Shit: Taurus Thunderbolt

Posted on November 24th, 2006 in Guns by Justin

I finally got around to trying to disassemble my Taurus Thunderbolt in .45LC this evening.

I whipped out the owner’s manual and to my dismay the cleaning instructions only included cleaning the barrel, opening the action, and spraying the thing out with an arsesol cleaner.

Not good enough.

So, I go online and find some other instruction. In these I find that step #1 is to remove the magazine tube. Remove one screw, lift it out, right? Nope. Danged thing won’t move. I’m not sure why you would need to do this, but I figured I’d just move to the next step.

Remove the buttstock.

That part was easy!

I fiddle around with it some more, can’t get the magazine tube out so I figure I’ll give up for the night and try again. I put the magazine retention screw back on after some fiddling and go to work on the buttstock.

Stubborn little fucker. Whack it with my hand a little bit to get it back onto the tang. Still not moving far enough up. I put a sock on it the end to protect the metal and tap it with a heavy object. It’s moving now. Weee!

Shit, I cracked the wood! How did that happen?

I recheck my work. I was trying to put it back on upside down. Figures. I’ve caught myself trying to do that before. It’s cosmetic, but I’m going to have to replace this sometime. I’m not big on caring much about cosmetic damage to guns, but this one hasn’t even been shot yet! A muck-up like this isn’t “character” — it’s a sign of a dumbass owner.

Sigh.

Live and learn.