Dirty Doc, SASS #18176 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Long time, no write. Daughter finished grad school so I can play again. I found a Taurus 45C pump in 45 Colt with a Green river (Valley?) barrel owned by a gunsmith. He was using it for a hog gun in another state & traded it to the store where I found it during a sporting clays trip. WHEW! They's asking $599 fer it and it's been 7 or so years since I was in the game and know NOTHING about these critters other than my relative affinity for my Chinrester model 62s. Can any one give me advise on this pump. Maybe others. I am retired and on a budget, so exotic is not a choice. I prefer 38-40 or 44-40, but no such animal within reason. Thanks a million, Dirty Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cemetery Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Taurus? Better odds being the sole winner of powerball with a single ticket purchased on a whim, than having success with a Taurus pump rifle in this game from what I've always read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben McCoy Rankin # 34239 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 You can buy a better tomato stake for a couple dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Taurus=tomato stake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Mountain Buzzard Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Lassiter uses a Taurus. Don't look like no tomato stake in his hands!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Lassiter uses a Taurus. Don't look like no tomato stake in his hands!!! Yeah but, LASSITER turned the tomato stake into a rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Pat Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I bought one on a Saturday at a gun show and it hung up all week. Sold it the next Saturday. Stick to levers on rifle and pumps on shotguns like our grandfathers figured out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bone SASS #36388 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I have a SS pump from Lassiter it works just fine.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Mountain Buzzard Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 And that's the key boys. They pretty much ALL need to be tuned by a master such as Lassiter. I was talking to him last weekend and he was saying that each (manufacturer) has inherent issues that must be dealt with for them to run at a high level in our game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Run don't walk away from the Taurus pump. You'll throw good money down the toilet. They were a bad design then as never got better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 · Hidden by Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217, September 22, 2016 - go fund me Hidden by Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217, September 22, 2016 - go fund me Dont waist your time on any off the pumps Or any of the modern Henry rifles . The just dont work . Some can speend big dollars on them with a knowledgeable gun smith and make them work OK . But you are much better off buying something that works to start . Please help out a down and out Pard . http://gofundme.com/roncarpenter Link to comment
Gold Canyon Kid #43974 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Long time, no write. Daughter finished grad school so I can play again. I found a Taurus 45C pump in 45 Colt with a Green river (Valley?) barrel owned by a gunsmith. He was using it for a hog gun in another state & traded it to the store where I found it during a sporting clays trip. WHEW! They's asking $599 fer it and it's been 7 or so years since I was in the game and know NOTHING about these critters other than my relative affinity for my Chinrester model 62s. Can any one give me advise on this pump. Maybe others. I am retired and on a budget, so exotic is not a choice. I prefer 38-40 or 44-40, but no such animal within reason. Thanks a million, Dirty Doc Whatever the price of scrap wood and metal by weight is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 The Taurus Thunderbolt, 45LC to function properly has to be re-engineered by a competent gunsmith. I had mine done by Deadeye Dallas and it functions 'perfectly' http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?topic=38558.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cusz M. Dutch SASS Life 55326 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 The Taurus Thunderbolt, 45LC to function properly has to be re-engineered by a competent gunsmith. I had mine done by Deadeye Dallas and it functions 'perfectly' http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?topic=38558.0 +1 mine works also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Joaquin Shootist Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 My advice is if that amount is your rifle budget get a Rossi 92 from Johnny Meadows. Link--> http://campverdegun.weebly.com/contact.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackey Cole Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 If it's 45 colt pass on it they were the worst of the bunch I got one in storage. Lassiter got so he can smith the pumps including the thunderbolts pretty well. I spoke to him about sending him mine in 45 colt he advised me to put it away he said the 38s and bottle neck cartridge guns were manageable but the 45 was just too big for the action and then no way to prevent blowback usually with sass loads. So mine is getting ready to be locked away at my daughters if things go right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Even Taurus won't touch them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Here's the bottom line: * Unless the Thunderbolt is completely re-engineered it is not a reliable match rifle So, defer the purchase of one unless you can find a smith to re-engineer it like Deadeye Dallas did on mine and spend the money to do the complete work over. Dallas no longer is working on the Thunderbolts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubious Don #56333 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Unless you want a money pit and no guarantees that it will work (probably not) just say no. Them pump taurus' are junk. Purdee junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Rapid Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 If you are dead set on a pump (and I assume you mean a Lightning clone), and want it to work out of the box, go Pedersoli and if you can't find one go Uberti. However, you said you are a bit constrained $$ wise, so I agree with the others to pass on it unless you want to dump $$ into later to have it worked on. RR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Doc, SASS #18176 Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 If you are dead set on a pump (and I assume you mean a Lightning clone), and want it to work out of the box, go Pedersoli and if you can't find one go Uberti. However, you said you are a bit constrained $$ wise, so I agree with the others to pass on it unless you want to dump $$ into later to have it worked on. RR WOW! I had forgot how helpful cowboys were. I have a nice collection of old to new Chinresters and Marlins, way old to new, originals and Ubertis; every caliber from 38/357 reworked SRCs to 44WCF. 38WCF is my favorite. No blow back issues with 73 or 94s in 45 Colt, my least favorite lever round. I like original configurations and would NEVER entertain a short stroke kit; THAT becomes an external entity. What I've figured from the input is that even if the gunsmith did it right, I would still risk blow-back, unacceptable. My main question was cost. My mechanic can mount a 44-40 barrel, but would it cycle with the 45 bolt face? Is $599 to high to have it worked on? I see the Peders and Ubers at well over a thousand. I grew up with a 62 Chinrester and LOVED to slam fire multiple cans with it. Thought I might like something odd and different, not aggrevating and blinding.Any advise on this gun as a starter, or what will slam fire in 38 or 44 W.C.F. (not in competition). Thanks again, Dirty Doc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lead Monger Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Pass on the Thunderbolt in 45 Colt. 599 is to much money for a wall hanger. It will cost about that much to have it tuned to run and it will still jam once in a while. When it hangs up you have to take it apart to clear it. Taurus will not repair the Thunderbolt and I have not found replacement parts. The rifle I have does not blow back with full power 45 colt loads but reduce pressure slightly and you get a little poof in the face with each pull of the trigger. I would spend that money on a nice Rossi 92 if a 73 was out of my reach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackey Cole Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 If your this serious talk to Lassiter first he's one of the nicest guys out there and will tell you what you want to do is possible and what it will cost if he does it. I've known him a decade and usually have every one of he's mods on bat least one of my guns and he wouldn't touch the thunderbolt 45. Changing the caliber might change his answer as the bottle neck cartridges do work better and prevent mist of the blow back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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