Desert Eagle...... Mmmmmmmmm Gooooodddddddd....

[Fooped]

Average cost of a two-tone .44 Magnum Desert Eagle in 98% condition:

1200.00.


One set of Dillon reloading dies, shellplate adapter and various reloading goodies for .44 Magnum:

144.00


4 boxes of .44 Magnum ammo to blast away at the range to christen the new iron:

72.00


Trading in that utter piece-of-crap Para Warthog against this fine sidearm and only owing 325.00:


PRICELESS.


Let the games begin....

 

[Cross-X]

Congrats! You have yourself a great piece!

 

[SKS Ray]

Great gun but just wondering.... why not go for the 50AE?

 

[Cuz]

Now there's a nice Pin gun!
They wouldn't stand a chance...

 

[Twigg]

Great gun but just wondering.... why not go for the 50AE?

What he said ! +1 ! Inquiring minds want to know....

Gotta admit, that is one fine looking pistol.

 

[flotter390]

Great gun but just wondering.... why not go for the 50AE?

Maybe the dealer did not have one. Or the cost of the gun or the cost of 50ae ammo.
(I now of one out of state dealer that shipps 50ae for about $1.10 a rd /100rds)

Any who great find in STATE and a great TRADE. Who is the dealer?

Fred

 

[jhrosier]

What? No tactical rail?

 

[LoginName]

My wish list gets longer every day.

 

[dreppucci007]

Very nice pickup, Fooped.

 

[Fooped]

In answer to your question:

50AE just doesn't cut it for me. Tepid in comparision to the 500 S&W (my next big bore hand gun purchase), expensive to shoot and somewhat hard to find (particularly at decent pricing). I still have to buy 300-500 rounds of factory ammo to acquire the brass to begin reloading the ammo for this gun, so .44 Mag seemed the obvious choice.

 

[Twigg]

44Mag ain't exactly no mouse gun either. I'll say it again, that is one fine piece.

 

[flotter390]

In answer to your question:

50AE just doesn't cut it for me. Tepid in comparision to the 500 S&W (my next big bore hand gun purchase), expensive to shoot and somewhat hard to find (particularly at decent pricing). I still have to buy 300-500 rounds of factory ammo to acquire the brass to begin reloading the ammo for this gun, so .44 Mag seemed the obvious choice.

You want something that is NOT TEPID!!!!!

TRY ONE OF THESE SOMETIME LAR GRIZZLY 45 WIN MAG!!

When I shoot one of these at the range it blows everybodys mind.
VERY FEW WANT TO GIVE IT A SHOOT.
FRED

 

[tele_mark]

You want something that is NOT TEPID!!!!!

TRY ONE OF THESE SOMETIME LAR GRIZZLY 44 WIN MAG!!

When I shoot one of these at the range it blows everybodys mind.
VERY FEW WANT TO GIVE IT A SHOOT.
FRED

Twigg just popped a vessel again.

 

[Patriot]

.44 Mag with hot loads is more than adequate to get you to that
"holy s**t" level fast. Nice pickup.

TBP

 

[SKS Ray]

In answer to your question:

50AE just doesn't cut it for me. Tepid in comparision to the 500 S&W (my next big bore hand gun purchase), expensive to shoot and somewhat hard to find (particularly at decent pricing). I still have to buy 300-500 rounds of factory ammo to acquire the brass to begin reloading the ammo for this gun, so .44 Mag seemed the obvious choice.

True. I know a guy that I play Call of Duty UO with and his in game name is 50AE. He said the only way to own one is to reload for it and load hot.

 

[Twigg]

Twigg just popped a vessel again.

'Scuse me whilst I wipe the drool off the keyboard...

I don't wanna hijack this fine thread but see this post.

 

[Moderator]

Nice pick up.

 

[drgrant]

Great gun but just wondering.... why not go for the 50AE?

Availiability of brass and commercial ammo? Cost?

.44 mag would be a lot more versatile too, especially if you already have
a revolver that chambers it.

-Mike

 

[adweisbe]

Great gun, I had the opportunity to try one recently. 10x better then .44 out of a revolver and the ergos are actually very fit for a human being. The safety sucks though, no easy way to operate as far as I could tell.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Availiability of brass and commercial ammo? Cost?

.44 mag would be a lot more versatile too, especially if you already have
a revolver that chambers it.

-Mike

Or if you're looking for an excuse to buy one.

 

[Big Daddy 45acp]

Sweet piece!
I owned one years ago. Paid $650. Young dumb and stupid, I sold it.
When you do start reloading for it, invest in a chronograph. I have been told that the gas system can eat up some of those precious FPS that mean so much to magnum cartridges.

 

[Fooped]

Yup,

I'm gonna load on the hot side when my dies and bullets show up this week. I shot it today for the first time. Ka-pow. The thing's like a three ring circus chambered in .44 magnum. Hammer back, trigger pull, thunderous boom, MASSIVE muzzle flash, whole gun jumps around like crazy, slide goes back, brass goes sailing over my right shoulder about 700 miles an hour, satisfying "ka-chunk" noise as the next round is chambered, bewildered looks from other gunnies at the range. Rinse, lather, repeat.

 

[Twigg]

Yup,

I'm gonna load on the hot side when my dies and bullets show up this week. I shot it today for the first time. Ka-pow.
The thing's like a three ring circus chambered in .44 magnum.
Hammer back, trigger pull, thunderous boom, MASSIVE muzzle flash, whole gun jumps around like crazy, slide goes back, brass goes sailing over my right shoulder about 700 miles an hour, satisfying "ka-chunk" noise as the next round is chambered, bewildered looks from other gunnies at the range. Rinse, lather, repeat.

Well, that about says it all.

I am so green with envy right now !

 

[Fooped]

Ok,

It just occurred to me that I'm slowly making my way through the featured guns in The Matrix trilogy. Spas-12, Desert Eagle.... What's next? Hmmmmmmmm........

 

[Fooped]

Anyone have some .44 Magnum brass they can spare? (sell)

 

[meth0d]

Nice! I'm jealous.

 

[hminsky]

I'd like one of those in .357 to go with the Marlin 1894

 

[Weerd Beard]

Ya know I've seen this thread a while back, I JUST got the irony of trading a warthog in for a Desert Eagle. Itty-bitty 1911, for a MONSTER gas-operated magnum pistol.

Just makes me smile. How's the shooting going?

-Weer'd Beard