter sights" milled into the slide of the AMT Backup DAO.
As to the "curve" shape, think of a P3AT with a fatter grip that has been molded into a slight curve with the gun dropped into a straight slot cut inside and you've about got the curve "innovation" (gimmick). Bummer if you are a lefty, only curves for right side carry, no left-handed option, which IMHO is double stupid as the only possible use I could see for this thing would be as a backup piece, which I I usually carry for left handed draw.
The pseudo holster thing that can automatically activate the laser and/or light is a decent enough idea but unless you hook it around your belt it takes so much force to snap off that I suspect it would rip a fabric belt loop instead of coming off.
All in all two thumbs down, more if I had more thumbs!
Even the plastic box it comes is is curved so the doesn't stack well with the rest of my firearm boxes up in the attic, I imagine gun dealers really love this "feature".
