Look what I bought! (I think I might be crazy)

[Hook686]

solv3nt wrote:

Out of curiosity, the .44 mag has almost exactly the same specs. as the .50, why would you buy the .44?

The .44 Desert Eagle is the only one legal in California. Maybe he s planning a trip.

 

[BlindedByScience]

My kid wants one of those in the worst way......

 

[solv3nt]

solv3nt wrote:


The .44 Desert Eagle is the only one legal in California. Maybe he s planning a trip.

LOL, stupid Kommifornian's.

 

[Medic!]

Who calls a Desert Eagle, 'My deagle' ?

I do-gle!

Why .44? I already have a S&W 500.
And have you ever tried to find 50AE for sale? At any price?

 

[Medic!]

I also wanted an older IMI gun. With the nice adjustable two stage trigger. It goes good with my IMI UZI's
I did not want a Kahr!
And the .44 is a pussycat to shoot in this hog!

 

[Jim Colvill]

Who calls a Desert Eagle, 'My deagle' ?

It's more properly " My Preciousss"

 

[DieselScout]

Out of curiosity, the .44 mag has almost exactly the same specs. as the .50, why would you buy the .44? The .44 is already overkill, why not stomp into the ground after killing it and go with the .50?

I can't speak for PBP, but if it were me, it would be the fact I can walk into almost any gun shop and find 44 mag, but I've only seen 50AE a few times. in my life.

 

[pdrake]

I do-gle!

That almost looks like a long action pistol.

 

[Bill in fl]

Crazy? Hardly. Just someone who likes mechanics and is mechanically inclined.
After all, "NORMAL" is just a setting on a clothes dryer.


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[82nd Infidel]

Below is a picture of a gun I just purchased about 15 minutes after I got it home. I am sure most of you can tell what it is and think I am crazy just for buying such a novelty gun, but that is not why I think I might be crazy. Am I the only one here that feels the intense need to disassemble (and I mean down to the pins) every new gun I get and "reverse engineer" it until I have a basic understanding of it before I will fire it? I think that might border on OCD.
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I do the same thing with all the firearms I have ever owned.
It's not crazy,it's knowledge.
P.S.
A few years ago a friend of mine asked me to look at his "Desert Eagle" saying it was not working.
I have never owned one but said I would clean it for him.
I went online and printed an exploded diagram of the pistol and proceeded to work.
LOTS of parts!
Anyway I cleaned everything[including the magazine follower that also has several parts] and reassembled.
My friend was happy and I learned a little about a "Desert Eagle".

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

Out of curiosity, the .44 mag has almost exactly the same specs. as the .50, why would you buy the .44? The .44 is already overkill, why not stomp into the ground after killing it and go with the .50?

This is the .50AE. I would not own a Desert Eagle in any other caliber. The point is to have a massibe semi-auto caliber...I already have massive revolver calibers.

 

[Medic!]

$400 dollars will get you a 50AE conversion barrel. If you like. I wanted IMI gun so had to chose .357 .41 or .44 magnum. I think I shoot it more as a 44 also.

50AE has a rebated rim. It's the same size as a 44Magnum. So the bolt is the same.

Do most people like the Kahr Deagle? Are they as good as the IMI guns? Better? Do they still have an adjustable trigger?

Sure is a good looking gun.

 

[Nwcid]

I have a .50 AE and love it. I waited over a decade to get one at a price I was willing to pay in a condition I was willing to accept. I had considered other calibers, but could just never bring myself to get one.

Finding ammo on the shelf..... not something I am even remotely worried about. Who wants to pay $3/rd, not me. I can load for under $0.30/round.

One thing I did to mine is send it back for the factory muzzle break which has made it much funner to shoot. The massive recoil is still there but now it is almost all straight back and not so much climb.

 

[RicInOR]

Some pretty pictures in this months American Rifleman.
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