Desert Eagles

>>32001922
don't they usually come with a kit that lets you swap out the internals so it can fire a bunch of different cartridges?

>>32001961
Yeah but the .357 is a unique beast because you need to send it to Magnum Research to get an additional kit for it

Every caliber will fail through it if you limp wrist it. What's your experience with high caliber pistols?

>>32002139
Not very much, its mostly been smaller calibers like 9mm and such

>>32002161
Gun lust. Rent one, see how you enjoy it in that caliber (and ignore the feelings of "it'll be different because .357"), then wait 2 months.

>>32001961

The barrels are fairly expensive. 50AE and 44Mag share all parts other than magazine and barrel; .357 requires a different bolt, barrel, and magazine.

I like my 44 Desert Eagle a lot and it is very accurate and a good shooter. That said it requires reloads hotter than most factory ammo to be reliable, and although the trigger is very good, it wasn't the easiest gun to learn to shoot because of the weight.

With 357 know that you need to avoid lead ammunition in the desert eagle.

If in the market for a desert eagle, get it in a bigger chambering imo. A 357 would be fun I guess, but people shoot a desert eagle for stopping powah.

>>32002292
I just wanted the .357 because the ammo in my area is fairly cheap for the high grain stuff

>>32002373

Buying a desert eagle to shoot cheap ammo is pretty stupid, dude. No offense meant but they aren't inexpensive guns period; if you are on a tight budget spring for something else.

If you must have an auto 357 that works with a wide range of projectiles you would be better served with a Coonan. However, these guns are essentially novelties.

Buy what you want, but spending $1200-1500 to shoot the cheapest ammo you can find is sort of weird, don't you think?

>>32001922

If you're going to shoot .357, just get a revolver.

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>>32002466
This. I have a .44 mag myself. As much as I enjoy the gun, it's a picky fucking eater. Unless that cheap ammo you're referring to >>32002373
Is one of the "approved" Magnum Research loads, it won't cycle properly. Deagles need really really hot rounds to cycle properly, a revolver really is a better choice in this regard.

If you're dead set on getting one though, at least buy it used, that should save you a couple hundred at least.

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>>32001922

I have a .357 Magnum MkVII Desert Eagle. It is an absolute pleasure to shoot. It cycles completely reliably using the cheap PMC 158gr .357 Magnum.

Okay mother fucker, saddle up.

There's not one god damn good reason why you're even considering a deagle brand deagle other than "lol its big and makes big booms"

Go for .50ae

What you're talking about is literally like getting barret 50 chambered in .223

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>>32004793
This. Don't be a faggot, OP. If you're gonna Deagle, you gotta Deagle all the way.

Also hard chrome/gold or GTFO. Tiger stripes are ok too.

>>32004921
>>32004793
These

The whole reason the dealge is the deagle is because 50AE, use it to its full potential, i never understood why people get them in 44. either.

>>32001922
>Getting a Desert Eagle in anything other than .50 ae

>>32004793
>>32004921
>>32004995
>>32006367
He's a poorfag, he probably can't afford the .50 AE

It's like people who want a merc but end up buying a shitty CLA

>>32001922
>>32002631
>>32004428
HOLY FUCK!


Civilians are allowed to own a fucking .50 caliber pistol!?!?


JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! What the absolute *fuck* is wrong with America? You allow anyone to own a weapon that can basically slice a man in half!? A weapon designed *exclusively* for the battlefield? I,.. I can't even breathe right now. I'm literally hyperventilating into a paper bag right now. This 4chan site has opened up my eyes a lot to the sick disgusting shit that plagues our country.


Normal people. With 50 cal pistols. Jesus god damn Christ. Stop playing so much Call of Duty you violence porn loving psychopaths. Unless you're in Syria or Iraq right now, you have absolutely no reason to own such a devastating weapon.

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>>32006515
Here's your (You)

Now run along Timmy

>>32006515
ain't it great

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>>32006515
Speaking of cutting a man in half, does anyone have the screencap about the teenager blowing two niggers apart with one shot from his stepdad's Martini-Henry?

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>>32001922
Well, I'm not a huge fan of the .357 and .44 versions, because as stated, they're picky fucking eaters. The .50 AE, on the other hand, well, .50 ammo is .50 ammo and I have yet to go wrong even with the cheap shit. That being said, the cheap shit is still like $.80/round.

Make no mistake, its a big fucking gun, and even if you circumvent the ammo pickiness by rolling with the .50, its still going to be picky about the shooter's technique and physical strength. I know that once I get about 100 rounds into it and I start getting tired, it gets really easy to limp-wrist the gun. If you only do it a little, the gun will torque left in your hand and kick the casing directly into your face which kinda sucks. If you get a little more loose, it'll kick the casing into your face and fail to feed. You really need to be on your A game to shoot the damn thing.

That being said, I love mine. Went to the range last week before the election, and the range was full of people shooting. I let off the first magazine and people started packing their shit because the tiny-dicked Irish manlet shooting a man-portable howitzer was just too loud for them.

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>>32006515

>>32006515
Nice pasta

>>32001922
Try others.
The Desert Eagle is fun and you can always easily swap it out for another calibre but there are plenty of other autoloaders that do the same thing as it - shoot magnum rounds. Few examples: LAR Grizzly, Coonan 357/Coonan Compact.

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>>32006515

>>32008156
Bought 500 Gold Dot 50AE's 10 years ago.
Still have 450 of them. Reloading saves money,
but it still hammers you to shoot it, so it gets shot less often than other calibers.

>>32006515
made me glance for a second.

>>32006574

that's a new one

>>32001922
Have you ever fired one, OP?

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>>32001922

>>32001922
Op why aren't you getting it in 50 african eliminator? You will regret it.

>>32001922
what is glock 20 hurrdurrr

>>32015610
Costs more and begs for a reloading setup.
I mean, a Deagle always did, but still.

>>32015643
Not as cool nor as powerful.

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>>32001922
>but I've heard stories about the action not going all the way back if you're not firing the high grain Ammunition
That's all Deagles, you can't really shoot the cheapest plinking ammo in these things.

>>32006367
If you handload you can shoot .357 for real cheap due to the easy availability of brass and projectiles.
Just load really hot FMJ and you're golden.

Now, if you want a powerhose that is interesting, .440 CorBon is the .50AE cartridge necked down to .44 caliber
So here we have an automatic which can drive a .44 caliber projectile to some really insane speeds, some loads are comparable to .454 Casull, which is pretty insane considering the package.

>>32001961
Those are usually package deals AFAIK, but yes, any standard XIX model should be able to be reconfigured to any caliber.

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>>32002292
>With 357 know that you need to avoid lead ammunition in the desert eagle.
That goes for the .44 (and I guess the .41 as well), you can't go shooting unjacketed ammo and hardcasts in them, they operate on gas.

>>32002373
What you want might be a Coonan, it's less big and it's a short-recoil automatic, so it'll have less issues eating cheaper stuff. With the second recoil spring you can even shoot .38 Special in it (after some break-in with .357 Magnum first)

>>32006515
>JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! What the absolute *fuck* is wrong with America?

I know it's bait but I could also own a DE .50 and I live in Belgium

>>32002537
It'll be cheaper for sure but it won't be cocking itself with each shot, which is the appeal. And fast reloads.

>>32016587
Seconding this input, here in Sweden you can have a Deagle in any caliber if you have a license for Field Shooting (which involves Magnum target shooting at points).

>>32004793
>WHATS THE POINT
Maybe one would be already handloading .357 and .44
Some people also shoot different calibers better, and if you're just going for this thing as a Magnum Target Pistol (which is what it is designed to be, short of also being decent for hunting with the right effort), then other calibers will be fitting.

With the super light recoil of the .357, and it's 9+1 capacity, it can be a phenomenal gun to use for the right shooter.

What's the energy difference between .44 and .50AE?

Can you get factory .44 (or safely load your own) that approaches the average .50 round in bullet weight & velocity?

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>>32004921
>gold tigerstripe
It's not even good looking from an ironic standpoint.

Glossy blue or nickel are way nicer.
Gold or titanium only looks good if it's used to highlight the controls and the hammer.

>>32001922
>buying a Deagle
>but not getting it in .50AE

Literally why? Not trolling, but the appeal of the Desert Eagle is how big it us, firing a huge caliber round. So why bother getting it in lesser calibers?

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>>32016642
You could just google average load data and compare them, but basically, .44 Magnum will have less case capacity and not as large a projectile as a .50 Action Express cartridge

They're both powerhouses, especially given the lack of any cylinder gap what so ever.
If you want to go hogwild with a .44 caliber cartridge, there's the previously mentioned .440 CorBon, which, wile obviously having a smaller bullet, can push that bullet to insane velocities.

The hurdle on that is that .440 CorBon is literally a Handloader's Only venture in this day and age (a bit like shooting .44 AutoMag but you can make it way more reliable, and way more powerful), the barrels are discontinued and aren't as easy to find anymore (however, a .44 Magnum barrel can have it's chamber reamed by a professional to convert it to .440 CorBon), and cases aren't commonly available, meaning you either have to neck down .50 Action Express casings, or simply special order proper made .440 brass from a place like StarLine (which will cost more, but on the flip-side, if you take good care of the brass, you can reload it quite a lot of times). The flipside is that .44 caliber projectiles are much more common and available in much more variants than than .50 caliber projectiles (suited for the .50AE case anyway).

>>32016846
>So why bother getting it in lesser calibers?
The idea of shooting a .357 Magnum and have felt recoil basically like a Beretta 92FS has it's own kind of appeal.
High power is great, but high power with good control is pretty amazing.

>>32016893

Finding the average load data isn't really what I wanted to know, though.

Basically I was trying to find out whether you could feasibly and safely run a regular .44 Deagle with similar end result to a .50 AE Deagle, just by picking the right ammo or hand-loading - Or would it be unsafe / physically impossible to do so?

For instance, if you have the right gun, you can load up .40 to be almost identical to 10mm factory loads.

>>32018250
I just don't think there's enough space in the case for powder or a big enough bullet to match it.

You could maybe try hotter powder to match the speed, but performance will not be the same regardless.
The gun is pretty solidly built, and the lockup is like a bankvault, so I think it'll probably handle it.

>>32001922
>wants to buy meme gun
>not getting it in .50AE

are you stupid or just dumb?

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>>32007520