Yeooooow! Thaaaannnnnk! ya'll. Do they bend ,fold ,spindel,or mutlate ? I didn't keep up on them since they were out of my price range back when i thought i wanted one,,and if i find one cheeeep enought i'll still try one,357/45lc don't matter, i can always make a water fall decoration with it(lol). Hootmix.
I have a Taurus that I bought about 8 months ago. Sat in front of the TV and cycled it 200 times before i ever shot it.It is in 45LC.......Using round nose bullets it has never jammed. But it blows back gas something awful. I need to try different powders as I'm not getting a good seal on 45LC brass. Brass comes out near total black. Not fun to shot when it is doing this.I wanted one in 38-40, but no longer available.I probably will rebarrel this one this winter.
I do my own smithing so all I need is a .401 barrel blank and away I go!Any other 38-40 will be a vintage rifle with a shot out barrel for upwards of $3000.I paid $400 for my Case colored Taurus. $200 for a barrel blank and I'm home for $600. The Thunderbolt is a fantastic rifle for CAS. If you ever get the chance to run one, do it. Amazingly fast and easy to keep on target. But they are very complicated firearms with lots of small moving parts. They need to be tuned properly and then maintained.
Pettifogger, I didn't mean "you" when I suggested "run one"........that was for general consumption ....I've seen you speak of the Colts and was well aware on your familiarity with them.If you have a 38-40, either vintage or repro, for sale...I'd be interested.Send me an email on what ya got and what ya asking.rvb100@comcast.netTHANKS!