Desert Tech held its first-ever precision steel match last weekend and if you thought the winner had it easy then you haven’t been paying attention. Rob Wilkinson came and saw and conquered the Keg. Desert Tech hosted its first-ever precision steel match last Saturday, July 12, 2014, and if you thought the Powder Keg would be chock full of savvy shooters from across the State o... Read More »
Let’s take the once-mythical one mile shot and make it relevant again by dumping you into the prone position, starting the stop watch and having eighty of your closest competitors in the 2014 Precision Rifle Series split up five rounds each over the smoking barrel of a Desert Tech SRS A1 chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum. And let’s make it an official match stage at next Saturday’s Heat ... Read More »
You saw the rifle and wanted the rifle before you ever really knew what the rifle was all about. You had no idea if the bullpup phenomenon would become a bolt-action legend but, admit it, you still wanted a Desert Tech SRS A1 Sniper Rifle long before you even pulled the trigger for the first time. And here we are seven years after that first handcrafted, precision rifle with the revolutionary comp... Read More »
Who wants an 8 lb. keg of H4350? Desert Tech is pleased to announce a precision steel match happening Saturday, July 12 at the Desert Tech Training Facility and one fortunate shooter is going to walk away with an 8 lb keg of H4350. You can’t find it in stores. You can’t buy it online. But you can win it and other prizes at the Powder Keg. Registration is limited to 30 shooters and slot... Read More »
UPDATE: THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN CANCELED AS OF AUGUST 2017. See article for announcement: https://deserttech.com/blog/the-desert-tech-r7-chassis/ Merle “Mike” Walker is watching. And if you’re part of the Desert Tech team tasked with designing and building a drop-in chassis for the most popular high-powered, bolt-action rifle of all time, then the legend will continue to hover over yo... Read More »
Hey Guys, It’s been a while since I’ve given an update on my “new shooter journey”, so today I thought I’d just thought I’d make a quick little entry. It’s been a year since I started working at DTA (actually a year and a month!) In the very early days of working here, Nick and Russ and a handful of the guys here were asking if I was going to learn how to ... Read More »
While many DTA shooters have had at least some experience swapping out a forearm or exchanging stock panels, very few of us get an up close and personal look at all the rifle internals like the Desert Tactical Arms Assembly team does. The benches in Assembly not only see every single new rifle that ever leaves our shop, but they also see a handful of returned rifles for warranty or service issues.... Read More »
Chances are, by now you’ve heard of the Internet Movie Firearms Database (IMFDB). If not, the easiest way to describe it would be by saying it’s a giant catalog of firearms appearing in on-screen productions. You can find guns used in tv shows, movies and even video games. Simply run a search for a certain firearm, and click through to see every production that it’s been in. It&#... Read More »
Utah is thawing, and at long last, training dates have been announced for Sniper Country! If you haven’t committed to push your precision marksmanship to the next level yet, this is the perfect opportunity. Sniper Country is 25,000 acres of true, high-desert terrain, including mountains, gullies, and a variety of other angles and elevations, pockets of swirling counter-winds, and extreme day... Read More »
will the new stock panells fit on gen 1 srs chasis like the new cheek piece