I figured it has been a while since I posted a review of a truly ridiculous gun review, so I got off my arse and put one together for you guys. Enjoy! 
For those of you who are wondering what this gun is, I'll give you the coles notes version.
The Desert Tech HTI (Hard Target Interdiction) is a bolt action, magazine fed long range .50BMG sniper rifle. It is a bulpup design, and thanks to some very good engineering, it is almost a foot shorter and 11lbs lighter than the Barrett M107. Due to the clever barrel locking system, you can change barrel or caliber in under a minute, and have your zero be within 1MOA of where you had left it.
As I have it set up with a NF scope, it weighs 23lbs. A standard .50BMG typically weighs in close to 30lbs unscoped.
Desert tech is one of my favorite manufacturers of firearms at the moment, because despite the high price of their product, they innovate at a tremendous pace and have products that are extremely well made.
I managed to get the gun out to the range for the first time today, and it was a great time. The gun does kick noticably harder than any of my other .50's due to the light weight, but most shooters will still find it to be just find to put a few magazines through without issue. Just don't mount your scope too close... trust me, after you pull the trigger, the multiple inches of eye relief gets significantly reduced lol.
Accuracy seems quite good at early reports, hitting under 1MOA with some of my sighting groups using PMC Bronze ammo, likely helped by the excellent trigger and free floating barrel.
All in all, this is an outstanding rifle. Very portable, very accurate. The downsides are high cost and high recoil. If you can deal with that, than you may want to get behind this rifle and shoot it!
Top to bottom:
Steyr HS-50
Serbu BFG-50A
Desert Tech HTI
Desert Tech SRS
Video will be added shortly.
For those of you who are wondering what this gun is, I'll give you the coles notes version.
The Desert Tech HTI (Hard Target Interdiction) is a bolt action, magazine fed long range .50BMG sniper rifle. It is a bulpup design, and thanks to some very good engineering, it is almost a foot shorter and 11lbs lighter than the Barrett M107. Due to the clever barrel locking system, you can change barrel or caliber in under a minute, and have your zero be within 1MOA of where you had left it.
As I have it set up with a NF scope, it weighs 23lbs. A standard .50BMG typically weighs in close to 30lbs unscoped.
Desert tech is one of my favorite manufacturers of firearms at the moment, because despite the high price of their product, they innovate at a tremendous pace and have products that are extremely well made.
I managed to get the gun out to the range for the first time today, and it was a great time. The gun does kick noticably harder than any of my other .50's due to the light weight, but most shooters will still find it to be just find to put a few magazines through without issue. Just don't mount your scope too close... trust me, after you pull the trigger, the multiple inches of eye relief gets significantly reduced lol.
Accuracy seems quite good at early reports, hitting under 1MOA with some of my sighting groups using PMC Bronze ammo, likely helped by the excellent trigger and free floating barrel.
All in all, this is an outstanding rifle. Very portable, very accurate. The downsides are high cost and high recoil. If you can deal with that, than you may want to get behind this rifle and shoot it!
Top to bottom:
Steyr HS-50
Serbu BFG-50A
Desert Tech HTI
Desert Tech SRS
Video will be added shortly.
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