Hows do 44mag and 50AE compare?

[Flux Capacitor]

Thinking about aquiring a 44mag DE and swapping out the barrel and mag for a 50 AE round. Is the 50 AE just as powerful as a 44mag (I know the dia is larger). Can it be used for large game?


Got side by side pics by any chance?

[xjrguy]

Google and wikipedia are your friends. Use them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50AE

[slick_711]

Can it be used for large game?

Apparently you have a different definition of "large game" than the rest of the hunting community. You couldn't pay me to hunt "large game" with a with a S&W 500, let alone the .50AE. Light game, sure.

[Quiet]

The older .44 Mag Mark VII Desert Eagle is not compatible with the .50 AE.

Make sure you get the current production Mark XIX Desert Eagles if you want to convert to the .50 AE.

[Flux Capacitor]

Google and wikipedia are your friends. Use them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50AE

Thanks for the link and sarcasm. I did google it and got a different wikipedia site. Yours is better however.

[Flux Capacitor]

Apparently you have a different definition of "large game" than the rest of the hunting community. You couldn't pay me to hunt "large game" with a with a S&W 500, let alone the .50AE. Light game, sure.

Would 200-300 LB Boars be considered large game?

[sammy]

The only time I saw one of the Desert Eagle in 50AE was about 3 years ago. He was a British guy, I am sure it was his first gun. He fired a total of maybe 10 rounds. It jammed every round and he did not hit the target once. Limp wristing, I dont know but I am sure he never fired it again.

[slick_711]

Would 200-300 LB Boars be considered large game?

Not in my mind no. You could take a boar with either of the 50 cal pistols I'd imagine, just make sure you're a good shot.

When I hear "large game" I think of African Cape Buffalo.

[Guns R Tools]

If you got questions about Desert Eagle you should visit this site.

http://p088.ezboard.com/The-Desert-Eagle/bthedeserteagle

Many people on that site hunt with Desert Eagle and maybe they can answer your question about 50AE's effectiveness as hunting round.

[jdberger]

Google and wikipedia are your friends. Use them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50AE

Says the guy with 13 posts.

Yay.

Way to be friendly and promote discussion. You may not have noticed, but CalGuns is a discussion forum. Questions, like that of the OP promote discussion.

Please try to be more polite in the future. You don't get to be a dick until your post count hits 1,000.

[Adrian]

The older .44 Mag Mark VII Desert Eagle is not compatible with the .50 AE.

Make sure you get the current production Mark XIX Desert Eagles if you want to convert to the .50 AE.

And this is perfectly Legal?! hmmmm

[xjrguy]

Says the guy with 13 posts.

Yay.

Way to be friendly and promote discussion. You may not have noticed, but CalGuns is a discussion forum. Questions, like that of the OP promote discussion.

Please try to be more polite in the future. You don't get to be a dick until your post count hits 1,000.

Who died and made you admin?

At least my post added some facts to the discussion, which you can't say about your little retort.

If this is how you reached the magic 1000 post "be a dick" level then congratulations for your "value add"

Thanks for the tip, please try to stay on topic next time!

[colossians323]

If you got questions about Desert Eagle you should visit this site.

http://p088.ezboard.com/The-Desert-Eagle/bthedeserteagle

Many people on that site hunt with Desert Eagle and maybe they can answer your question about 50AE's effectiveness as hunting round.

This site, although not very active will give you all the info you need.
I used to go out shooting with a pretty large contingency from this site, and had a chance to shoot .50's in both hands at the same time.
Wow, talk about supreme power.
As far as the jamming/stovepiping, most of that is caused by ammo, limpwristing only causes you to get brass face if you are using the proper ammo.

[hitnrun]

If you got questions about Desert Eagle you should visit this site.

http://p088.ezboard.com/The-Desert-Eagle/bthedeserteagle

Many people on that site hunt with Desert Eagle and maybe they can answer your question about 50AE's effectiveness as hunting round.

When I think of big game, I think of Kodiaks and Grizzlies in the forest.

Is hunting a Minivan sized mammal that moves like a sloth on thousands of square miles of flat lands with no cover really a 'game' animal? It seems more like a freebie to me. Maybe that's what I need to hunt instead!

[Guns R Tools]

And this is perfectly Legal?! hmmmm

Converting from 44 mag to 50 AE is legal. It's like putting 357Sig barel in a 40SW fun.

You can also convert 44 mag to 357 mag. or 357mag to 50AE etc. Parts requiements vary but it can be done.

That's the one of the selling point of Desert Eagle. One frame, many calibers.

Current caliber offering is 357Mag, 44Mag, 50AE. They used to offer 440Corbon, 41Mag. In 6 or 10 in barrels. They used to make 14 in barrel for certain calibers.