Impractical pistols

[Trriemferent]

So sometime this year I plan on purchasing what I would call an impractical pistol. This pistol would not be used for SD/HD nor would it be used as a EDC. This would only be used once in a while just to have fun. Im not interested in AR/AK style pistols. And although I dont reload, im still looking for an exotic caliber that is easily found. Right now im considering either a desert eagle in either 44mag or 50 ae or maybe a chiappa rhino. Any suggestions?

Edit: right now budget is around 1500 (maybe).

[jimdelmar]

Gotta love the DE .50. Also consider S&W .500


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[Trenchfoot]

I've been looking at the .44 DE at my lgs for weeks now. I'd love to own one, but I have other, more practical pistols to buy first.

[Kelvrick]

Most of my friends were more impressed with the desert eagle than the ar15 or ak pistol. It just had a different effect on them.

Now, a 308 pistol or larger, I think that would have trumped the desert eagle.

I never had an s&w 500 to compare how much awesomeness I can see reflect off of my friends' faces.

[smith and wesson]

I was also considering a chiapa rhino, they look pretty damn cool. I was a little off put by some of the reviews claiming they will break.

A huge 6' 44 mag would be pretty awesome.

[neouser]

Impractical? Any revolver.

[davidb]

DE's just dont do it for me

if i was going for a magnum in semi id get the .357 coonan

[bubbapug1]

I'd buy a DE. Sure it's a brick but with its long sight plane and excellent rifling it's also very accurate. Recoil is also not an issue with its heft and recoil absorbing springs.

If you find one in 357 buy it immediately because it's like shooting a 22lr.

And regardless of DE distractors, demand is still strong for DE's. They are an iconic gun.

[NickZag]

Any AR pistol

[geoint]

Impractical? Any revolver.

LOL truth shines


To the OP: if you just want a silly pistol, just ask the genius at the gun store what is the 'most badass, tactical, operator' pistol he sells.

[geoint]

I'd buy a DE. Sure it's a brick but with its long sight plane and excellent rifling it's also very accurate. Recoil is also not an issue with its heft and recoil absorbing springs.

If you find one in 357 buy it immediately because it's like shooting a 22lr.

And regardless of DE distractors, demand is still strong for DE's. They are an iconic gun.

theres also lots of demand for pictures of the Kardashians. just because theres lots of dumb people with money doesnt mean the item in question is great.


DE's are notorious for having lots of issues.

[penguinofsleep]

Not a fan of the DE... even if I got one for free, I'd sell/trade it for something else.

For me:
1911 in 30 carbine
500S&W revolver (impractical for me anyways)
FAL or some other 308 pistol
AK pistol

[The Gleam]

Impractical? Any revolver.

It only takes several seconds of watching Jerry Miculek in action to prove this comment dead wrong.

Actually, while I'm no Jerry Miculek, I'm not too shabby either and a few minutes with me at the range would convince you otherwise as well.

[hbogart]

A Freedom Arms revolver - then add a scope later. They have plenty of options for large calibers.

[The Gleam]

theres also lots of demand for pictures of the Kardashians. just because theres lots of dumb people with money doesnt mean the item in question is great.


DE's are notorious for having lots of issues.

Huh? Not including the AR/AK/FAL pistol set, of the following "impractical" large caliber pistols that I OWN, the DE have been the LEAST troublesome, in both .44MAG and .50AE, my DE pistols have been incredibly reliable in larger claibers that I am mystified at how well they work; NEVER a FTF or FTE - ever. However I can't say the same for many other big-caliber semi-autos:

Wildeys in .45WinMag and .475 Wildey - Constantly have to play with the gas-adjust nearly every time you go to the range; extremely sensitive and not all that accurate.

LAR Grizzlies in .45WinMag and .50A&E - Good, but they have their moments.

Coonans in .357Mag - Not as good as the LAR Grizzlies, and a bit more fickle, but not as bad as the Wildeys.

44 Auto Mag/.44AMP - what a turd that was - the ONLY large-caliber semi-auto I ever bought that I no longer own, and reviled it so much I repeatedly warned the buyer what a piece of crap it was.

Thunder 5 in .45-70 (Yes, a revolver, that gave more problems than a DE and locked up more than once before I massaged a few parts to be a bit slicker)

And then...

Super Six Limited Bison in .45-70: I have NOTHING bad to say about this gun, at all. Absolutely flawless.

Smith & Wesson .500 S&W - like the above, yet the only thin I don't like is that one could not be found without the S&W internal lock. But has never failed to perform.

Any Freedom Arms large-caliber revolver; NOTHING can be said bad. Really.

Rugers in .480 Ruger or .454 Casull - they work. Not as great as the above, but they get the job done and don't fell like they are about to come apart in your hand with each shot.

There have been others, but the above give a nice spectrum of idiotic impracticality that for all of that revulsion assigned, the smile on my face and on the face of others that they bring makes up for the snobbery of "operators".

And those DEs? Absolutely the best, most reliable large-caliber (non-rifle) semi-auto pistols ever made.