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Micro desert Eagle mis-feed

rodgererodgere Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
edited August 2009 in Ask the Experts
Hi, I am new at this gun thing but i bought a Micro Desert Eagle about a month ago. i shot it the same day and had a lot of misfeeds (meaning the slide stayed open and bullet jammed, not a stove pip). i would say every other shot or 50%. i was using blazer amunition.

i called magnum research and he said no need to fear. "its a new gun and u were using cheap ammo" he told me to shoot at least 100 rounds before making any decisions about the quality of the gun. what do you guys think? i did shoot some quaility hollow points (the same day) with no hick ups like the blazer ammo. should i be suspicous?
Thanks,
Rodger
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  • ElMuertoMonkeyElMuertoMonkey Member Posts: 12,898
    edited November -1
    I'm willing to bet it's either the ammunition (because Blazer sucks) or you were limp-wristing when you fired (haven't seen you shoot, so that's just a guess).
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,690 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Go with what DE tells you for now and give the gun its 100 round break in. If you have problems after that, address it at that time.

    I have a DE .357 Magnum that had failure to feed problems, and DE took the pistol back, replaced the recoil spring and extractor, and shipped the pistol back to me within two weeks at no charge. They were excellent to work with.

    Good luck,

    Don
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  • beantownshootahbeantownshootah Member Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You're talking about this thing, right?

    http://www.magnumresearch.com/Micro_Eagle.asp

    micro-eagle-551x509.jpg

    FWIW, apart from the name, this gun has NOTHING to do with the original Desert Eagle magnum pistol, and isn't an Israeli design. Its actually a licensed copy of the relatively new-design Czech "Kevin" pistol. Look familiar?

    Kevin%20703%20zprava.jpg

    Two comments:

    a. Careful where you put your support hand on this pistol. (EG, if you rest it in front of the trigger guard where many shooters do with larger pistols, you're liable to shoot yourself in the hand).

    b. I agree with the above. A gun like this one is liable to need some break in time, and the pocket .380 guns can be picky with ammo.

    I know .380 ammo is scarce right now, and fairly expensive, but I'd run a few more boxes of ammo through it before worrying about failures with low-end ammo. Obviously, if the gun runs fine with one type of ammo, but not another, its probably fair to blame the ammo, not the gun.
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  • quickmajikquickmajik Member Posts: 15,576 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well if it is shooting the hollow points without narry a malf you should be a happy man, your gun just dont like the blazer junk... I am going to say it was the blazer ammo that causes your problems.

    If you want some plinking ammo try winchester white box, Federal american eagle red box, or magtech bulk.
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  • rodgererodgere Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    yep, thats my gun. thanks for the advice. the problem is i cant find any .380 ammo in my town. we will wait and see. you also cannot get magazines for this gun...out of stock and they said it will be months before they get more. so much for carrying 2 mags
    thanks guys
    Rodger
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  • drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,620 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wow there's a gun I have never seen before! What do they run?
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