That's the name I made up for my new DE MK XIX .44.
Picked it up yesterday and lovin' it! It's so BIG and HEAVY! I LOVE IT!
Cleaned it up, oiled it down, just gotta go shoot it soon...
I have a few questions about the design features of the DE:
1. Free-floating magazine. Why? What are the advantages over a traditional mag setup? I've read that this design hinders the clearing of jams, (can't do tap-rack-bang drills) so it seems like it may actually be disadvantageous over a standard design.
2. Rotating bolt. Again, why? What are the advantages over a standard extractor setup? And when exactly does the bolt rotate? It doesn't seem to when I cycle the slide manually, even with live rounds...
3. Polygonal rifling. Why? What is the advantage over traditional rifling designs? Is it more accurate? Easier to clean? What?
4. The gentleman at the shop seemed rather knowledgeable about this pistol, especially since they used to keep a few for rent. (They stopped it because they were too high-maintenance.) Anyhow, he was nice enough to show me how to strip it and give me a few tips and I wanted to verify what he said.
a) He told me that the recoil rod spacer, the part with the little tab on it, wears quite quickly and needs to be replaced fairly frequently. (Probably around the same time as the recoil springs, perhaps a bit sooner.) Is this true?
b) He said that standard JHP rounds tend to get deformed by the DE's feed ramp, and while they will still function reliably, the deformation (obviously) will negatively affect accuracy. Is this true?
Any other tips/info you could give are much appreciated.
Thanks a lot!!!!
Drjones
Picked it up yesterday and lovin' it! It's so BIG and HEAVY! I LOVE IT!
Cleaned it up, oiled it down, just gotta go shoot it soon...
I have a few questions about the design features of the DE:
1. Free-floating magazine. Why? What are the advantages over a traditional mag setup? I've read that this design hinders the clearing of jams, (can't do tap-rack-bang drills) so it seems like it may actually be disadvantageous over a standard design.
2. Rotating bolt. Again, why? What are the advantages over a standard extractor setup? And when exactly does the bolt rotate? It doesn't seem to when I cycle the slide manually, even with live rounds...
3. Polygonal rifling. Why? What is the advantage over traditional rifling designs? Is it more accurate? Easier to clean? What?
4. The gentleman at the shop seemed rather knowledgeable about this pistol, especially since they used to keep a few for rent. (They stopped it because they were too high-maintenance.) Anyhow, he was nice enough to show me how to strip it and give me a few tips and I wanted to verify what he said.
a) He told me that the recoil rod spacer, the part with the little tab on it, wears quite quickly and needs to be replaced fairly frequently. (Probably around the same time as the recoil springs, perhaps a bit sooner.) Is this true?
b) He said that standard JHP rounds tend to get deformed by the DE's feed ramp, and while they will still function reliably, the deformation (obviously) will negatively affect accuracy. Is this true?
Any other tips/info you could give are much appreciated.
Thanks a lot!!!!
Drjones