Got my first revolver

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Picked up my Raging Bull today, 44 mag and 6 1/2" barrel. Thanks to Al Simmons Gunshop in Hamilton for hooking me up.

First impression: Locks up tight, awesome SA trigger pull, comfortable grip. Only thing I don't like is the front sight blade is black, it would be nice if the blade was red.

And I swear the Brazilians dropped this thing in a pale of gun oil, it's actually dripping with oil.

I'm looking forward to getting it to the range, unfortunately gotta wait the my registration paper :jerkit:

 
Taurus makes a hell of a revolver .. At least in my experience, my raging judge has 1500 rounds of 45 colt, 300 rounds of 454 casull and 400 rounds of 410 magnum. Still in good timing with proper lock up.

I believe the transfer papers are good enough to take it to the range
 
skip1600 said:
Taurus makes a hell of a revolver .. At least in my experience, my raging judge has 1500 rounds of 45 colt, 300 rounds of 454 casull and 400 rounds of 410 magnum. Still in good timing with proper lock up.

I believe the transfer papers are good enough to take it to the range
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Good to hear, my friend has a RB in 454 Casull, it's a blast to shoot. Was your revolver dirty from being test fired at the factory? Mine is pretty cruddy, like it was test fired using dirty powder.
 
09outlander said:
Good to hear, my friend has a RB in 454 Casull, it's a blast to shoot. Was your revolver dirty from being test fired at the factory? Mine is pretty cruddy, like it was test fired using dirty powder.
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Mine wasn't brutal but it was like someone shot it and instead of cleaning it just threw it in oil. At least you know it'll work right?
 
Is that the one from Al Simmons'?

The Bull is one of the few .44 revolvers I haven't found distinctly unpleasant to shoot, the grip makes a surprising difference and the porting sure helps as well. It is loud as hell, but that's part of the awesomeness.
 
DrSpaceJam said:
Is that the one from Al Simmons'?

The Bull is one of the few .44 revolvers I haven't found distinctly unpleasant to shoot, the grip makes a surprising difference and the porting sure helps as well. It is loud as hell, but that's part of the awesomeness.
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Yep, they had a couple of them, some Judge's too
 
I like Taurus revolvers.

Word on the street is they are working on a new revolver chambered in 45/70, based on the Raging Judge Magnum design.

I'll grab one of those for sure.
 
Well got it all disassembled, cleaned, froglubed and reassembled. Wasn't as bad as I thought, I had never disassembled a revolver before so I was a little nervous about pulling the side plate off, turns out it wasn't that bad. Should get it out to the range tomorrow or Wednesday.
 
09outlander said:
Well got it all disassembled, cleaned, froglubed and reassembled. Wasn't as bad as I thought, I had never disassembled a revolver before so I was a little nervous about pulling the side plate off, turns out it wasn't that bad. Should get it out to the range tomorrow or Wednesday.
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I want a RAGING JUDGE BADDLY but seems like 2 on EE were $50-$100 over retail
 
Folks in the S&W revolver world do their darndest to avoid having to remove the side plate and tinkering with the insides. So it's likely that's a good way to go in your case as well.

The good news is that once you remove the grips there's a big gapping access port up into the innards. A hosing down with brake cleaner and then a follow up with a mist of spray lube of some form makes it easy to deal with the parts in there without the need to remove the cover. Or another option is my own favourite method of hosing out the action with some Ed's Red in a squeeze bottle. Cleans out the area then drains and dries to leave behind a light film of ATF to act as protectorant and lube.

I see that you're a Froglube sort of guy. It should be possible to mix up a little Froglube with some sovent such as lacquer thinner and spray the action up through the opening. Same deal, once it drains and dries away it'll leave a light coating of Froglube throughout the action.
 
BCRider said:
Folks in the S&W revolver world do their darndest to avoid having to remove the side plate and tinkering with the insides. So it's likely that's a good way to go in your case as well.

The good news is that once you remove the grips there's a big gapping access port up into the innards. A hosing down with brake cleaner and then a follow up with a mist of spray lube of some form makes it easy to deal with the parts in there without the need to remove the cover. Or another option is my own favourite method of hosing out the action with some Ed's Red in a squeeze bottle. Cleans out the area then drains and dries to leave behind a light film of ATF to act as protectorant and lube.

I see that you're a Froglube sort of guy. It should be possible to mix up a little Froglube with some sovent such as lacquer thinner and spray the action up through the opening. Same deal, once it drains and dries away it'll leave a light coating of Froglube throughout the action.
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I got it all disassembled, it's actually quite a simple design, it's more difficult to completely strip and reassemble my 1911 than this revolver.

I took this pick as soon as I took the plate off just in case I had trouble getting it back together.

 
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Got out to the range this afternoon, I put 3 boxes through it, 2 boxes of American Eagle and 1 box of S&B. Man is this thing fun and loud as hell. It's stupid accurate. Now I got some brass to load up with some H-110.
 
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