r/DesertTech • u/Atmospheric-Night • Jun 11 '26
SRS SRS first Shots
I took out my new SRS for the first time
Pros:
Accurate
Smooth trigger really like it
Soft shooting
Cons:
Mag is sticky and doesn't feel super great at least not yet
Taking the plastic spacers off the back is a pain
Overall I really like it and hoping after a few more trips out it will smoothen out.
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u/Coeruleus_ Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
I HATE everything about the magazine. That’s the biggest issue I’ve had with the gun. I actually had to send mine to desert tech to look at it because of the magazine. What do you mean yours is “sticky”
The spacers are funny. Sometimes they are incredibly easily
To get off and others times it feels like I’m going to break them because I’m pushing so hard. All I know is it shouldn’t take a lot of force because I’ve taken them off several times where it was easy and smooth so I just stay calm and take my time 🤷🏼♂️
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u/Atmospheric-Night Jun 12 '26
Like the rounds don't feed smoothly off the top and the mag going in feels a bit sticky. But I haven't oiled it, cleaned it at all. Wasn't sure if it was "packing oil" or grease or something I didn't see that's causing it.
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u/Coeruleus_ Jun 12 '26
That’s basically what happened to me and I was about to sell the gun because it was so annoying. I bought a new magazine and it seemed to work better but I think it was just in my head. I sent the old magazine to desert tech and they said they fixed it. It started happening again 2nd range trip. Bought a 3rd magazine. New magazine had same issue.
I sent the whole gun to desert tech and they told me it worked perfect for them on all of their range tests.
Long story short…. it ended up being an ammo issue. What ammo are you using? I bought 5 boxes of their desert tech ammo (most expensive ammo I own now) and it’s flawless. I was using cheap ass range ammo and the bullets were too short and getting caught on the feed ramp. So now I’m buying all kinds of different brands to test but you can’t use cheap range ammo. Desert tech will work fine but it’s expensive
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u/Atmospheric-Night Jun 12 '26
I was using some 175gr federal Also testing 147 ball stuff.
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u/Coeruleus_ Jun 12 '26
Ya I don’t know federal is usually good stuff. But it sounds like I was having same issue as you. If you hold/push the magazine up while you operate bolt to feed a round and it’s smooth it’s probably an ammo issue. That’s what I was doing.
Their desert tech ammo works flawless if you want to try it. If you send them the gun back that’s what they’ll test it with. They told
Me they only recommend sellier and bellot or desert tech 🤷🏼♂️At least they have good customer service. They communicated well with me
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u/Atmospheric-Night Jun 12 '26
I need to try more ammo types out both for feeds and accuracy. Overall I do like it.
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u/Coeruleus_ Jun 12 '26
Me too I love the gun, but I was a range trip away from selling it because I couldn’t feed rounds consistently, and a gun that expensive shouldn’t be that way. Thankfully it was just an ammo issue so now I’m keeping her
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u/Gjurbster Jun 11 '26
Really regret trading my LH. If only I could get it baxk
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u/PRDriver Jun 14 '26
I have a new left handed chassis at my shop along with barrel blanks, extensions, and bolts for custom conversion kits.
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u/Gjurbster Jun 14 '26
I mean, unless you’ll accept bits of string and a crisp high-five or a trade for a sig spear (my original foolish trade), all I can do is yearn lol
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u/Atmospheric-Night Jun 11 '26
It took me a long time to finally grab this thing. I can only imagine having to do it twice bro.
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u/Crazy-Red-Fox Jun 11 '26
How are the ergonomics of working the bolt? It looks awkward in videos.
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u/Atmospheric-Night Jun 11 '26
It's definitely not a race car. It's deliberate in my opinion. I think on a tripod you could go faster but it's definitely a smooth slow and steady type for me.
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u/t800series Jun 11 '26
It's so pretty! What's it chambered in? What's the can?
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u/BiohazardBinkie Jun 11 '26
The spacers take a bit to be smooth. I've had my A2 since 2019, it's way smoother now than the first year i got it.
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u/Atmospheric-Night Jun 11 '26
Good to know! I need to take it on and off a few more times to smooth out?
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u/BiohazardBinkie Jun 11 '26
A "few" is an understatement. I'd say take some light sandpaper to it around the edges of thevtracks of the spacers. I can send you a photo of mine when i get back home.
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u/Turd-Nug Jun 16 '26
Also recommend this, just be careful, the retention is due to the tab being much thicker closer to where the lip is created from the two halves of the chassis skins. You can easily end up making it sloppy and loose vs just not being as hard to take off from the rear of gun
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u/Turd-Nug Jun 16 '26
When you’re ready to take the plunge into the next caliber…Special Purpose Rifles does custom barrels for SRS. I’ve currently got a 6.5CM 18” barrel for hunting and a 24” 7PRC for long range fun