Reading Tam’s blog this morning, I was appalled — but not shocked — to see that Taurus has jumped on the zombie bandwagon (or jumped the zombie shark, depending upon one’s point of view) by introducing the Zombie Defender.
Detailed at Tactical-Life.com (from which the photo, right, is also taken), the Zombie Defender is capable of chambering .410 shotshells, .45 Colt ammunition, as well as .454 Casull artillery rounds. It’s worth following the link to Tactical-Life.com just to read the comment section, most of which involves folks dying to get a Zombie Defender.
But now, I’m not sure this is really such a bad thing. Think about it. What kind of people are going to buy the Zombie Defender .454 Casull from Taurus? How many of them are likely to die in the resultant explosions? Even those who survive will be forever branded by this purchase, dramatically decreasing their opportunities to mate and reproduce.
Could Taurus actually be a subtle, global eugenics program intended to skim the scum off the shallowest end of the human gene pool? I bet they ship them into the U.S. via black helicopter…
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
Well at least it doesn’t have a goofy as rail assy….
I see some real versatility in that gun. Think about it. Tripple your chances of being able to use found ammo……Now if we can just get ccc, garrity and 5shot to come on board with an aiwb…….
If they are going to go all out ridiculous, they should have allowed it to chamber the .460 S&W Magnum as well.
Sure, Todd. Laugh now, but what happens when a zombie comes and sneers at your 124 gr. +P HST’s? You’ll be wishing that you were packing a Taurus then!
Taurus has built a business around selling questionable products to unwitting consumers. At least this new paperweight is only marketed to the stupidest among us, and hopefully it will not prey on those who are merely naive.
The truly sad thing? Somebody at S&W is looking at this thing and trying to figure out how to make their own zombie responder.
In the business world, when it is raining soup, you would be foolish to not stick a bowl out the window.
Have you considered an AFHZ class, Todd?
*ducks*
I’m occasionally guilty of buying dumb things for the sheer novelty of them. I think (or at least, I really, *really* hope) most people are in on the tongue-in-cheek motif.
“The truly sad thing? Somebody at S&W is looking at this thing and trying to figure out how to make their own zombie responder.”
…which means that the bling-crazy doofus responsible for Sig’s most recent travesties is, doubtless, looking at the same photo and fellating himself with one hand while the other is smashing the glass-covered Marketing-Team-Signal.
Am I the only one that think this has some real utility for ranchers or people who live out in the open? .454 for hunting, .410 for snakes. Not a wildly horrible idea, just a hilarious way of marketing it…
I’d buy one, if it was also capable of taking 5.56 and 7.62.
Tam — AFHZ… that’s awesome. I’m teaching a class around Halloween again next year and we’ll have to rename it just for that weekend.
SLG — I’d pay cash money to watch you fire five rounds of full power 7.62 (x39 or x51) through a Taurus-made pistol. 8)
The other thought that came to mind this afternoon: If Taurus and the boys from Brazil really did make a gun that was intended to injure the user, surely they would market it as a perfect gift for Hanukah…
This will go great with my LCP “Zombie Slayer” (yes, there really is such a thing)…
http://www.impactguns.com/ruger-lcp-zombie-slayer-380-acp-3721.aspx
“I’m teaching a class around Halloween again next year and we’ll have to rename it just for that weekend.”
Dude, I will chip in on special targets. I am not kidding. 😀
Bonus points will be awarded for pictures at the class of students using SIRT guns on someone dressed like a zombie.