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j_h_smith
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- Jul 28, 2007
- 28,516
Nothing wrong with buying/building just for funI consider my storm trooper 9mm ar pistol build to be firmly in the fun category but it’s brought a lot of enjoyment
A 50 Beowulf could also be put in that category. That is until it can be built into a SBR.
photoracer
Competition Shooter
Still love that scene in the movie Snatch when Vinnie Jones is confronted by the three guys in the bar and slaps his Desert Eagle on the table and says "being as how YOUR pistol says replica down the side and mine says DESERT EAGLE POINT FIVE OH"
- Sep 5, 2016
- 778
I've totally regretted every hand cannon I've ever purchased!!!! The guns are expensive and you never want to shoot them enough to be worth reloading in that caliber. Ammo is three times the price and stores are often out of stock and when they do stock it, it's never range ammo but the most expensive defensive rounds. If you're are at the range, the concussion tends to annoy those in neighboring lanes. It's not like you can ever use these firearms for CC and they are really impractical for just about every situation including home defense. Will I ever buy another obscenely large caliber and useless handgun?? ABSOLUTELY.
Leave my family out of this thread. You are being disrespectful.
j_h_smith
Ultimate Member
- Jul 28, 2007
- 28,516
Do we all wear paper pants any more?
Desert Eagle has been on my medium/short list for a while. The logical caliber for me is .44mag. The ammo is far more affordable and available, plus, I am already invested in the caliber. It would be plenty powerful for my purposes, but because of that %@*$ing line in that movie, I just don't think I would be happy with anything but "POINT FIVE OH."
I've totally regretted every hand cannon I've ever purchased!!!! The guns are expensive and you never want to shoot them enough to be worth reloading in that caliber. Ammo is three times the price and stores are often out of stock and when they do stock it, it's never range ammo but the most expensive defensive rounds. If you're are at the range, the concussion tends to annoy those in neighboring lanes. It's not like you can ever use these firearms for CC and they are really impractical for just about every situation including home defense. Will I ever buy another obscenely large caliber and useless handgun?? ABSOLUTELY.
Okay let me get this straight. You bought a big caliber pistol but you can’t afford the bullets then you you bought another one know that it is loud and the bullets are expensive and by now you know that they are too big to carry. How many of these hand cannons did you buy? And why didn’t you learn anything from your first purchase?
Do we all wear paper pants any more?
No paper pants here but keyboard bullies are annoying.
Clifjr
Active Member
I got one in 44mag in satin nickel that I purchased new about 20 years ago. Always wanted to get the 50ae barrel and mag so I could convert it. 357mag would need the barrel, mag and bolt to convert. Never did get around to it but it’s still on my list of to do things but I’m still finding other things that get put in front of it on my list. They can jam up if you don’t control the recoil correctly as they describe in the owners manual. Basically you want it to recoil straight back and not let it ride upwards as most pistol shooters do. Here’s a picture of mine.
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Desert Eagle has been on my medium/short list for a while. The logical caliber for me is .44mag. The ammo is far more affordable and available, plus, I am already invested in the caliber. It would be plenty powerful for my purposes, but because of that %@*$ing line in that movie, I just don't think I would be happy with anything but "POINT FIVE OH."
Just buy it, if you want to play then you have to pay.
That is really nice. You will find that a lot of people will negatively talk bad about the DE 44 or 50 AE Pistol and the sad thing is that they don’t own one or let alone ever shot a few boxes of ammo. That pistol will never lose it’s value like a Colt.45.
- Aug 17, 2011
- 26,177
Only Desert Eagle I haven't shot so far, is a .357 Mag variant - and I hear that's supposed to be the most enjoyable of the bunch. 50AE and .44 Mag aren't that obnoxious or uncontrollable, IMO.
It's always fun to see a group of people trying to hang onto one in 50AE at the range (muzzle flipping sky high, taking a step/half-step back - poor recoil management basically), getting offered a mag, and then running that mag at 3/4 speed while still keeping the muzzle relatively down during recoil. Being a smaller frame guy, no one expects to see the scrawny bastard run a mag that quick - and with respectable accuracy. Good times.
OP, there's no need to justify a purchase. If it scratches an itch, then that's all the justification you need. If I saw a smoking deal on one, I'd snag one - just because I could.
It's always fun to see a group of people trying to hang onto one in 50AE at the range (muzzle flipping sky high, taking a step/half-step back - poor recoil management basically), getting offered a mag, and then running that mag at 3/4 speed while still keeping the muzzle relatively down during recoil. Being a smaller frame guy, no one expects to see the scrawny bastard run a mag that quick - and with respectable accuracy. Good times.
OP, there's no need to justify a purchase. If it scratches an itch, then that's all the justification you need. If I saw a smoking deal on one, I'd snag one - just because I could.
Kiwiknoll
Active Member
I bought a 500 sw several years ago, whith the same misgivings, and have loved it ever since.... Yes its hard on hands, and looks like a animated revolver, but every time we hit the range it has to come out, and everyone wants to play.
Good range games
1. Load variable grains and charges and wait for the surprises... Esp w/ 700gr wadcutters
2. Line up calibers high to low. Start at .50 then work down Shooting one or two mags from each.
3. We made battleship game targets and do the reducing calibers head to head.
4 shoot a whole target on .22 then put one .50 in the center....
Reloading becomes a must....
..... Her name is bessie.
Good range games
1. Load variable grains and charges and wait for the surprises... Esp w/ 700gr wadcutters
2. Line up calibers high to low. Start at .50 then work down Shooting one or two mags from each.
3. We made battleship game targets and do the reducing calibers head to head.
4 shoot a whole target on .22 then put one .50 in the center....
Reloading becomes a must....
..... Her name is bessie.
Ohhhh Damn, I forgot to use that stupidthingy again. Wasn't it obvious however..............................never mind, obviously not. My bad!
It’s all good man, I think I was being too anal.
LOL! I did this to my brother accidentally. He was about 15 and we went to Elk Neck to shoot one day, He wanted to shoot my Model 29 and I had a plastic box with factory 44 mags on one half and a mild handload in the other half. I had been loading the handloads and letting him shoot a few cylinders. Eventually he loaded the cylinder himself with the last 5 handloads a 1 factory load.
Boy was he surprised!
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