Taurus/Winchester 62 disassembly help needed

[trbon8r]

I've got a Taurus Model 62 .22 pump action rifle, basically it's the copy of the Winchester 62A gallery gun.

I'm trying to remove the front forend for refinishing. I've got the screws out of both sides of the forend, and disengaged it from the slide mechanism. The forend is loose and easily moves from front to back while riding on the ammunition tube feed assembly, but I don't know how to actually get the forend off? I've tried just pulling it down and away from to tube feed assembly and it won't budge and I'm afraid of breaking the wood. Please tell me I don't have to remove the magazine feed tube, just to get the forend off?

 

[Hud]

trbon8r,
Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but yes the tube has to come off.
Good news is, it's not a big deal.
With the proper size pin punch, drive out the pin holding the tube, pull off the tube & remove the forend.
http://stevespages.com/ipb-taurus-62.html
The Winchester 62A was my first rifle. My Dad got it for me Xmas of 1959 (the last year they were made) when I was 14. Shot 1000's of rounds thru it when I was a kid & loved it. It got stolen 20 yrs. ago along with some other really cool rifles that Dad & I had collected. Rossi came out with a copy which I didn't think much of, but I finally wound up buying a Stainless Taurus 62 about 6 yr. ago. Great little rifle! I'm a 61 yr. old kid again with that thing.
Regards, Hud

 

[trbon8r]

Hey thanks Hud. I was kind of afraid the tube might have to come off. Thanks for the help!!!

Like you, I love the Winchester 62A. My father's Winchester 62A was the gun I learned to shoot on. His original Winchester sits next to the Taurus in the safe. I didn't want to beat my dad's Winchester up by shooting it a bunch, so I got the Taurus to shoot and have fun with. I'm doing a refinish on the Taurus wood and trying to make it "look more Winchester", but mostly to remove a couple big dents the previous owner put in the stock.

So sorry to hear you lost your 62A. I hate thieves.

 

[trbon8r]

Hud,

Got the handguard off. Removing the tube wasn't a pain at all as I feared it would be. Just tap the pin out and it came right out in a minute, and the handguard slid right off. Thanks again.

Now I just need to hope and pray these two ugly dents will steam out.

 

[Hud]

You're welcome.
Now just don't get caught usin' moma's steam iron on those dents!
Hud