Desert Eagle

[maddoggie13]

Got it...the 357 is much harder to find than the 44.

[JTROKS]

If you have the money to spend and room in the safe go get one and find out how much fun it is to shoot one. It is a blast to shoot.

[Rekrab]

They're oodles of fun to shoot. Finding ammo for them is a royal PITA though. The only rounds I get to consistently cycle through mine are, oddly enough, the range reloads at OC Indoor Range. Then again, since the range reloads work so well I haven't really had a need to go looking for factory ammo.

Keep in mind, the .357 conversion will need more than just the barrel and magazine. It will be pretty costly to do. These guns aren't for thrift in any way shape or form.

[ponderosa]

Love mine (Mk1 44mag Stainless). Not that many function issues at all, just run 240gr 44 mag rounds.



Fun to shoot - that is what we're after

[JTROKS]

Mine will function with any of my reloads that are .5 grains under of published max loads. Don't even bother with the published starting loads for they will not eject from the gun unless you buy another set of recoil springs and decrease their tension. But why even spend the money on a Desert Eagle if you're not willing to spend the money on firing full powered 44 mag rounds? The recoil is softer than a revolver chambered in 44 mag to extend the fun factor.

[RTE]

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[zoglog]

Hollywood has taught me that it is best to have 2 at the same time and dual wield them. Then you can blow up tanks and stuff

[RTE]

With a .50 DE if you connect a little......it's still enough.
Much like Gallagher with a watermellon.

[Mason McDuffie]

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Well amigo, I think we have the leader of the Eagle fan club! Freaking beautiful! Bravo man.

[JTROKS]

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Dayuuuuummmm! If those were titanium nitride coated I'd be bowing down. But still an awesome collection and best one so far.

[RTE]

Thanks
Was $1500 too much to pay?
I tried to get it for $1400

A friend turned me on to it.......The PO bounced a few checks and had to make good on them before 9:00 the next morning.


It's an XIX 50AE with 5 mags.
Has a 44 barrel with 4 mags.
Has a 357 barrel and pin with 5 mags.
Has 500+rds of nice quality .50AE reloads and a cleaning kit.

[ponderosa]

Thanks
Was $1500 too much to pay?
I tried to get it for $1400

A friend turned me on to it.......The PO bounced a few checks and had to make good on them before 9:00 the next morning.


It's an XIX 50AE with 5 mags.
Has a 44 barrel with 4 mags.
Has a 357 barrel and pin with 5 mags.
Has 500+rds of nice quality .50AE reloads and a cleaning kit.

What, no 10" barrels? Jeeesh.

J/K. I wish I had a 10" barrel just for fun, should have bought one long ago when I could have afforded one.

[RTE]

What, no 10" barrels? Jeeesh.

Hmmm
Maybe he was holding out on me.

I broke the set down into 2 hard cases for storage.
Wouldn't a 10" barrel be more useful >>> thus taking away from the "only a novelty piece" mind set?

[FTC]

I shot one at the range last week. ive always wanted to! the guy next to me asked me and I said hells yeah! I asked him for only one round. the gun was HUGE! and so was the mag and 50 cal ammo! I loaded it up and pulled the trigger, it was super LOUD and it cleared my sinuses after that round. Fun to shoot but I dont think i would ever buy one.

i think that was me, did you try the 10mm glock too?

they are fun to shoot. mine has never let me down, 44mag is smooth and the 50ae is impressive with the big blast. learn to reload and you can afford to shoot it often.

[Beemerguy]

I wouldn't say it's impractical. If you need to shoot through a few walls it's a great tool.

I have a .44/.50 AE combination. It's alot of fun to shoot. I recommend Ammo Brothers .44 magnum hollow point reloads. They are definately a hot load and put out a huge flame.

If you get the .357 conversion you'l need to change springs, bolt, barrel and magazine. Takes quite a bit more gunsmithing work than going from .44 to .50AE. I don't have a .357 conversion but I hear it's the most accurate of the three versions.

When I first got mine I had terrible problems with stove piping and other FTFs. It turned out to be 100% the magazine's fault. They have a catch on the side of the feed ramp that pushes against the inside of the mag. There's a spring in the catch that if it's too tight it won't feed properly. I modified all of my magazines catch springs and they all work perfectly now.