Shop Taurus Thunderbolt .45 Colt Pump Action Rifle in Blue Steel (Cosmetic Blemishes) online as we offer the best Taurus Firearms deals you’ll find online. The Taurus Thunderbolt” will win you over while you’re winning the competition. A perfect mate to your Gaucho Single Action revolver with .45 Colt ammo, this pump action beauty is fast, accurate and authentic. With a beautiful Hardwood Stock and Forend, as well as a solid Metal Curved Crescent Butt Plate, the Thunderbolt includes a button-rifled barrel for improved accuracy, a traditional Buck Horn adjustable rear sight and an easy function feed gate.

Pump action or slide action is a repeating firearm action that is operated manually by moving a sliding handguard on the gun’s forestock. When shooting, the sliding forend is pulled rearward to eject any expended cartridge and typically to cock the hammer/striker, and then pushed forward to load (chamber) a new cartridge into the chamber. Most pump-action firearms use an integral tubular magazine, although some do use detachable box magazines. Pump-action is typically associated with shotguns, although it has been used in rifles and other firearms as well.

Because the forend is manipulated usually with the support hand, a pump-action gun is much faster than a bolt-action and somewhat faster than a lever-action, as it does not require the trigger hand to be removed from the trigger while reloading. Also because the action is cycled in a linear fashion, it creates less torque that can tilt and throw the gun off aim when repeat-firing rapidly.