I am thinking about getting back into cowboy shooting in the WC class. Sounds good, pardner.
Is the taurus thunderbolt pump in .45 lc an option. If you mean are they legal, the answer's yes. They are accurate and reasonably priced. I had one and had no problems. Others haven't been as fortunate.
He says the taurus is a flip of the coin whether it will have problems or not. Sadly, that's probably true. As I said, no problems with mine, but others (especially with the earlier models) weren't as lucky.
also are there pistol reloads in the working cowboy class. Depends on the stage writer. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Most folks I know shooting WC don't care much for them so I think most stage writers keep them to a bare minimum -- if they have them at all.
IF so the would one of the schoefield copies be an advantage. They probably are an advantage on reload stages. I'd say however, that there's usually not enough reloads (in my WC experience) for that to be the determining factor in choosing a revolver.