Taurus 62 Upstart

Notes: This version of Taurus’ Model 62 pump-action rifle is designed for novice shooters looking for a rifle good enough to keep for their entire life. The Upstart comes with two buttstocks to keep up with a growing person. The caliber is small, but it is excellent for plinking, target shooting, or varmint hunting. The sight rings will accept any scope compatible with a Weaver-type ring. The Upstart is fed from a tubular magazine, but "speedloaders" in the form of clear plastic tubes with a spring clip are provided.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

Model 62 Upstart

.22 Long Rifle

2.04 kg

12 Tubular

$229

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

Model 62 Upstart

PA

1

Nil

5

1

Nil

34

Taurus Thunderbolt

Notes: This pump-action western-style rifle is known for its fine fit and finish as well as for its accuracy – the latter due primarily to the long 26-inch barrel. There are two primary chamberings as well as six models, differing primarily in finish and essentially the same for game purposes. Though built using modern methods and materials, they are designed to "Old West"-type specifications, with straight-wrist wooden stocks, curved butts with metal buttplates, adjustable rear buckhorn sights, and basic rounded front sights. Finishes for the metalwork include blued and polished stainless steel, and stocks and pump fore-ends may be in any of three shades of hardwood, from a dark brown to a cherry-tone. The wrist is not checkered, but the pump fore-end is (though the checkering is coarse and can be hard on the hand). The long barrels allow a long magazine tube and a large ammunition capacity. The pump action requires only a short throw to operate and cycling is thus quite fast. The sights are perhaps biggest problem with the Thunderbolt; the rear sight has a rather poorly-defined notch (something easily fixed in a few minutes with a file), while the front sight is merely a round blade with a low notch taken out of the top rear (also easily fixed with a file); it can be difficult to form an adequate sight picture without those modifications. The magazine is loaded from a loading gate with the action open, but as the amount of rounds you load increases, the difficulty of loading them also increases, and loading all 14 can be quite hard. The Thunderbolt uses a manual safety which is applied with the hammer at the half-cock position; this also locks the pump fore-end, but this means that the rifle cannot be loaded while it is on safe. An unusual feature of the Thunderbolt (for a lever-action rifle) is an ejection port cover.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This rifle is not available in the Twilight 2000 timeline; it was in fact not available until near the end of 2005 in real life.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

Thunderbolt

.357 Magnum and .38 Special

3.69 kg

14 Tubular

$509

Thunderbolt

.45 Long Colt

3.69 kg

14 Tubular

$646

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

Thunderbolt (.357)

PA

3

1-Nil

6

2

Nil

90

Thunderbolt (.38)

PA

2

1-Nil

6

2

Nil

72

Thunderbolt (.45)

PA

3

1-Nil

6

3

Nil

75