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First Desert eagle!
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First Desert eagle!

First 44 Magnum gun as well was 1100 a decent deal? Figured I couldn't pass up since I'm a sucker for stainless guns. Also pictured my 2k11

u/ZepelliFan — 8 days ago
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Camping Fun

It’s always a “blast” introducing someone new to the DE experience. I got to see the look on a fellow camper’s face when I took similar shots on his phone.

These shots are me with my reloads with H110 and they never disappoint! Peep the projectiles exiting the fireball in pics 1 and 3!

u/TDiz480 — 6 days ago
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Finally Apart of the Club!

After thinking about it for months and being a maniac that refreshes the tracking info repeatedly, I'm finally the owner of my favorite looking pistol ever!

But I did notice some things immediately when playing around with it..

  1. Holy hell, the safety is indeed the worst part of the Deagle. Trying to go overhand grip on the slide to simulate a reload, the safety takes up precious slide space needed to affirmatively grip and rack the pistol.

Also, the safety just digs into your hand awkwardly. I then switched it up by gripping the blank space to the left of the safety. That's actually the part that needs serrations more so than the space below the safety 😅

(I just saw that the L6 and XIX have those serrations and for some odd reason, the L5 doesn't. Huh?)

  1. The stock grip is CHUNK. Jesus 😳 I need to break my grip to reach the mag release. It seems like the thinner Piranha grips are gonna be the one to buy.

  2. The takedown button could have a much better placement 😅 Will definitely have to modify my grip.

Otherwise, I can't wait to take this baby to the range later this month. I got a whole bunch of stuff planned for it too...

u/TheLasVegasLocal — 6 days ago
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Shout out to Magnum Research Support

So, bought my first Desert Eagle recently. .50 AE with muzzle break. Found a great deal with an online retailer and placed my order. Saw that the shipment was coming from a different state, so I assume it was a drop ship. No worries, as long as I get the right gun I'm happy.

Get the call from my FFL and go to pick it up. It's the right model and everything is there but . . . the case was slightly damages. One of the clasps was missing and one of the hinges would come apart when opening. Not a big deal in the big scheme of things and I know most people just throw those out. But I save everything for all my guns and I like having the original cases with the matching label, so I was a little disappointed.

I looked online to see what a replacement case would go for and found they were around $50-$60 on eBay (which I wasn't wanting to pay just for a case). Plus I would have to have no label or find a way to remove the original and move it to a new case.

So, I decided to contact Magnum Research support just to see what they could offer. Maybe I could buy a case cheaper or, if I'm lucky, they would sent me one for free and I just have to decide what to do about the label. Within three minutes of sending an email explaining the problem and including a photo, I received a reply asking me for the serial number and a shipping address. Once I sent that info, I received another reply in about 15 minutes stating they were sending me a case free of charge and they were printing a new label for the case. I never even asked about the label!

I just picked up the gun a few days ago and haven't even shot it yet. But I'm sincerely happy with their level of support.

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u/AdOk8555 — 7 days ago
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Life expectancy

Hey all, curious what we think. I was told by someone that Magnum only expects Eagles to last 400-500 rounds. Is there any truth to this? I dont think there is, but I'm curious if anyone has heard of these pistols being prone to breaking down the line.

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u/Im_Fishtank — 3 days ago
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Practical Wood Grips for Deagle?

My L5 Deagle is on the way and I'm constantly refreshing the shipping label so I can see when it arrives lol.

I'm most likely gonna go with the Piranha Hogue grips, but I've always wanted to have wood on my handguns (can't on my other handguns because they're polymer frame).

That being said, has anyone had wood grips on their Deagle where...

  1. You have good grip?

  2. Is more slim than the default Hogue grips on the stock Deagle?

I had the chance to try a L5 at a LGS and the default panels made the grip just a bit too wide. If I can get wood that's grippy and more narrow than the defaults, I would be one seriously happy camper.

Thank you!

u/TheLasVegasLocal — 9 days ago
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New Member

429 DE

Long time reloader. Going to hand load this thing.

I see factory blem barrels, so I might pick up a 50AE.. as well, just because.

But I have the dies, powder, primers, new starline cases and projectiles to get started.

Going to start at 27g H110 with a 220g fp at around 1.60 oal.

Looks like I can work up from there. But really I'll probably zero in on something that cycles reliably without breaking my wrist.

Does that sound ok to those who also reload the 429?

I have checked with other data and it seems ok. Maybe I could start lighter, but apparently H110 likes a full load. Or would 25g be a better start?

Thanks

I'll post back chrono info once I'm dialed in.

u/Grubby454 — 1 day ago
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Looking for 10" barrels

I'm looking for 10" barrels in .357 and .50ae.

The 10" .50's just went out of stock on magnum's site, so I emailed them about a restock eta, I was told they didn't know when or if they'd do another run of them.

Gun broker and eBay were a bust so far

If anyone has any leads on used or nos barrels, it would be much appreciated.

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u/Neither-List-1023 — 2 days ago
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Help with Replacing L5 Grips!

Hey guys. I got Alumagrips in the mail to replace the stock Hogues on my L5.

The right panel is fitting right in, but the left panel is not going forward enough.

I've removed the grip adapter off the back. What else do I do?

u/TheLasVegasLocal — 1 day ago