Disassembly and cleaning of Raging Bull?

[Mouse07410]

First - must admit that I've no (prior) experience with revolvers.

Is there a decent description or manual on how to properly disassemble Taurus Raging Bull for "deep" cleaning? (And whether there's "field-stripping" for this gun?)

Pistols and rifles I've dealt with so far all had straightforward sequence, and I could insert the brush (or cleaning rod) into the chamber, so no risk of damaging the barrel crown. But I've no clue how to deal with revolvers!

Also, I expect to use quite a bit of non-jacketed (lead) bullets that leave the weapon especially dirty and in need of extra cleaning.

Also, is it true that if you fire a couple of jacketed rounds after a series of non-jacketed ones, they'd take off most of the lead deposit?

Thanks for educating this newcomer! (If this post belongs in a different forum - please feel free to move it.)

[funesd]

I am also interested in this, I just got a raging bull and i need to give it a good cleaning. got myn used

[funesd]

My gun seems to have some sediment inside the yoke, its not as smooth as i would like it to be. I see the parts page at TaurusUSA.com and it shows an exploded view of my gun, I'm just not sure what i should clean it out with once i get there, assuming i have the courage to even open it up.

[Mouse07410]

So far I've got no information. The only reference I located is AGI Web site http://www.americangunsmith.com/ that sells courses on DVD:

• Taurus Revolvers http://www.americangunsmith.com/view.php?id=9
• Cleaning

No book that I know of covers Raging Bull.

I'll be happy to learn otherwise.

[NYPD]

Take it to a gunsmith for an ultrasonic bath....nothing cleans deeper than that.

[Mouse07410]

Well, that's certainly an option - but I'd much rather do the simple cleaning myself after every range session, and detailed cleaning (not necessarily as deep as ultrasound degreasing does) every once in a while - again by myself. Having to go to a gunsmith for such a (presumably) trivial thing as cleaning up your own revolver seems like hiring somebody to brush your teeth .

[NYPD]

You could purchase your own ultrasonic cleaner.

[Mouse07410]

The main thing is to get the disassembly/reassembly sequence down the pat. I don't quite feel the need for an ultrasonic cleaner (and I don't want to exacerbate intra-familial relationship ).

[peter2772000]

Sorry for resurrecting such an old thread, but I'm having problems re-assembling the cylinder/yoke assembly on my Raging Bull.

There's a 4-fingered bushing on the star-side of the cylinder. These fingers, from what I can figure, need to fit inside the main tube of the yoke. But the inside of the yoke tube end isn't flared or beveled so as to allow the tube to fit over it. And I can't figure out how'n hell to get that 4-fingered dookickey out of there.

Please help me out. My only other recourse is to bring it to my gunsmith buddy Paul Barette up here in Montreal. And he WILL tease me mercilessly for bring him a basket-case

[chicharrones]

That four fingered bushing is pressed into the cylinder to the point of almost being one piece with the cylinder. Unless it is damaged all you should have to do is push the cylinder on the yoke with a fairly strong press with your hands. You might have to put the cylinder on a work bench and press the yoke into the cylinder. It will kind of snap in place.