Does anyone else here hunt with a Desert Eagle Pistol? I have sold them to customers for years, but had never really given them serious consideration for my hunting purposes until this year.
Well, several months ago I finally broke down and purchased one, and I liked it so much that I now have two: A DE Mark I in 357mag with 3 barrels, a 6",10" w/muzzle brake, and a magnaported 14" w/4x Leupold scope. I also have a 41mag slide and two barrels, a 6" and a 10", and I have another DE, a Mark XIX in 44mag with a 6" barrel.
All of them wear a rear Millett adjustable target sight and a front Millett sight, and since the pics were taken, I have fitted them with the Hogue finger groove grips that MRI sells for them. A BIG improvement over the stock grip.
I have found these pistols to be exceptionally accurate and extremely reliable [no jams or failures to feed, though you must use full power ammunition in them].
I also do NOT find them to be unwieldy or inordinately heavy to handle. To me, they are like owning semi-auto Contenders
The only drawbacks to me are: they are NOT cheap, and you cannot use cast bullets in them.
Beyond that, I personally find that they are very versatile, as I can do almost any sort of 125 yard varmint control with my 14" 357 w/4x Leupold scope and 158grn hp's, I can do whitetail deer damage control work with any of my barrels, and I can load up the 44mag Mark XIX with 300grn XTP's and take anything on the east coast.
I also plan on getting a 10" 50AE barrel and a few mags for the Mark XIX, in order to be equipped to take any game in North America.
Does anyone else here hunt with the Desert Eagle?