2050 Yards Desert Tech SRS M2 .338 Lapua. Full Review

This is a full review of the Desert Tech SRS M2 chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum and 6.5 Creedmoor. This is a full review.

[@nataliedeyton6829]

I love the long form content … I hate 5-10 min videos… I’m a adult thats trying to learn not a kid on TikTok 😂

[@dirtyp.132]

Amen!

[@QuitYoJibby-JabbinFool]

Hahahaha lol....ditto

[@garyomalley4521]

Boy! Coulda used you in Vietnam! 😀👏🏻👏🏻 Love your content. No bs, no hype, no upselling, just straight dope. Thank you..

[@leonhorner1643]

I have a SRS A2. I really enjoy it. I’m just getting started in long range so I don’t have much experience to pull from. The compactness of the rifle and barrel change system is what brought me to system. I went with a 22.5 proof barrel in mine, chambered in 308. I produced a .319 5 shot group 2 weeks ago at 100 yards Shooting 155 Lapua bullets, Lapua brass, with H4350 powder. I’ve personally never been able to do that. So it was quite exciting. Hopefully by April I will have a 6.5 PRC barrel for it. I hope Desert Tech gets your extraction issues solved. Even in 308 the cases don’t fling out very far, but I have actually like that because I reload. Don’t have to chase cases all over. Thanks for the video. Happy Holidays.

[@piston_pounder4795]

I own this exact rifle with the 22” factory 308 barrel and it’s been amazing accuracy wise so far. The bolt was pretty stiff to start but after 200 rounds and a lot of dry fire it’s smoothed up a lot. To me, the reduced overall length without sacrificing barrel length combined with the great balance makes it worth it. Great video. Would love to see an update if/when you hear back from Desert Tech about the 338 ejection because I was planning on buying one of those kits.

[@joaquin-jacknava2696]

Thanks Ray on the great footage. Awesome shot on the last shot of 2050 yards. Have a good week sir.

[@XRING]

Thanks Joaquin! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I hope you have been well.

[@BarisPalabiyik]

It was great to see your truck focused and crystal clear, instead of the rifle.

[@BarisPalabiyik]

Great review tho.

[@XRING]

LOL! I have to make it work with what I have sometimes. 👍🏼

[@ozJman86]

The ZCO optic has had recent test results show failure to maintain accuracy and precision. Search rokslide scope field evaluation and find the ZCO test. It displayed similar results to your groups on two seperate rifles. Also it is unlikely that the desert tech has two barrels with poor accuracy so it would be nice to see another scope atop it

[@Beltfedshooters]

When in doubt put a Nightforce on it. LOL

[@hesa3656]

Thank You Sir! This was great shooting! The comparison at the end showed the significance of a bullpup configuration. I wish you and family an excellent Christmas! 👍🇺🇲

[@scottfreh5884]

These rifles can be picky about the ammo you feed them, I thought I was going to wear the .243 barrel out before I found a load it liked. When I did find a load it was a real performer, won a local 600 yd. bench rest match with it, 1/2 moa or a little better. Tried that load in another .243 and it hated it so they are a breed of their own. Had a custom .338LM barrel made at 30" and it's still shorter than most standard rifles, really likes the 285 gr. Hornaday ELD, shot a 12" group at a mile.

[@rcg3496]

As always, another great and honest review. Thanks Ray..!

[@brettkoski]

That 6.5 Creedmoor hold trick, I haven't heard that yet. Cannot wait to try it out! Great video, lots of information. Thanks!

[@chassoto]

Squad mate at a LRP class this weekend brought a Desert Tech .308. That thing was TINY and very nicely balanced. I'm intrigued. Great video as usual!

[@ES44AC-2]

Congratulations on 2k !

[@billyoung3519]

Great video thanks for making this. I have been considering one of their HTI rifles for awhile now. Lack of a place to shoot one has kept me from it though. I am an unlimited member at Clinton House but its hard to practice or get used to anything when mile day once a month is the only time I can even shoot my existing 338LM let alone a larger caliber. .

[@johnd5094]

I have this same rifle. What I have done to reduce the hop, is add an Area 419 railchanger 2 along with the D-Bag from Coletac to add some weight to the forend. I have yet to shoot it with this, but it adds some good weight to the front and should help. I also have a .300 PRC conversion from Short Action Customs. I really like this rifle. It may not be for everyone, but my 6.5 Creedmoor shoots sub MOA with 143gr ELDX Hornady precision hunter

[@XRING]

Thanks for the information John. It isn’t for everyone but it is extremely versatile and compact. I appreciate you watching and commenting.

[@gw5436]

Mate I have the 308 SRS and it came with a 2-port DTA muzzle brake. With 168 and 175 MKs I can spot easy! Recoil is nothing.

[@johnd5094]

@@gw5436 I wouldn't expect a .308 with a brake to have much recoil. It's when you get to the magnum rounds that the rifle may start to hop.

[@PrecisionRifleNetwork]

Thanks Ray. Good video. I have the SRS A2 with .308 and 338LM. Only ammo I had was FGMM for the 338 and it sucked at a mile. I still need to get back out to the range now that I have some handloads made for it.

[@Lusk7741]

Man, that's about like watching a brick fly through the air! Haha I've got no experience with magnum cartridges, so that's really cool to see. Thanks for sharing, Ray!

[@ElfstersRiflesandReloading]

Quality review like usual. Thanks for the time and hard work

[@chrisdriner]

Great video! I could watch an hour of this, so video was not too long. I have to get back to Clinton house and try 2050, when I was there shooting mile they did not have everything ready for it.

[@jeffhahn5106]

Great Review, thanks Ray, Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@XRING]

Thank you Jeff! I wish the same to you and your family.

[@flee187able]

Good to see you still get excited about shooting even with all the gun related stuff you do!

[@XRING]

It’s the one thing I really do enjoy. 👍🏼

[@OsamaBinSmokinTV]

Will one day grab a DT! Great video as always!!!

[@TECHBEATZ1200]

My boy John Ju led me to your channel. Great stuff. Hope to see you in the future out in Texas. My family lives in Dallas.

[@XRING]

Thank you Tech and thanks for watching.

[@Dayattherange]

Very nice review. I thought I was doing something wrong with how much the 300PRC with the Desert Tech was jumping on me.

[@Drewler]

I have the same rifle in 6.5 Creed and 300 Norma. It’s an awesome platform. I did get a custom 6mm GT barrel done up for it but couldn’t get it to eject no matter what I tried. Very similar to what you were seeing with the 338 cases. We eventually decided to rechamber it in 6 Creed and it works great. I wonder if you just have some weak ejectors on your magnum bolt. Anyway, thanks for the great content!

[@sjohnson1776]

Great content as usual Ray. Thank you for that. Like you, I was a little disappointed in accuracy with the caveat being it was not fine tuned ammo in either caliber. I haven't shot factory ammo in so long I have no idea what to expect in 6.5C or any other. The ejection issues would have cost me accuracy points for sure because I'd have been so aggravated that it would have distracted me terribly between shots. Thanks for bringing us along!!!!!!

[@gabemiller7489]

Thanks for the awesome content ray! Love my DT, I have a HTI and it’s a great rifle. Hard to find places to shoot the big 50 at distance though. Great to shoot though!

[@XRING]

Thanks Gabe and thank you for watching the channel. It was difficult getting approval to shoot the. .338 so I can only imagine on the .50.

[@johnrollins2820]

Thanks great 👍 shouting you have a good Christmas too

[@tylers.4506]

I just took a doe over the weekend with my SRS A2, with my Custom 8.6 Blackout barrel loving the platforms' quick change capabilities. 338 lapua or 33xc is on the short list for next year

[@michaelkim5270]

Excellent review. I have had my SRS A2 for 4 years and love the platform. For the cheek riser, you might check out Hoptic USA. They sell adhesive backed cheek rests that you can attach on top of the riser.

[@mohsenraghian210]

Nice. I opted for DT HTI Rifle, 416Bar 5rd Tungsten/BLK 29" It was just delivered to the FFL dealership yesterday. I will be going up there to get the paperwork started. I am taking a Steiner T6Xi 5-30/56 scope with me to have it mounted. Next one on the list to get is one of their new Wolverine models replacing their MDRX line.

[@sethhughes2163]

Nice job Ray ! I enjoyed the .338 part the most ( I have not " drunk the Kool- Aid " on 6.5 CM as of yet... lol ). Here's to you and hope your Christmas is a good one for you this year my friend. Respectfully, Seth

[@XRING]

Thank you Seth! I hope you have been doing well yourself. I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas as well sir.

[@cz503]

Thanks Ray . I like interchangeable calibers and hate poor accuracy on this rifle . Manual reload is a must here i thing . Stay safe brother .

[@westvirginiaminer3046]

Glad your back, been a week or two

[@lundysden6781]

Nice! I remember seeing it on tv when Canadian troops were using them in cold weather training or something. This was like a decade ago, they should have had time to fix all the little issues by now.

[@XRING]

It’s still an awesome setup. I am sure it’s a simple fix.

[@craigrj232323]

Same rifle i got. First group i shot was .51 inch at 100. Second group was .31 inch at 100. Thats as far as ive shot it so far 😊

[@SCQT]

Ive always been intrigued by this platform, it just kinda makes sense. And on the forend, i have been looking for years for basically that exact forend for an AR aswell. Im running a Sgt of Arms Arca rail on my spr now(actually quite like it, recommend), but i would prefer the Area 419ish indents if i had my druthers

[@better_than_nothing]

In my .338 Lapua Magnum (Savage 110 Precision) I've had really good luck with the Norma Golden Target 250 grain. Seems to be very consistent.

[@JK.919]

I have an SRS A2 with a 22" factory 6.5CM barrel. For some reason it didn't seem to like the ELDs which everyone else recommended on the forums. 140 SMKs are single hole at 100yds, even the cheapest AAC 6.5CM (luckily for me, because I don't reload (yet)). Definitely want the 300wm or 338 lapua conversion in the future.

[@entropicdoom8018]

Thank you for the review

[@C_oprator89]

Awesome footage

[@CashmereJungleLord]

Great video. Believe I'd take the MRAD over that one. With the MK22 I prefer the 300NM over the other three calibers. That's poor ejection would drive me nuts. 😂

[@mikeravis1810]

Love these long ones 👍🏻

[@thefinancier12]

Mine is extremely accurate, couldn't ask for more. In contrast, the MRAD blows.

[@user-xc9cq7ce7i]

Hello man excellent video like always. Question could you please make a video about the correct way to install a rifle scope and get cero not just at 100 yards also longer than that like 700 yards. I easily can impact a target at 300 or 400 yards with any of my rifles but after that nothing in more less four months shooting in the long range just one time I hit a target at 800 yards and it was with my Ruger precision 6.5 PRC and a vortex strike eagle 5-36x56 with my DD delta 5 pro and a night force scope the NX8 never hit a target at that distance at least not yet, thank you so much for all your videos and the way sharing your knowledge with us

[@jasonrad9332]

Nice catch!

[@souvanthongkhanhnara1830]

Great Video Ray, How does the Desert Tech SRS, Barrett MRAD, Cadex Kraken, & AI AXMC compare on speed to changing calibers (.308 to .338 LM & back to .308), repeatability, and accuracy?

[@Vince-ml9gw]

Thanks Ray!

[@better_than_nothing]

Good looking gun, not cheap, but also not prohibitively expensive at $6K.

[@pewpewlife]

Always good videos.

[@stoneass]

Cross Machine Tool makes AR handguards with ARCA.

[@Merk21]

Need more of that Thunderbeast 338 🤤

[@XRING]

Will do, been testing it, the Surefire .338 Ti, Rugged Alaskan and waiting on the Dilligent .338 and want to get a CGS Tecate. 👍🏼

[@Merk21]

@@XRING Awesome! Can't wait. Really enjoy your reviews :)

[@XRING]

Thank you Mark 👍🏼

[@johnknouse8846]

I have never had a 6.5 creedmoor that’s shot the 147 grain ELD-Match as well as it has the 140 (ELDM and BTHP) and 143 grain (ELDX).

[@Seanconnery1st]

Quirky seems appropriate, but I don’t know of any other bolt-action bull pups with q/barrel changes. Dare I say, you might reload for 338?? Would love to see it! Thanks, Isaac

[@waynemensen4252]

I like the rifle. Maybe one day. I would love to see you try the Samsung Galaxy pro 2 earbuds. They noise cancel and blue tooth. You can talk on the phone while shooting, and both parties barely hear it. I think they would be incredible for law enforcement and security. What do you think?

[@2arefugee978]

Ray your gun room/safe must be bigger than ricks house at this stage 😂

[@maj.kamper9314]

Quick question on how you feel about knights armament stuff? Sr-15’s and 25’s

[@derrictaylor1181]

That can is doing its job. I made that 338 sound amazing

[@user-yc6xs1rs9d]

Ray, Thanks for this great video and review. Wonder if you ever resolve the issue on the brass got caught inside the chamber on 338 LM. I have similar set up and have an issue on 338 LM brass fail to reject from chamber. I did send it back to DT, and the reply said it is normal. I have not tried afterward, and wonder how is yours. Thanks,

[@XRING]

Thank you for the comment and thanks for watching the channel. I actually recorded that two days ago on Sunday, so I haven’t even sent the barrel or the bolt into Desert Tech yet. I will let you know how it goes. 👍🏼

[@KennyBlankenship-zm4rv]

The bolt is easy to tear down and re-assemble. I bet the is a bur or something. @@XRING

[@adamsmyth584]

They had an earlier version of this manufacturer in Bisley for competitions as 3 rifles in .308 set up for the 200 yard McQueen issued rifle competition. Zeroed out of the box the day before. By the end of the first day all 3 were broken from firing .308 147 Ball FMJ. Between firing pins broken, extractor broken and bolt lug sheered off. Most likely defective metals. Never felt like they were any good.

[@KennyBlankenship-zm4rv]

Please post a link where I can verify any of what you just said...

[@piston_pounder4795]

Are you sure you’re not thinking of the DSR-1 rifle? Completely different manufacturer

[@KingLoopie1]

I like desert tech's design but for 6k unscoped I think I'd wait for the next revision/gen...

[@piston_pounder4795]

This is technically the “4th gen” off the desert tech SRS and the most refined it’s ever been.

[@NicholasYoungDT]

Very good video! On average it takes 10-12 rounds for the 338 barrels to season and start grouping. The smaller calibers are usually around 6 rounds to start grouping. Excited to see more.

[@bryanduchane2371]

Ray, are you getting back into the Magnum Calibers again??

[@akaTheDevil]

Is it ok to use their torque wrench to loosen the bolts? Typically it's not recommended as you can mess up the tolerance/acurracy.

[@OFFICIALUND]

It’s designed for it. So is Larue’s for the Siete (different type of torque wrench, but still a torque wrench)

[@Vince-ml9gw]

Ray, question. I’ve tried to find your platform on Patreon but no luck. What name do you use for your Patreon page? Thanks.

[@user-pk8cv7rc2k]

Good evening. Could you tell me at what speeds and with what bullet you shoot 300NM. What is the recipe for the cartridge?

[@talkingrock7011]

One of my favorite calibers Ray , I sure am glad i reload for both , is your store still open ?

[@XRING]

Mine too, but I am really digging the .300 Norma now.

[@MrSaltyCookie]

Wish they make a left-hand version for M2...

[@thevoyageur2152]

It looks like you’re not running the bolt back hard and fast enough like a regular bolt gun. Because it’s a bull pup it looks like you’re short shucking it. Happy Huntin. Great Vlog.

[@smrettpecca]

Yes! :)

[@Liam-ql7tr]

Did you try desert tech ammo?

[@OFFICIALUND]

29:50 - doesn’t look like an extraction issue at all. Looks like an issue with the ejector.

[@XRING]

I know. It does have double ejectors and they appear to be in perfect working order with plenty of pressure. It’s almost like the extractor isn’t releasing from the case rim.

[@Ron-ni8uu]

Ray i met your parallel is the sagittarius timeline you were very nice. We are now in the orion spur timeline . A singularity was created collapsed our timeline we all died. And we are here now and all mandella effected. Do you remember the statue of liberty was on ellis island . Or the tiennaman square tank man he was ran over in our old timeline . This timeline he was not run over with his groceries . Half of the people here are mandella effected from our old timeline . I wish i could talk to you love you man

[@kajhelin6822]

While commercials and military propaganda claims the .338 LM to be precise. Most shooters seem to have problems making the .338 LM shoot. I remember reading about accuracy challenges on Finnish forums 10 years ago. Many reviewers have similar precision challenges as you. The ASR program found the Norma magnums to be more precise. The .338 LM just doesn´t seem to be an inherently precise caliber. Most people would be better off buying one of the .300 magnums. I still think most armies are best suited sticking with the .338 LM they already have, due to it being an off the shelf, issued cartridge and spending funds something else. For instance on night vision.

[@XRING]

Great comment and I agree with you completely. I have never had much luck getting the 338’s with factory ammo to be pinpoint accurate. I shoot a lot of 300 Norma magnum and definitely prefer that over the 338 Lapua magnum . 👍🏼

[@shelbyneely1572]

Hti 50 bmg next please

[@ledeni012]

Hi mate, please tell me what is going on with Kenny (Eagle eye shooting)?

[@XRING]

No idea

[@Levon0083]

Spicy

[@claytonlillywhite9072]

Name something that’s a “that’s what she said joke” that can also be used to describe an ejection pattern for a bullpup rifle: “It just kind of trickles out, it doesn’t really come out very hard”

[@RMM--uv7uk]

👍

[@timmcfarland3311]

Great rifle platform. Barrels are way too short. Bullpup design for me is to take advantage of the long barrels. I’d have the 338. 35” long both cheytacs 40” and 416&50 @ 45”

[@dilfbag]

🤘😎🤘

[@jonhewitt3]

Have you heard about the news that came out of Ukraine in the last few weeks, confirmed hit at 3800 meters, a 10 second flight. The rifle is called 'heavens above' 😊

[@fraserlordly2432]

Calling it man steel makes me think you're in middle Earth when the Uruk Kai talk about man flesh. Haha.

[@XRING]

LOL! That’s funny.

[@akaTheDevil]

Woot Woot!

[@cacinaz8802]

I don't hand load and DT sells their own ammo so I am interested in hearing from anyone that has tried some of it. I will want the 6.5CM.

[@XRING]

I have shot the DT ammo but it was in 408 Cheytac caliber. It performed very well for us.

[@willxu08]

Good content! I just realized that I haven't sit down and watch a whole gun review video from beginning to end for years. I actually considered this rifle back to A1 version time when I was buying my first bolt action rifle. But later on, went more toward custom build precision rifles. Not sure if I can still get use to this type of military style rifle.

[@bigracer3867]

Pretty nice. Not my cup of tea but nice anyways 🎉

[@kristijanmedved6066]

Dt srs vs sako trg 22? Pros cons accuracy?

[@XRING]

Sako hands down for accuracy. Unfortunately, no quick barrel changes.

[@KennyBlankenship-zm4rv]

My SRS shoots 1/2 min. with Gold Medal Match ammo most of the time. 308 barrels last way longer than any caliber for the rifle, but when it goes I will need about one minute to change it.

[@bryanduchane2371]

Targets can misleading. They are much smaller than how they appear in this video. What looks like a large spread Ray, it's actually a tight set of groups..

[@JH-si9gq]

I’m keeping my AXMC…

[@BTdeltafan101]

For a 6k rifle, it needs better ejection. Nice video though and appreciate the awesome content!

[@MrBassfisherman98]

Clinton house? I didn't know you were local

[@XRING]

Yes sir! Kind of local. I live in Western NC

[@Paintballguru92]

I’ll never say IPSiC again.

[@Baldcurious]

It kind of looked like lot more recoil then your AI ,guess you can't have it all 😊

[@Loojmemhav]

No way I’m gonna spend $6k on a rifle that cant shoot better than an $1800. I’ll challenge that rifle for the Zero Comp scope any day.

[@constantineandreu9377]

Yes! Can you send me one🙏 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@308guy8]

Do u ever shoot anything the common man could afford I know I can't afford 6k for a gun

[@KennyBlankenship-zm4rv]

It's worse than you think! 3000 for a scope, 450 for the mount, 450 more for a bipod then add tax and you are past 11000... The good part is you can add another caliber for less than 2000, which gets you barrel bolt and magazine.

[@parasinthephilippines]

Very odd. I've done extensive research on this. I've seen full barrel conversion and bolt change on YT. No harm in being cautious buddy.

[@XRING]

Oddly enough, they demonitized this video. They have become increasingly sensitive to anything at all firearms related.

[@OFFICIALUND]

Don’t follow Frank Galli’s instructions on his video: he does it wrong. The proper procedure is to insert the barrel, then “chamber” the bolt into the barrel for proper headspace, then tighten the 4 bolts, then lock the lock.

[@PkwyDrive13]

Looks like an odd, expensive and somewhat cool rifle. I'd never buy one, even if it was 1/3 the cost. But interesting

[@BS25999]

Great video as always - but truly terrible opening music. I bet your viewing graph shows a huge drop off in the first minute because of it.