OT - Taurus Thunderbolt 357 coming back
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OT - Taurus Thunderbolt 357 coming back
The latest issue of Shooting Times has a very short note stating that despite Taurus' plan to discontinue the .357 version of their lightning-type rifle, it is now 're-continued' due to the efforts of customers writing and calling the company. Good news, somebody's listening!
Thanks to all the other guys who might have written them too.
Thanks to all the other guys who might have written them too.
Texican
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I hope so. Looks like they are putting out separate Tbolts for .38 and .357, with the .357 coming out first.
I wonder if they are using a captured-round carrier like the model 62, OAL is critical and if you want to use a round with an OAL different than the one it's set for, you'll have to modify the carrier.
I wonder if they are using a captured-round carrier like the model 62, OAL is critical and if you want to use a round with an OAL different than the one it's set for, you'll have to modify the carrier.
Kind regards,
Tycer
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yes, i think it will, but it would be best in the 44/40 or 38/40,etc where you have a real rim. compare a 45 colt and 44/40 side by side and look at the rims!Texican wrote:I've heard of reports regarding misfeeds with the .45. Do you think the larger rim of the .38/.357 will help?Noah Zark wrote:I hope they function better than the 45 Colt T-Bolt that I used to have . . .
you have to think, that if this design could have worked well with the 45 colt, then colt would have offered it back then in their own cartridge to match their pistols. . there must have been a reason, and the reason was the rim, i am sure they experimented with it, and found it wouldn't work; the rim on the 45 colt as i understand it, was even smaller in the 1800's than now, but it is still quite small compared to the 44/40.
hope it works with the 357.
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I bought one in .45 and never fired it. Sold it off and bought a Rossi 92 .357
I think I'll just stick with my lever gun's. I have to get Nate's DVD though. I also picked up Rossi 92 Carbine in .45lc. Went to load it and sliced the side of my finger opened. The inside of the receiver at the loading gate is sharp and rough. I have to work on that.
I think I'll just stick with my lever gun's. I have to get Nate's DVD though. I also picked up Rossi 92 Carbine in .45lc. Went to load it and sliced the side of my finger opened. The inside of the receiver at the loading gate is sharp and rough. I have to work on that.
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some of them surely do work perfectly and you should really hang onto yours; i wanted one, but all the ones i saw locally were being sold because of problems.Ysabel Kid wrote:I have a .45 and really like it. Glad they are saving the .357!
i have an original in 44/40 that was qite worn, but after i got it fixed up it works great!
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Sounds like a post in desperate need of a picture!!!hfcable wrote:some of them surely do work perfectly and you should really hang onto yours; i wanted one, but all the ones i saw locally were being sold because of problems.Ysabel Kid wrote:I have a .45 and really like it. Glad they are saving the .357!
i have an original in 44/40 that was qite worn, but after i got it fixed up it works great!
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Ysabel Kid wrote:Sounds like a post in desperate need of a picture!!!hfcable wrote:some of them surely do work perfectly and you should really hang onto yours; i wanted one, but all the ones i saw locally were being sold because of problems.Ysabel Kid wrote:I have a .45 and really like it. Glad they are saving the .357!
i have an original in 44/40 that was qite worn, but after i got it fixed up it works great!
yikes, you are right!
lately i have fallen of the wagon on posting pictures, will do so this week!
also got one in 45/90 will post it too.
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Cool! Can't wait!!!hfcable wrote:Ysabel Kid wrote:Sounds like a post in desperate need of a picture!!!hfcable wrote:some of them surely do work perfectly and you should really hang onto yours; i wanted one, but all the ones i saw locally were being sold because of problems.Ysabel Kid wrote:I have a .45 and really like it. Glad they are saving the .357!
i have an original in 44/40 that was qite worn, but after i got it fixed up it works great!
yikes, you are right!
lately i have fallen of the wagon on posting pictures, will do so this week!
also got one in 45/90 will post it too.
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44/40 carbine and 45/85 large frame colt
this gun had been redone when i got it, but then needed mechanical work which was done to flawless level by bill pratt in california; it is a 44/40 SRC:
and this big boy is all original marked 45/85/285 which is coltese for 45/90; it has an excellent bore and works fine, but i need to get the screws to mount the tang sight:
this large frame will get the full workup for good loads and be shot a lot this summer, and maybe go hunting this fall.
and this big boy is all original marked 45/85/285 which is coltese for 45/90; it has an excellent bore and works fine, but i need to get the screws to mount the tang sight:
this large frame will get the full workup for good loads and be shot a lot this summer, and maybe go hunting this fall.
cable
great pics. I doubt I would touch the appearance of the older one, but that's just me. Is the barrel on the newer one 16"? Sure is pretty wood.
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Cable,
Those are beautiful shooters, (I hope), & if not, they sure look good in yer photos.
But, lest anyone thing that all Taurus T-bolts were lemons, I have this short clip of one being shot at a cowboy match in Boulder City, NV. I understand they are OAL sensitive in the extreme. This one is a later model, but unmodified. IIRC, .45 Colt.
Please note the steady and deliberteness in his operation of the slide. He ain't trying to run the gun faster than the action needs to function. I think one of the problems CAS shooters found with them was a tendency to try to run them at very high speeds.
Those are beautiful shooters, (I hope), & if not, they sure look good in yer photos.
But, lest anyone thing that all Taurus T-bolts were lemons, I have this short clip of one being shot at a cowboy match in Boulder City, NV. I understand they are OAL sensitive in the extreme. This one is a later model, but unmodified. IIRC, .45 Colt.
Please note the steady and deliberteness in his operation of the slide. He ain't trying to run the gun faster than the action needs to function. I think one of the problems CAS shooters found with them was a tendency to try to run them at very high speeds.
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