Taurus introducing New Rifle

[kje54]

SHOT Show, Taurus showcasing their new 308 bolt action hunting rifle the Expedition. They claim other calibers to follow.

https://www.taurususa.com/rifles/bo...ing&utm_medium=taurusemail&utm_campaign=jan22

 

[horsemen61]

Well that was from out in left field imho for them

 

[kje54]

Well that was from out in left field imho for them

Exactly. They own the Rossi brand rifles so I'm not sure why they're doing this.

 

[Ohen Cepel]

Tough market to get into. Not sure where that could/would fit.

 

[someguy2800]

Tough market to get into. Not sure where that could/would fit.

The first models they ship better shoot like a house on fire or it will just get lost in the crowd.

 

[rhino465]

I don't know whether to be impressed by their bold move or irritated by their bold move.

 

[Ohen Cepel]

The first models they ship better shoot like a house on fire or it will just get lost in the crowd.

Agreed. With so many things shooting 1MOA or better it makes it hard to impress the market now I think. I have a hard time teasing out all the accurate bolt guns out there.

Now, at least the first one wasn't a 6.5 creedmore

 

[mgmorden]

Palmetto State Armory showed a bolt action rifle too. Depending on what level of automation they're able to achieve a bolt action is a pretty simple critter to make so its not like they need to spend a lot of development time on the idea.

 

[doubleh]

It looks a lot like many of the others available. Will it go or balk in the market? I have no idea.

As most can tell by reading my posts I am kind of a curmudgeon somewhat stuck in the past when the subject concerns guns. I still think they should be attractive in looks and a lot of them available today are down right ugly. I will class this one as middle of the road, not exactly ugly but not high on the good looks index either. I have noticed that most of the rifles of old had half of the action and barrel sitting down in the stock many of them now have it almost on top of the stock and this is one of them. Shoot better, cheaper to manufacture, what? Certainly not for looks.

 

[W.E.G.]

Cross-compatibility of magazines is a plus.




And if it takes Remington triggers, that's another plus.



A detachable magazine Remington 700 priced at substantially below Remington 700 price could be appealing.

 

[W.E.G.]

I think a lot of manufacturers are gearing up for a coming ban on semi-autos.

 

[kmw1954]

Could be wrong but that picture looks a lot like a RemAge Barrel Nut.

 

[WestKentucky]

Looks like a CHF barrel. I’m certainly interested if it does the standard Taurus thing and comes in at 2/3 the Ruger price. New Americans are supposed to be ballpark 800, so put this one in the 550-600 range on MSRP so street price around 450. Sold. No need to haggle, especially with a remage setup where barrel swaps are fairly easy. Give me 4 of them in various short action setups. 7-08, 350 legend, 7.62x39, 308, 224 Valk, 223/5.56 nato… all would be very interesting in their own way for me and my trio of yayhoos who are sure to take over the world.

 

[Mk-211]

Looks like a CHF barrel. I’m certainly interested if it does the standard Taurus thing and comes in at 2/3 the Ruger price. New Americans are supposed to be ballpark 800, so put this one in the 550-600 range on MSRP so street price around 450. Sold. No need to haggle, especially with a remage setup where barrel swaps are fairly easy. Give me 4 of them in various short action setups. 7-08, 350 legend, 7.62x39, 308, 224 Valk, 223/5.56 nato… all would be very interesting in their own way for me and my trio of yayhoos who are sure to take over the world.

Incase you didn't click the link, MSRP is just under $1K.

Gonna be interesting to see how well it sells.

 

[luv2safari]

Incase you didn't click the link, MSRP is just under $1K.

Gonna be interesting to see how well it sells.

 

[luv2safari]

SHOT Show, Taurus showcasing their new 308 bolt action hunting rifle the Expedition. They claim other calibers to follow.

https://www.taurususa.com/rifles/bo...ing&utm_medium=taurusemail&utm_campaign=jan22

 

[TTv2]

I think a lot of manufacturers are gearing up for a coming ban on semi-autos.

Then why wasn't this a .223 bolt action that uses AR mags?

 

[EMC45]

I kind of like it.....

 

[mgmorden]

I think a lot of manufacturers are gearing up for a coming ban on semi-autos.

Taurus barely makes any semi-autos as it is (a few .22LR's). There's still a big market for bolt actions. The AR market is largely saturated and very, very competitive. Unless you want to be a Gucci manufacturer or deal in rock bottom commodity competition, there's just no point in trying there.

There are hunters out there, and there are your video game players coming of age who look at a bolt action as a "sniper rifle" - cool in their eyes as just another one of the guns in their Call of Duty loadout.

 

[rhino465]

Incase you didn't click the link, MSRP is just under $1K.

Gonna be interesting to see how well it sells.

Oof! Given the market, that's going to be a tough price point for their brand. Good luck, Taurus.

 

[jmorris]

I don't know whether to be impressed by their bold move or irritated by their bold move.

I give a thumbs up to more people making more things because that leads to more choices and lower prices and most importantly, more gun owners.

 

[rhino465]

I give a thumbs up to more people making more things because that leads to more choices and lower prices and most importantly, more gun owners.

I can't argue with any of that! Competition is what make strong companies and individuals.

 

[CraigC]

The 700 footprint and AICS magazines will make it interesting for some folks.

 

[Frulk]

@ $998 MSRP let’s just call it $1K.

Course it won’t sell for that. Maybe 15-18% less to start with and then the market will determine where it stabilizes.

Taurus took a cue from Ruger and made it AICS mag compatible. That was a huge driver in me picking up a Ruger Ranch bolt.

It’s has a threaded barrel which almost seems mandatory these days.

If I was to use a sports analogy to describe what Taurus is doing by entering the bolt rifle market segment:

It’s like a walk-on try out for an NFL team. Far and few between make the cut. Will have to wait and see if Taurus signed the next Otis Sistrunk.

 

[rdnktrkr]

At $1K, I think it is a hard no, maybe 1/2 that I would look at it closely, there are rifle manufactures that have been building them for years and have proven their dependability and quality that sell for less. I've been looking at another bolt action and it will be over $1k BUT it will be a proven rifle, in a chassis, and a caliber other than 308, I already have multiple hunting rifles that I can use and why would someone looking at a new hunting rifle pay more for a Taurus vs a proven manufacture like Howa, Ruger, Savage, even the Rem700 they are basing it on.