I went to my local gun store today just to buy ammo, when i sore a pair of desert eagles one in 44 the other in 50 i`ve always admiered these auto`s even thought of one day buing one to shoot HOT loads in,i asked to have a look.These things are HUGE not just big they have been made for people with realy big hands!!!You can`t shoot these with one hand you can`t even get your hand round them and as for hevey,take one hunting drop it in the mud it would sink!!SO there you go iwill have to look around for somthing else to shoot hot loads in.everyone will say buy a ruger !i don`t like the look of them i have a 629 pp,i might go for a dan wesson 445 super mag they look great though i have never shot one and every one says there tough i don`t know about the trigger? They seem to have stoped making them for the moment??will parts be a problem to get hold off??