Black Friday Sale! Biggest Discounts of the Year Visit deserttech.com From November 15th – 30th while supplies last USE OFFER CODE: BLKFRIDAY2018 With Black Friday fast approaching, Desert Tech is marking down prices from now until November 30th! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to save big on your favorite Desert Tech items, while supplies … Read more
We Designed the MDR with maximum mobility in mind. While other rifles like the MK18 had to sacrifice power in order to be more compact, we had a different idea in mind. What were the primary factors we focused on when designing a rifle with increased mobility, without sacrificing power? Size The mobility starts with … Read more
With the Desert Tech MDR we spent a lot of time in R&D on the key metrics of achieving Maximum Lethality. When answering the question of what it takes for our rifle to hit a target with highest lethality, there were a few primary factors we looked at. Body Armor Penetration The military has taken … Read more
With the MDR we built many features that go beyond just the firepower and adaptability of the rifle. We also had prime focus on keeping the operator safe in many potentially dangerous situations and built a rifle with maximum reliability and endurance in mind. Here are a few areas we focused on heavily to keep … Read more
At risk of re-kindling an all-new “tastes great” or “less filling” debate, we’re going explore both the milliradian and minute of angle systems for ballistic adjustment and ranging targets. Which one is better? Will choosing the wrong system for your rifle and optic combination get you killed? Will Rosie O’Donnell approve of your choice? … Read more
Let’s explain how to estimate distance using only your scope with an everyday example with which we’re all familiar. Fair enough? Suppose you’re captaining a sweet diesel-powered submarine. Before finishing work for the day, your boss wants you to torpedo a Somali pirate ship. Looking out through your periscope, you find that you’re in … Read more
MDR Update 4-30-18 Dear Valued Customers, 308 MDR Production and Shipping The production ramp up and shipping schedule for the MDR has been consistent over the past few months with MDR’s shipping out nearly every day. Although we have yet to reach our capacity goal we are moving closer to our target every week. We … Read more
Dear Valued Customers, I wanted to give you all a quick update on the production and shipping status of the MDR. Desert Tech has been moving forward in full-gear to manufacture MDRs and get them into the hands of our loyal pre-order customers. Rather than tell you what we’re planning, I am pleased to announce … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4O0Ifb4QDA&feature=youtu.be MDR Update January 5, 2018 Dear Valued Customers, Our November 2017 update stated that our expectation was to ship a small batch or two of MDR’s prior to February and then move to high volume production in late February 2018. Shortly after this update went out, we received news from our MIM supplier stating … Read more
November MDR Update Dear Valued Customers, here is our November MDR update. It is great to see the positive reviews on the initial shipments of MDR’s. We have appreciated all the feedback from those of you who have received your MDR’s. Unfortunately, since we began shipping, we have unexpectedly had to push out the MDR … Read more
In this article, you will find one of the first MDR reviews. Many of our customers, and those who would like to be have been awaiting third party reviews of the Micro Dynamic Rifle (MDR) that began shipping last month. While there are many bloggers, youtuber’s, and writers that would like to put hands on … Read more
Desert Tech R7S Chassis We have received many questions about the Desert Tech R7Schassis system for Remington 700 type rifles. Why Did Desert Tech Cancel the R7S Project? Desert Tech has made the decision to cancel the R7 project. Our mission to provide the weapons for tomorrows patriots keeps us focused on creating new and … Read more
FIrst MDR Pre-order Delivered Long waited MDR is now shipping and the first MDR pre-order was delivered this week. Derek Johnson was the first person to pre order the MDR on deserttech.com. We surprised him with a trip to Salt Lake City. Hands On the First MDR Delivered We flew Derek out from Dallas, to see … Read more
MDR Giveaway Winner has been chosen! ***Update, both the original winner and the first runner-up have unfortunately not responded, it is now up to the second runner-up to reply to his winning email.*** The Selecting Process for the MRD Giveway Contest Winner The winner of the long-awaited MDR giveaway has been chosen, through random elimination. We … Read more
How to Choose the Right Scope for Your Rifle When choosing the best scope for your rifle, keep in mind that a precision rifle can only be as accurate as the sighting system. Today we are going to discuss the topic of rifle scopes, and how you should approach the selection and purchase of a … Read more
August MDR Update Dear Valued Customers, here is our August MDR Update. I’m sure everyone is eager to receive our monthly update for August and I know you are all expecting me to say it will take another week or so before we can ship the first batch of MDR’s but unfortunately that won’t be … Read more
Cheap bulk ammo Inexpensive ammunition is very appealing to shooting sports enthusiasts. The relatively high cost of ammunition and its high angle trajectory shows no sign of changing anytime soon. Cheap Bulk Ammo vs Premium Ammo Today we are going to discuss an interesting topic, is cheaper ammunition really a good buy? There are a … Read more
July MDR Update Dear Valued Customers, here is our June MDR update. I had hoped this announcement would be that we are shipping guns! But unfortunately, there are a handful of parts that are still in coating. The parts are supposed to arrive in our shop any day, which means late this week or next. … Read more
June MDR Update Dear valued customers, We had some MDR parts come in out of specification which has been sent back for rework. The rework is expected to complete sometime between June 10 and June 23. So yes the MDR shipments are delayed again. We know this is another delay that everyone is tired of … Read more
Choosing a Rifle Cartridge If you need help choosing a rifle cartridge, you’ve come to the right place. In this article we will help you choose the best rifle cartridge for you. If you had to choose one cartridge to shoot for the rest of your life, most of us could narrow it down … Read more
Demolition Ranch Video on Youtube With DT SRS Rifle The Demolition Ranch video channel on Youtube is one of the most popular gun / shooting channels. It is known by “NOT YOUR AVERAGE GUN CHANNEL” because what he records is definitely out of the ordinary! We would like to send a Big THANK YOU to … Read more
Rangefinder – Places To Go Shooting in The US One of the biggest problems we hear from some of our customers: What good is a long range precision rifle if I have no where to shoot it? There are many ways to answer that question, and here we will address them. We will also give … Read more
MDR UPDATE May 2017 May 1st, 2017 Dear valued customers, One of our parts suppliers for the MDR has fallen behind schedule, the parts they are making for us were scheduled to be completed a week ago. This will delay the MDR shipments by two to three weeks. New MDR Shipping Date This means that assembled … Read more
8 Round Long Action Magazines Desert Tech is now offering 8 round long action magazines for the SRS-A1, and SRS A1 Covert models. The new magazine will allow 8 rounds for the 338LM and 9 rounds for the 300wm cartridge. When Will the First 8 Round Magazines be Shipped? Our first run of magazines has already … Read more
MDR UPDATE – April 2017 April 3, 2017 To our valued customers, MDR SHIPPING The MDR’s are still on track to start shipping late April. We don’t have much more to say than that. Marketing will continue to answer weekly operations questions about the MDR. We appreciate everyone’s patience and continued support up to this … Read more