Every so often we get an opportunity to partner up with other folks from the industry to do something fun, and today was one of those days. Iain Harrison of Recoil Magazine joined us for a cow elk hunt this fall, and as you might imagine, we brought along the hardware. The SRS A2 was … Read more
A good hunting story is hard to pass up, and todays is one of those. One of our own employees went on his very first deer hunt this month, and brought a camera along to share his experience. Nick was shooting his personal SRS A2 Covert with the eighteen-inch 6.5 Creedmoor conversion kit. Watch the … Read more
The .223 Wylde chamber is one of those epitomes of the concept of “happy” medium when it comes to shooting. It was born out of a need to balance engineering for accuracy and pressure. The dimensions of a firearm’s chamber, even with the exact same case dimensions, greatly affect how a gun will shoot. The … Read more
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It’s a shame teachers aren’t paid more. Sure, as a kid in school, you swore that you’d never use math in real life. Looking back, boy were you wrong. Those math teachers gave you the foundation you need for long range shooting. Thanks, Mr. Werner! Shooting at distance involves a lot of math and calculations. … Read more
A discussion on the difference between first focal plane scopes and second focal plane scopes.
Lightweight AR15′ rifles can be very handy, does it fit your shooting needs?
What is first round pop? and is it something you should be worried about?
I don’t remember exactly how old I was when I first saw the Desert Tech SRS. It was long enough ago that History Channel still played shows about history. I remember seeing the SRS on a show about the evolution of weapons. At the time, I was just starting to understand firearms; a passion ignited … Read more
A look at muzzle devices for your rifle
Perhaps some of the most important lessons you can learn in precision rifle shooting are about positioning and supporting your rifle. After all, with a rifle like the Desert Tech SRS A2 you need little more than support the rifle in the correct position and your nearly guaranteed a hit right? All joking aside, there … Read more
Today is the day. After months or even years of research, you finally did it. You just bought the precision rifle of your dreams with the glass to match. Now what? Before you can start putting rounds through the same hole you need to zero your optic to your rifle. The process is simple, but … Read more
Lumens, who needs them! After all the “Should I use a light or not.” are done, and you decide a light is best for you the next discussion is inevitably all about lumens. Lumens is a measurement used mostly for marketing but is not without its value. A lumen is useful, it’s a measurement of … Read more
Tripods for marksmen have become extremely popular over the last decade, they have become nearly as common as rear support bags and other gear. There are many great options on the market currently but today I am writing specifically about Field Optics Research tripods. We have used and tried many, and we settled on this … Read more
Dry fire Practice One of the most common questions I get as an instructor is “what should I practice at the range”. Seems a simple question, but it may be the most important one. Not everyone learns with the intention of improving, some are satisfied with familiarity. Most are concealed carry holders wanting to do … Read more
Working as a gun writer and subject matter expert has its perks, amongst them getting the latest and greatest equipment to test. Great stuff, but it’s a very sharp double edged sword. It leaves the impression our readers, students, or fellow trainers are in the same boat. Most are not, people purchasing firearms for … Read more
Short Barrels and Long range? When we set out to make the most compact precision rifles in the world, the bullpup design was part of making the overall package shorter. The Covert model of the SRS made an already short precision rifle into a ridiculously shorter rifle on par with some SBR’s. The popularity of … Read more
First Impression: Desert Tech’s TRASOL Ballistic App I am a big believer in ballistics applications. In 2019, at the US National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, I spent the better part of an hour taking wind readings with my Kestrel windmeter containing Applied Ballistics software. I watched a brisk wind condition oscillating between three and … Read more
Arca Swiss for your rifle, yes or no? Being old enough to remember when there were zero accessories available for your rifle or carbine provides a unique perspective, one born of real world application. It can save time, grief, most of all hard earned money. The firearms industry loves selling stuff you will never need, … Read more
When a 10th isn’t a 10th Almost everything we do with a precision rifle involves a rifle-scope, whether it is target identification or adjusting for come ups and such. We have become so dependent on them that the idea of using iron sights on a precision rifle seems almost foreign or backwards. Not that there’s … Read more
Maintaining Zero Zeroing your rifle is a must, everyone pretty well knows it. Properly zeroing your rifle at a given range is critical, a range that matches the design, purpose, and use of your particular rifle, aiming device and ammunition. Every class you attend shows you how, based on what you brought to the class. … Read more
What conversion kit is best for hunting? We are only a few months away from the 2021 hunting season opener, and the way people have been buying guns over the last year I’d be willing to bet there are some new Desert Tech rifle owners that are planning on taking their new SRS or MDRX … Read more
On May 27, 2021, Samuel Cassidy opened fire at his place of work. Armed with multiple handguns, he killed nine people before taking his own life. This happened in San Jose, California just two months after the shooting that left 10 dead in Boulder, Colorado. Nineteen families will never be the same because of the … Read more
