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I am a gun enthusiast trapped in the People's Republic of Maryland. My political affiliation is Independent, as the Ruling parties are both full of crap, and long ago stopped representing the common man. If the Libertarians weren't such freaks I would probably be one. I am a member of the Nation of Riflemen and damn proud of it. I once took an oath that I would support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. As far as I know I never broke that oath, and will continue to follow it. I am not Politically Correct and will NEVER be Politically Correct. If you need to know more, feel free, Ask.

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Upgading my Gun Nut Status

Or down grading it to tool if you want to look at it that way.

It was a fairly Merry Christmas at my house this year.

I started it off with a new Hoyt AlphaMax 35 bow with all the associated do-dads and hoojie-himers. I will have to get some pictures of the Bow one day but it shoots quite nicely. I will be looking for Bambi next deer season.

Next up is something that I have wanted for the better part of 20 years. Yes I know it is a silly frivolous thing, but dammit I wanted one.

I first laid hands on one back in 1990 at my local range. Back when the drug dealers would come out from the local cesspool of a city with their pagers and hats on sideways looking all thug. The guy next to me was doing a bunch of cussing and saying his gun was broke, so I being a helpful guy went and took a look.

He was shooting a Desert Eagle in .357 Magnum. It would stove pipe every other round or so, misfeed often, and generally not get through a mag without copious issues. I asked him to shoot a couple rounds and witnessed the issues first hand. I then asked him if I could give it a go (all you that have ever fired one know where this is going). Ripped through the complete mag with nary an issue and handed it back to him. Explained that he was limp wristing the Deagle and went back to my lane. He proceeded to limp wrist it and cuss a lot until he exchanged it for a glock. But for me the seed was planted.

I just have not been able to get the thought of owning one out of my head. Yes I know they are totally impractical (but as a Marylander except for the politically connected all guns are) but they are a hoot to shoot. I have shot them all from the .357 Magnum to the .50 Action Express. With the .357 Magnum being too wimpy and the .50 AE being way over the top, in fact there is a picture out there somewhere of me being inducted into the order of the bloody forehead via the .50 AE brass coming strait back out of the gun and pegging me in the face. Not fun but made for a good story about the Blog meet at Coal Creek Armory way back when.

So here is my Desert Eagle in .44 Magnum.

I got it for a really good price, it has had less than a hundred rounds through it. Not a mark on it, no scratches, no scuffs, no rust, no nothing, Pristine.

The guy I got it from said that it had been very problematic for him to shoot, jams, stovepipes, yada yada yada, and was happy to get rid of it. As soon as I took a look at what he had loaded in the magazine I figured that I knew what the problem was. 8 rounds of 44 special popped out of the mag with lead bullets. Both are supposed no no items for a well operating Deagle. So when I got back home I did a thorough cleaning and took it to the range.

I got a box of Hornady 44 Mag 240 Grain XTP rounds which is a fairly hot .44 Mag load at 1360fps. I also got a box of Magtech .44 Mag at 1180fps for comparison. As expected with .44 Magnum ammo I had zero problems with feeding and ejecting. At the end of 60 or seventy rounds I had had no issues except for the screws holding the safety lever came loose and the gun would go on safe after each shot, easily remedied with some locktight.

Every shot was a hoot. I was grinning like there was no tomorrow. Fun Fun Fun. The Hornady ammo definitely is stouter by a good bit, but the Magtech did the job just as well with a bit less recoil, but the recoil was not too bad from either one of the two rounds. Now all I have to do is collect enough brass and work up my own load for .44 Mag and I should be a happy camper.

Here is one parting pic with the Nighthawk custom for a size comparison between the two.

Glad I have big hands because the Desert Eagle is a handful…

Posted by Kirk on 01/10 at 09:42 PM
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