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Trasol: A Ballistic Calculator Introduction
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
Optics: First Focal Plane vs Second Focal Plane
A discussion on the difference between first focal plane scopes and second focal plane scopes.
The Pros and Cons of Ultra-Light AR15s
Lightweight AR15′ rifles can be very handy, does it fit your shooting needs?
First Round Pop – Why The First Shot Is The Loudest Using A Suppressor
What is first round pop? and is it something you should be worried about?
Desert Tech SRS A2 Covert: First Impressions
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
Flash Hiders, Compensators, Muzzle Brakes and Flame Throwers
A look at muzzle devices for your rifle
Monopods: How To Use Them and Rear Support
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
Zeroing your Scope
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
All the Lumens – Fitting Your Rifle with the Right Light
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
Shooting with Field Optics Research Tripods
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
Why You Should Dry Fire Practice More Than Live Fire
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
Iron Sights, They Aren’t Just For Backup
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?
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
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?
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
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
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?
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
Gun Control
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
Dope cards and drop tables – How to generate and read them:
Dope cards and drop tables – How to generate and read them. What are dope cards and how do I read them? Don’t worry, the thought police monitoring your office computer aren’t going to flag you for researching D.O.P.E. In the world of long-range precision rifles, the term D.O.P.E. refers to Data on Previous Engagement. … Read more
Red Dot Sights for your Pistol
Red dot sights for pistols are widely accepted these days and one of the hottest topics in the industry. Im old enough to remember the introduction of these for rifles the parallels are striking. Experts once called them a gaming toy never to be used “on the street”, or for “duty”, those days are long … Read more
How Silent is Your Silencer?
How Silent is Your Silencer? One of the most common questions for those looking to purchase a suppressor is “how quiet is it”. Problem being, there is no “real” answer to that question, only speculation, some assumptions, and a whole ton load of marketing. Internet and social media experts do little else than argue this … Read more