-: So I'm up here in the Kalahari
with Caleb Giddens Giddings from Taurus,
and I'm gonna go call some V Easts
and maybe some Dembo with the brand new Taurus Expedition.
A very cool, innovative new rifle with,
with lots of really neat features.
-: I am gonna go tip to tail
with the new Taurus Expedition bolt action rifle
and give you a rundown on the features
that we built into this awesome gun
that I'm gonna tell you right up front is available MSRP
under a thousand dollars.
So keep that in mind as we talk through this.
Right up here at the front we have a threaded barrel.
All of the expedition rifles come with a threaded barrel
'cause it's 2024 we should put
and suppressors on everything.
The barrel itself is cold hammer forged,
which is not something you see on a lot of rifles
and certainly not on rifles at this price point.
Moving back, we get to the action.
The action is a Remington 700 style action,
which means you don't need to go buy a bunch of new mals
and a bunch of new things to get your optics set
up on this gun.
The bolt slightly deviates from that.
We use a tri lug bolt
to give you a little bit more stability,
a little bit better lockup.
And as you can see, it removes really easily from the gun,
the bolt when it's moving forward in the gun feeds from
these five round accuracy international pattern magazines.
Why AI magazines? 'cause why reinvent the wheel?
Same reason we used a 700 style action is you don't have
to go buy a bunch of stuff that's hard to find.
But now let's get to the really cool party piece on this
rifle and that's the stock.
The stock is our own design made in-House by Taurus
and incorporates a number of features.
You can't see it, but there is a cheat comb under here.
I have a little bit of extra padding on mine
'cause I've got a short neck, so I need to stretch this out
to be able to see through the optics.
But the really cool bits
that you get on the stock are these
attachment points in here.
So the polymer stock, which we manufacture,
has an M lock attachment point built into it.
It has a Spartan precision bipod attachment point built into
it, and then as you can see, it's plain off
so it's flat on the sides.
This way if you're using a saddle or some
or some other type of clamp, you can clamp it down
and there's not gonna be any rotation side
to side on the rifle.
The trigger is also the same
as a Remington 700 style trigger.
So aftermarket triggers will drop in,
although based on the shooting that I've done with this,
you don't really need an aftermarket trigger.
Hey guys, so we are out here in South Africa
and I'm looking for a very specific kudo.
I was set up on a watering hole the other day waiting
for a warthog to come in
and we saw this kudo come in that's got a full horn
and then his other horn's broken off
and it's just a gnarly old bull
and I really want to track that down
to really unique trophy.
I took a shot, I wounded him very badly.
We tracked him, he popped out of the brush.
Then we had a little run gut and we chased him on foot.
He bolt on the expedition.
How fast it cycles helped me get this kill.
This has been the hunt of a lifetime and I'm so excited.
-: This is a young management bull, AK bull.
They call them the the desert warrior
and their indigenous to this semi arid region.
The new Taurus expedition did so well.
It's light, it's handy.
It was a joy to carry in the in the bush here.
-: Soul, my soul say.