Desert Eagle So Bad?

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I hope this is a good place to ask ...

What's the shooting technique on the longer-barrelled Desert Eagles? With no barrel-cylinder gap to roast your arm hairs, you could theoretically put your weak hand out front to support the weight of your 10" or 14" barrel, right? I just haven't ever seen anyone pose that way (I usually see the 6" in photos, though). Some of the other big semiautos (I'm thinking of the ones designed to look like submachineguns) have a little furniture to put your left hand on - the Wilkinson 9mm had a small wooden forend, the Steyr SPP has a little projection to keep your hand from slipping in front of the barrel.... Maybe if the DE doesn't have this they intend both hands together in a regular pistol stance, but keeping a 14" barrel on target that way sounds like quite a feat!
 
Hook, the .50 isn't that bad. I was able to get two 10 ring shots within an inch of each other with my weak hand and a good, solid grasp.

My left, dominant hand, though, spasmed under recoil because I had the grip off center, so the D.E. was using my thumb as a lever to wrench my wrist.
 
Mine have been

very reliable, accurate, and FUN:)
Here's the .357 and the .44 pistols
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The .44 has had 2000 round's fired thru it, and only needed replacement spring's, the .357 has almost no recoil.
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Here are the big boy's, .50, and a 45 win mag grizzly. Yes I am fond of magnum pistol's. Here are the Wildeys' in .475 mag
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I love my .50 DE, its a little heavy, so am I. Its not about needing one, its about wanting one. If you don't want one, don't get one. Its a well made handgun that isn't for everyone. I sincerely doubt all of the people here at THR need more than one firearm in each category i.e. pistol, rifle, shotgun, to successfully provide food and protection for oneself and family, yet many here have 10, 20 or more, as do I. I don't need a 1964 Shelby Cobra (nor do I have one) but if I could afford it, I sure as hell would buy one.
 
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I passed on a Shelby Mustang back in 1966. I have not passed on the Desert Eagle. :evil:
 
You gotta love the Wildey pistols. Go Charles Bronson!

"They're like cockroaches, what's the point unless you kill them all?"
 
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I just want one because Angelina Jolie (Laura Croft) is sexy, haha

I do believe that those were H&K USP Match pistols.




-T.
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Yes that is correct my friend and I want my H&K to look like that SOOOOOO BAD. I think I whould call H&K and have them modify mine to look just like that. But if I do I guess I will have to get a bigger holster.

Anyways back to the DEagle (okay I am done I won't do it anymore guys so no more cringing.) I am still loking into getting one for myself and want to get a USED one, cause it would just be cheaper. Also another thread I was reading was talking about how the DE wasn't and still isn't a military applicated weapon system in Isreal. I was only made there and the creator was actually from the US. Go figure the DE is an America firearm.
 
USMCDK - Angelina's HK's (and Wesley Snipes' HK's from Blade II) just have a finned barrel weight, and an extra-length barrel. Getting the parts for them to look like that should be easy (Bar-Sto, I believe, makes HK barrels too.)

I know I want to get a couple weights, then maybe send the HK's off to have their slides chromed. Hmm... that will get expensive. Maybe I'll just stick with chrome airsofts for now.

And, Magnum Research is an American company, and they build their Desert Eagles in Minnisota.
 
All too true Doug I don't think Wessly Snipes used H&K's I would be wrong I will go watch the movies again just to dubba check.

SO how bout them DE's we are getting off track here
 
Blade II, he did use HK's, with the same barrel weight/extention, with the addition of a light and laser unit.

I don't have the link to the page with closeup's of his HK, though, after my hard drive crash.

Back to Desert Eagles, they are very fun. And they makes the big, fun, boom sounds.
 
Eightball - And no, I wouldn't think of one in .50AE--I'm not a "gamer fanboy," .44Mag would be plenty fine for my purposes, if I were to own one.
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Picked up a Black .44 DE at the gun show this past weekend. Had to trade a few guns for it but I'm happy with the trade.

I'll probably test at the range and then put it up for sale at the next show. :cool:
 
I rented a used DE44CA once at a local range. And I loved it! I have long experience shooting semiatomatics and revolvers, and this was perhaps the most memorable experience of all.

- It fit well my hand.

- It was ACCURATE (tt 50 ft, I couldn't miss the standard 25-yd bullseye)

- It does NOT kick like a mule.

- I could shoot equally well with with both hands and with right only or left only (albeit slower)

And that was the FIRST time I tried. Imagine what would happen with practive. Desert Eagle is an awesome firearm. I think everyone should at least try shooting it.
 
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Thought I'd bump this one. I shot a DE for the first time last weekend, and it was a nice pistol, but nothing to sell the farm for. A guy who was shooting beside me had the DE and was complaining that the sights were off.

I had a 15 yard target up and fired two shots you could cover with a quarter in the center ring. I let him shoot my S&W 4006, and he was dead center with his shots... so I'm thinking it was something with his grip on the gun. The DE had a softer grip than my S&W, and I think it might have been pulling down the barrel or rolling the barrel slightly off the sight picture. Either way, he was fine with my gun, and terrible with the DE... so they may have their own quirks too. Both guns were .40 cal and I would have been satisfied with either one... only my gun cost me $350 and his was $550 (I asked). For the difference in the money, I'd buy another 4006 and about a thousand rounds of ammo. :D

WT
 
It makes my $%&* hard!

:D

As a kid, I waited for the day I could buy a few DE pistols( I'm still waiting, :eek:) . I handled a few at gun shows and a few shops. The Desert Eagles seem so massive and unwieldy I can barely work the slide. As a left handed American, I'm not happy with the mag release either, :(. I did see southpaw action star Scott Glenn use a big .50 Desert Eagle in a 1990s era cop movie. Glenn's LAPD LT put ear plugs in before he drew the .50 out, ;). Check out the film if you can, www.imdb.com . It was about an SIS type unit of undercover cops.

As for the IMI/Desert Eagles, I still plan to buy a .44magnum model to shoot and get a .50AE(with the 24k gold plate job, ;)) for collector value.

RS

PS: Pam Anderson sure makes the DE sexy :D!
 
ambi mag releases...

NO!

I likes my semi auto pistols to have ambi safeties or at least a large simple button type that can be moved over, ;).

Rusty
 
Ah. But the Desert Eagle has those loverly ambi safeties (I'm a southpaw too.)

Reversible mag buttons just tend to be too far out of reach for my thumb, and the index finger thing just feels cooler.

Actually, it's more a middle finger thing.
 
I just got my .50 AE Desert Eagle a couple of weeks ago and I absolutely love it!! Mine is the Brushed Chrome model with Trijicon sights and the Hogue Fingergroove grips. It is an absolute dream to shoot (but you have to be a fan of larger bore handguns). I am a fair sized person and I have meaty paws, so shooting (and properly gripping) the Desert Eagles is not a problem for me. The fit and finish on these guns is awesome. The accuracy on the Desert Eagle (at least mine and all the ones that I have fired) is exceptional right out of the box. They are a bit pricey, and they are not the cheapest things to feed. Definately not for everyone. Mine however is the jewel of my collection.
 
I always favored the LAR Grizzly over the Desert Eagle. It's another too expensive toy that I'd still like to have. Just don't want to pay that price for something I really have no use for. I always liked that .45 magnum round tho.......sheesh, where the hell would you find that nowadays?

I suppose a Desert Eagle in .357 would be nice. Cheapest of the bunch, too. Nah, still want the Grizzly. Even if that's in .357:D
 
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