{
  "apiVersion": 1,
  "kind": "work-order",
  "purpose": "Taking the firearm apart for a job such as refinishing, and putting it back together to specification.",
  "firearm": {
    "slug": "taurus-tx22",
    "name": "Taurus TX22",
    "manufacturer": {
      "id": "taurus",
      "name": "Taurus Armas"
    },
    "category": "rimfire-pistol",
    "action": "blowback",
    "calibers": [
      ".22 Long Rifle"
    ],
    "alsoKnownAs": [
      "TX22 Competition"
    ],
    "coversAlso": [],
    "page": "firearms/taurus-tx22.html",
    "bundle": "api/v1/firearms/taurus-tx22.json",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "notices": [
    "Taurus Armas limits owner disassembly: Field strip only: magazine out, slide off the frame, recoil (slide) spring assembly off the barrel, barrel out of the slide; magazine disassembly."
  ],
  "disclaimer": {
    "headline": "Read this before you use anything here.",
    "points": [
      "This is a guide, not an authority. Entries are compiled from manufacturer manuals, technical manuals, published references, and community knowledge. Some of it comes from sources that are not authoritative, and some of it may simply be wrong.",
      "Always consult the manufacturer's manual for your specific firearm and serial-number range. Manufacturers change designs mid-production without renaming the model. The manual that shipped with your firearm outranks anything on this site.",
      "Consult a licensed gunsmith for anything beyond routine field stripping and cleaning, for any firearm you are unsure about, and for any procedure marked as gunsmith-recommended here.",
      "Treat every firearm as loaded. Verify it is unloaded, with the magazine removed and the chamber physically and visually checked, before any procedure in this database. Point it in a safe direction the entire time.",
      "Disassembly can damage a firearm or injure you. Springs are under tension, parts can launch, and reassembling a firearm incorrectly can make it unsafe to fire in a way that is not obvious from the outside. If a reassembled firearm does not pass a function check, stop and see a gunsmith.",
      "Torque values are shown in two groups. Values from the manufacturer or the issuing military are shown as such, with the document they came from. Values reported by anyone else — parts makers, gunsmithing publishers, articles, forums — are shown separately with who said them, how reliable that source is, and their exact words. Those are not specifications. Confirm any torque value with the manufacturer or a licensed gunsmith before relying on it.",
      "Nothing here is legal advice. Firearms law varies by country, state, and city, and some modifications or configurations are regulated or prohibited. You are responsible for knowing and following the law where you are.",
      "No warranty of any kind. Contributors and maintainers accept no liability for damage, injury, or loss arising from use of this material."
    ],
    "page": "disclaimer.html",
    "legal": {
      "summary": "Legal notice: this material is third-party information compiled from sources of varying reliability and is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not gunsmithing, technical, safety or legal advice, it is not verified or endorsed by any manufacturer, and it must not be taken as fact. Any work on a firearm beyond the routine field stripping described in its own owner's manual should be performed only by a licensed and insured gunsmith. You use this material entirely at your own risk. Fundamental Build LLC and the project's contributors make no warranty of any kind and accept no liability for death, injury, damage or loss arising from its use. Full terms: LEGAL.md.",
      "page": "legal.html",
      "notice": "https://github.com/Fundamental-build-LLC/Pew-Takedown/blob/main/LEGAL.md"
    }
  },
  "sourcing": {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "verification": "community-reviewed"
  },
  "manufacturerDisassembly": {
    "status": "limited",
    "limit": "Field strip only: magazine out, slide off the frame, recoil (slide) spring assembly off the barrel, barrel out of the slide; magazine disassembly.",
    "statement": "Taurus says no further disassembly is recommended unless done by a qualified gunsmith, and that unauthorized adjustments or parts replacement can void the warranty.",
    "source": {
      "title": "Taurus TX22 Instruction Manual: General Safety, Operating Instructions and Limited Warranty",
      "publisher": "Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://www.taurususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Taurus_TX22_Gen2_Manual_WEB.pdf",
      "page": "29",
      "pdfPage": 15,
      "pageUrl": "https://www.taurususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Taurus_TX22_Gen2_Manual_WEB.pdf#page=15",
      "quote": "No further disassembly is recommended unless done by a qualified gunsmith."
    }
  },
  "recalls": [],
  "shopTier": {
    "tier": 2,
    "group": "pistol",
    "rating": "Pew-Takedown editorial rating (1 easy – 3 hardest), not the manufacturer's",
    "reason": "63 parts (about 56 without magazine and thread protector) for a striker rimfire: a fire-control housing with sear, sear trip and bushing and an ambidextrous manual safety, plus a slide with a two-piece (left/right) striker housing under a screwed cover plate. Taurus says gunsmith only past the field strip.",
    "confidence": "low",
    "partCount": {
      "value": 63,
      "kind": "line-items",
      "covers": "'TX22 Exploded View' (p. 40) and 'Part List' (p. 41), Gen2, complete pistol incl. magazine and thread protector; Competition upper omitted.",
      "basis": "manufacturer-parts-list",
      "source": {
        "title": "Taurus TX22 Instruction Manual: General Safety, Operating Instructions and Limited Warranty",
        "publisher": "Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.",
        "reliability": "primary",
        "url": "https://www.taurususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Taurus_TX22_Gen2_Manual_WEB.pdf",
        "page": "40–41",
        "pdfPage": 21,
        "pageUrl": "https://www.taurususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Taurus_TX22_Gen2_Manual_WEB.pdf#page=21",
        "quote": "63 THREAD PROTECTOR"
      }
    },
    "painPoints": [
      {
        "issue": "Taurus recommends nothing past the field strip except by a qualified gunsmith.",
        "during": "both",
        "source": {
          "title": "Taurus TX22 Instruction Manual: General Safety, Operating Instructions and Limited Warranty",
          "publisher": "Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://www.taurususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Taurus_TX22_Gen2_Manual_WEB.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "No further disassembly is recommended unless done by a qualified gunsmith."
        }
      },
      {
        "issue": "The striker runs in a two-piece left/right housing under a screwed slide cover plate, so the halves and striker block have to be kept together and oriented when the slide is stripped.",
        "during": "reassembly",
        "source": {
          "title": "Taurus TX22 Instruction Manual: General Safety, Operating Instructions and Limited Warranty",
          "publisher": "Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.",
          "reliability": "primary",
          "url": "https://www.taurususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Taurus_TX22_Gen2_Manual_WEB.pdf",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "HOUSING, STRIKER LEFT"
        }
      }
    ],
    "minutes": {
      "strip": 20,
      "rebuild": 35,
      "basis": "estimated",
      "note": "Slide (cover plate screw, striker housings, striker and block, extractor and plunger, sights) and frame (fire control housing, sear and sear trip, safeties, trigger and bar, slide catch, takedown); rebuild longer for the striker housing halves and safety springs.",
      "source": null
    },
    "stripScope": [
      {
        "assembly": "Slide",
        "removes": [
          "slide cover plate and screw",
          "striker housings (left/right)",
          "striker, spring and striker block",
          "extractor, plunger and spring",
          "rear sight",
          "front sight and screw"
        ],
        "tools": [
          "screwdriver/hex",
          "pin punch"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Frame",
        "removes": [
          "dowel and coiled spring pins",
          "fire control housing",
          "sear, sear trip and bushing",
          "ambidextrous manual safety and spring",
          "trigger, shoe, bar and springs",
          "slide catch and spring",
          "takedown lever and spring",
          "magazine release"
        ],
        "tools": [
          "roll-pin punches"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "hardware": {
      "pins": 7,
      "springs": 16,
      "detents": 1,
      "basis": "counted from the manufacturer's parts list (one per key number unless a quantity is given)"
    },
    "specialTools": [
      {
        "tool": "roll-pin punches",
        "usedFor": "Coiled spring pins"
      },
      {
        "tool": "dovetail sight pusher (or brass drift and padded vise)",
        "usedFor": "Removing and refitting dovetailed sights for coating"
      }
    ],
    "fitOnRebuild": [
      {
        "check": "Function check: trigger reset, sear/striker engagement, safeties",
        "why": "Standard post-reassembly check on any pistol whose fire-control parts were removed; a mis-seated spring shows up here, not on the bench",
        "source": null
      }
    ],
    "assessed": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "videos": [],
  "configurations": [],
  "tools": [],
  "phases": [
    {
      "id": "clear",
      "title": "Clear and make safe",
      "steps": [
        {
          "n": 1,
          "instruction": "Point the muzzle in a safe direction and keep your finger off the trigger."
        },
        {
          "n": 2,
          "instruction": "Press the magazine release and remove the magazine.",
          "partsFreed": [
            "Magazine"
          ]
        },
        {
          "n": 3,
          "instruction": "Retract the slide fully to eject any chambered round and lock it open."
        },
        {
          "n": 4,
          "instruction": "Visually inspect the chamber and magazine well, then physically feel the chamber to confirm it is empty.",
          "warning": "Look and feel. Both, every time."
        },
        {
          "n": 5,
          "instruction": "Use a light. Rimfire cases are small and dull-coloured."
        },
        {
          "n": 6,
          "instruction": "Remove all live ammunition from the work area."
        }
      ],
      "videos": []
    },
    {
      "id": "disassemble",
      "title": "Disassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "title": "Field Strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Complete the Clear and Make Safe procedure and leave the slide locked to the rear."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Rotate the takedown lever on the frame downward until it stops."
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Hold the slide, release the slide stop, and ease the slide forward off the front of the frame.",
              "warning": "Control the slide rather than letting it fly forward.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Slide assembly"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Lift the recoil spring assembly out of the inverted slide.",
              "warning": "Under spring tension.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Recoil spring assembly"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 5,
              "instruction": "Lift the barrel out of the slide.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Barrel"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "refinish",
      "title": "Refinish",
      "components": [
        {
          "name": "Slide assembly",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 3
        },
        {
          "name": "Recoil spring assembly",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 4
        },
        {
          "name": "Barrel",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 5
        }
      ],
      "manufacturerPartsList": {
        "parts": 63,
        "scope": "\"TX22 Exploded View\" (p. 40) and \"Part List\" (p. 41), Gen2 web edition (Jan 2024; identical file to the archive.org copy the entry cites). Separate TX22 Competition upper list (pp. 42-43) omitted."
      },
      "partsDiagrams": [],
      "materials": [
        {
          "component": "Frame",
          "material": "polímero de alta resistência",
          "finish": null,
          "appliesTo": "TX22 (OD Green; same text on TX22 Cano Roscado page)",
          "note": "Taurus Armas (Brazil) wording, in Portuguese: polímero de alta resistência = high-strength polymer.",
          "source": {
            "title": "Pistola Taurus TX22 - Od Green (Taurus Armas product page)",
            "publisher": "Taurus Armas S.A.",
            "reliability": "primary",
            "url": "https://taurusarmas.com.br/pt/produtos/pistolas/pistola-tx22-cal-22",
            "page": null,
            "pdfPage": null,
            "pageUrl": null,
            "quote": "Possui capacidade de 16 disparos, armação em polímero de alta resistência, ferrolho em alumínio e trava de segurança manual ambidestra."
          }
        },
        {
          "component": "Slide",
          "material": "alumínio",
          "finish": null,
          "appliesTo": "TX22",
          "note": "Taurus Armas (Brazil) wording, in Portuguese: alumínio = aluminium.",
          "source": {
            "title": "Pistola Taurus TX22 - Od Green (Taurus Armas product page)",
            "publisher": "Taurus Armas S.A.",
            "reliability": "primary",
            "url": "https://taurusarmas.com.br/pt/produtos/pistolas/pistola-tx22-cal-22",
            "page": null,
            "pdfPage": null,
            "pageUrl": null,
            "quote": "Possui capacidade de 16 disparos, armação em polímero de alta resistência, ferrolho em alumínio e trava de segurança manual ambidestra."
          }
        }
      ],
      "note": "The components the procedures above separate. Coating, masking and cure are outside this database; follow your coating system's instructions. A part the manufacturer marks \"factory fit\" should not be swapped or reworked."
    },
    {
      "id": "reassemble",
      "title": "Reassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "reassembly",
          "title": "Reassembly",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Set the barrel into the inverted slide and seat it fully forward."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Seat the recoil spring assembly into the cut in the barrel lug and press it down into the slide channel.",
              "tip": "It seats in the lug cut, not on the barrel itself."
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Set the slide onto the frame rails and push it rearward until it seats."
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Return the takedown lever to its locked position.",
              "warning": "Confirm the takedown lever is fully returned before the pistol goes back into service."
            },
            {
              "n": 5,
              "instruction": "Rack the slide several times and perform the function check."
            }
          ],
          "instruction": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "torque",
      "title": "Torque",
      "coverage": "sourced",
      "manufacturer": [
        {
          "fastener": "Red dot optic mounting screws (2, optic maker's screws, M4 x .7 holes) — standard TX22 optic mounting",
          "appliesTo": "Taurus TX22 (optics-ready slide), per TX22 Gen2 manual \"TX22 Mounting Instructions\"",
          "qualifier": "exact",
          "value": 10,
          "valueMax": null,
          "unit": "in-lb",
          "converted": {
            "value": {
              "N-m": 1.1,
              "in-lb": 10,
              "ft-lb": 0.83
            },
            "valueMax": null
          },
          "sequence": "1. The threaded holes for optic mounts are M4 x .7. 2. Place your red dot optic over the mounting plate and ensure that the bottom of the optic is properly aligned with its corresponding alignment pins on the mounting plate. 3. Use the screws supplied with your red dot optic. 4. Place a small amount of Loctite 262 on the thread of each screw. 5. Screw in the two screws applying 10 in-lbs of torque. 6. Let the Loctite cure for a period of 24 hours before using the firearm. [The page then repeats '5.Screw in the two screws applying 5.3 in-lbs of torque.' and step 6.]",
          "threadlocker": "Loctite 262, small amount on the thread of each screw; cure 24 hours",
          "source": {
            "title": "Taurus TX22 Instruction Manual (Gen2 web edition, InDesign file dated 30 Jan 2024) — archive.org copy of Taurus' own PDF (item taurus-tx-22-manual, source https://www.taurususa.com/images/manuals/Taurus_TX22_Gen2_Manual_WEB.pdf)",
            "publisher": "Taurus USA",
            "reliability": "primary",
            "url": "https://archive.org/download/taurus-tx-22-manual/taurus-tx-22-manual.pdf",
            "page": "35 (PDF p. 18)",
            "pdfPage": 18,
            "pageUrl": "https://archive.org/download/taurus-tx-22-manual/taurus-tx-22-manual.pdf#page=18",
            "quote": "5. Screw in the two screws applying 10 in-lbs of torque."
          }
        },
        {
          "fastener": "Red dot optic mounting screws (2) — standard TX22 optic mounting (second, conflicting line on the same page)",
          "appliesTo": "Taurus TX22 (optics-ready slide), per TX22 Gen2 manual \"TX22 Mounting Instructions\"",
          "qualifier": "exact",
          "value": 5.3,
          "valueMax": null,
          "unit": "in-lb",
          "converted": {
            "value": {
              "N-m": 0.6,
              "in-lb": 5.3,
              "ft-lb": 0.44
            },
            "valueMax": null
          },
          "sequence": "1. The threaded holes for optic mounts are M4 x .7. 2. Place your red dot optic over the mounting plate and ensure that the bottom of the optic is properly aligned with its corresponding alignment pins on the mounting plate. 3. Use the screws supplied with your red dot optic. 4. Place a small amount of Loctite 262 on the thread of each screw. 5. Screw in the two screws applying 10 in-lbs of torque. 6. Let the Loctite cure for a period of 24 hours before using the firearm. [The page then repeats '5.Screw in the two screws applying 5.3 in-lbs of torque.' and step 6.]",
          "threadlocker": "Loctite 262, small amount on the thread of each screw; cure 24 hours",
          "source": {
            "title": "Taurus TX22 Instruction Manual (Gen2 web edition, InDesign file dated 30 Jan 2024) — archive.org copy of Taurus' own PDF (item taurus-tx-22-manual, source https://www.taurususa.com/images/manuals/Taurus_TX22_Gen2_Manual_WEB.pdf)",
            "publisher": "Taurus USA",
            "reliability": "primary",
            "url": "https://archive.org/download/taurus-tx-22-manual/taurus-tx-22-manual.pdf",
            "page": "35 (PDF p. 18)",
            "pdfPage": 18,
            "pageUrl": "https://archive.org/download/taurus-tx-22-manual/taurus-tx-22-manual.pdf#page=18",
            "quote": "5.Screw in the two screws applying 5.3 in-lbs of torque."
          }
        },
        {
          "fastener": "Red dot optic mounting screws (2) onto adapter plate on barrel-mounted base",
          "appliesTo": "Taurus TX22 Competition (2 adapter plates on base mounted on the competition barrel)",
          "qualifier": "exact",
          "value": 5.3,
          "valueMax": null,
          "unit": "in-lb",
          "converted": {
            "value": {
              "N-m": 0.6,
              "in-lb": 5.3,
              "ft-lb": 0.44
            },
            "valueMax": null
          },
          "sequence": "1. Place the desired adapter plate on the base which is mounted on your TX22 competition barrel. 2. Place your red dot optic over the mounting plate and ensure that the bottom of the sight is properly aligned with its corresponding alignment pins on the mounting plate. 3. Use the screws supplied with your red dot optic. 4. Place a small amount of Loctite 262 on the thread of each screw. 5. Screw in the two screws applying 5.3 in-lbs of torque. 6. Let the Loctite cure for a period of 24 hours before using the firearm.",
          "threadlocker": "Loctite 262; cure 24 hours",
          "source": {
            "title": "Taurus TX22 Instruction Manual (Gen2 web edition, InDesign file dated 30 Jan 2024) — archive.org copy of Taurus' own PDF (item taurus-tx-22-manual, source https://www.taurususa.com/images/manuals/Taurus_TX22_Gen2_Manual_WEB.pdf)",
            "publisher": "Taurus USA",
            "reliability": "primary",
            "url": "https://archive.org/download/taurus-tx-22-manual/taurus-tx-22-manual.pdf",
            "page": "37 (PDF p. 19, \"TX22 Competition Optics ",
            "pdfPage": 19,
            "pageUrl": "https://archive.org/download/taurus-tx-22-manual/taurus-tx-22-manual.pdf#page=19",
            "quote": "5.Screw in the two screws applying 5.3 in-lbs of torque."
          }
        }
      ],
      "reported": [],
      "notes": "Taurus's TX22 Gen2 manual prints step 5 of the standard optic mounting instructions twice on the same page, once as 10 in-lbs and once as 5.3 in-lbs; both are shown here because the manual gives both. The Competition model's barrel-mounted plate uses 5.3 in-lbs. Taurus calls for Loctite 262 on these screws. Ask Taurus which value applies to your pistol, or use the lower one."
    },
    {
      "id": "function-check",
      "title": "Function check",
      "checks": [
        "Verify the pistol is unloaded with no magazine inserted before each check.",
        "Rack the slide and press the trigger. The striker should release cleanly.",
        "Hold the trigger to the rear, rack the slide, then release slowly and confirm the reset.",
        "Press the trigger again to confirm the striker releases.",
        "Confirm the slide locks open on an empty magazine and the magazine drops free."
      ],
      "videos": []
    }
  ],
  "troubleshooting": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "id": null,
      "title": "Taurus TX22 Owner’s Manual",
      "publisher": "Taurus Armas S.A.",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "id": "taurus-usa-13342a",
      "title": "Taurus TX22 Instruction Manual (Gen2 web edition, InDesign file dated 30 Jan 2024) — archive.org copy of Taurus' own PDF (item taurus-tx-22-manual, source https://www.taurususa.com/images/manuals/Taurus_TX22_Gen2_Manual_WEB.pdf)",
      "publisher": "Taurus USA",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://archive.org/download/taurus-tx-22-manual/taurus-tx-22-manual.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "id": "taurus-tx22-parts-manual",
      "title": "Taurus TX22 Instruction Manual: General Safety, Operating Instructions and Limited Warranty",
      "publisher": "Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://www.taurususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Taurus_TX22_Gen2_Manual_WEB.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "id": "taurusarmas-specs-91a15c",
      "title": "Pistola Taurus TX22 - Od Green (Taurus Armas product page)",
      "publisher": "Taurus Armas S.A.",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": "https://taurusarmas.com.br/pt/produtos/pistolas/pistola-tx22-cal-22",
      "accessed": "2026-10-03"
    }
  ]
}