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Desert Eagle Opinions
JoyRide64
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Thinking about buying a Desert Eagle
What are your opinions towards it?
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What are your opinions towards it?
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"Not many like us, in fact very few, and most of them are dead" LtCol Pratt - USMC
They don't make them anymore so they are rare but, if you can find one, look for one of the 14" barrels so you can get some good hunting use out of it. I found one for $300 a few months ago.
http://www.forthehunt.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=27535141
My handloads launch a 325 grain Speer JHP at 1513 FPS avg. That equates 1652 FPE at the muzzle. This is very easily a 200 yard deer killer.
I understand from others that this gun in .357 mag will fire the hottest loads you can get with recoil equivalent to a full-size 9mm. I have also heard the .44 is quite a ice creamcat. The .50 is a bit more of a handfull.
The Desert Eagle is a very well-made, unique pistol that has a very specialized use. It is a hunting handgun and really is not suitable for much else. If you have lusted over the intimidating silhouette of the gun for years and are a big bore fanatic, you'll love it. But the Desert Eagle ain't for everyone.
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"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke
when it didnt jam, i found it to be inaccurate, too loud (even with ear protection) and too cumbersome.
it was pretty, and im sure the .357 or .44 would fare better for me, but i just coudlnt get the feel of the gun down. it magnifies the natural swing of your arms by like, 3000 becasue the damn thing weighs so much.
im sure for a more seasoned shooter, it would be worth it. and especially if your oging to go hunting with it, but what i got out of it was a handgun that was too loud, innaccurate, unreliable, unweildy, and uncontrollable. definetely shouldnt be one of your first five handguns.
just my opinion.
it should be noted that i do NOT like recoil. i think a .45 is borderline too much recoil (which is why i have a ported slide, and both a non and ported barrel, guide rod, recoil spring), so needless to say, the larger calibers can really give me greif. im sure, if you have considerable experiance handling a larger caliber, like the .44, .454 casull, .500 win, im sure the .50AE would be nothing. for the rest of us mere mortals, (or me at least...)
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why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
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As it says in the manual, it is picky regarding ammo.
I ended up reloading for it to get loads hot enough to consistently, run through it. And possibly shoot tighter.
It was long,heavy, and not very accurate. I tested it at 25 yrds versus a 4" bbl Ruger security six.
Results,,,,,,,,,,,I still have the Ruger in my console.
I know this will make some DE owners mad, but it is my experience with a pistol I owned for 2 years and put probably 500 rounds through in an effort to like this expensive toy I had bought.
Just my .02
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What do you get?
The sum of their fears
-Winston Churchhill
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Tear the tree out of the ground by the roots and burn it. Burn it to ash and grind out the embers with your boot until there's nothing left. Not a single spark. Not a single seed.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=29399550
I wouldn't mind having another but I'd want the chrome and gold trim ...
... a true pimp gun [:o)]
Member Since 8/29/1999
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
Monkey fact for the day:
Man who go to bed with itchy butt, wake up with stinky finger!!
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50 AE is a punked down SW 500.[}:)]
Blasphemy! I abhor such a comment and request demand that it be stricken from the record. How can one disgrace the beautiful lines of a tapered wall, rebated rim cartridge by comparing it with an obsolete rimmed design?!?!
Besides, I get 8 shots. Mr. 500 only gets 5, and he can't double-tap!
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