does anyone have one, or has anyone ever shot one? how does it handle? i've always been entrigued by this gun and always wanted one. But I think i'll be getting the AR-15 first.

They are fun guns - much less recoil then a revolver. Not practical for much but like I said hell of a lot of fun. Very reliable too and use a locking bolt like a ar.

I have one in 44 mag, very fun gun and very accurate,had it at the last two shoots at BA and a few guy's were able to try it out..

tony thanks for letting me shoot it.

your welcome wolfy.

Thanks for letting me shoot it as well! Fun is right and I didn't expect it to handle that well. I might save up to pick one up as a fun gun, maybe even in .50AE before the .50cal ban goes into effect.

Tony are you bringing it this week?

 

speaking of which....new thread time!

Desert Eagles are great firearms... if you can afford to keep feeding them.

 

I am a sucker though for tony's Baby eagle... a CZ clone, in 41AE.

 

Keep in mind... IMI has the Desert Eagle...

 

 

baby eagle

 

 

and now the Micro Desert Eagle

 

that micro sure is ugly

I've shot one chambered in .50AE and found it just completely comical. Just an insanely large weapon, both loud and obnoxious, however it was very accurate. Complete overkill in any situation involving bad guys, not to mention it handles like crap and capacity is very limited. If one of those things hits you though.....see ya.

yeah but if you hit someone with a 9 MM home defense jammy see ya too

 

its just for show, why in the world would anyone need that thing to protect themselves?

 

of course, I am strictly speaking from a jealous point of view, cause I want one even though the bullets are about 500000 bucks a piece (give or take a few 100k)

I just saw one at the guild. It was under a grand.

not new though?

that micro sure is ugly

 

yes it is, i think it is made from left over .50 slag.

yes i can bring it..

The Baby Eagle isn't even a real Eagle either, its a re-branded Jerico or something like that to boost sales using the Desert Eagle's early reputation.

The Baby Eagle isn't even a real Eagle either, its a re-branded Jerico or something like that to boost sales using the Desert Eagle's early reputation.

 

same company... they make the jericho for israeili army, all done by IMI.

the jericho is the original handgun, and was adopted by DE as the baby eagle, i have the original baby eagle made by imi in the late 80's. mossberg started importing them in the early 90's and then another co, and now DE is back to importing them from imi.. not sure why the importers changed?

The only Desert Eagle I've shot is a very large 44 magnum version. It was very heavy, not very accurate, and the mechanical aspects of it were quite poor. It was very hard to move and lock the slide back (at one point we had one guy holding the frame and another guy pulling the slide back), and we had a lot of FTFs. I am sure this model was not a good example, but it turned me off to the brand.

 

I overheard a salesman at Cheyenne showing the same 44 mag model to a customer. Told him they always had tons of used examples in stock, since people would buy them, use them a little, and then sell them back.

 

But, I know people love them, so I assume that the one I tried was just an atypical crummy unit.

The Baby Eagle isn't even a real Eagle either, its a re-branded Jerico or something like that to boost sales using the Desert Eagle's early reputation.

 

same company... they make the jericho for israeili army, all done by IMI.

 

Yes, but mechanically they are different guns. They only look similar on the exterior. The Desert Eagle operates on a gas-operated mechanism like you would find in a rifle while the Jericho operates on a semi-automatic short recoil system found in pistols.

 

The only Desert Eagle I've shot is a very large 44 magnum version. It was very heavy, not very accurate, and the mechanical aspects of it were quite poor. It was very hard to move and lock the slide back (at one point we had one guy holding the frame and another guy pulling the slide back), and we had a lot of FTFs. I am sure this model was not a good example, but it turned me off to the brand.

 

I overheard a salesman at Cheyenne showing the same 44 mag model to a customer. Told him they always had tons of used examples in stock, since people would buy them, use them a little, and then sell them back.

 

But, I know people love them, so I assume that the one I tried was just an atypical crummy unit.

 

Yeah it does, because the version I tried was also a 44 magnum and I had no problems with it. Once I figured out how the sights worked it was very accurate despite the fact it was very heavy.

You got to use them for the spring to start breaking it. I remember my brother's 44mag desert eagle... I couldnt even pull the slide open. Could of been poor maintenance. Also, they are picky with ammo as it has to be potent enough to cycle the slide.