Gazelam wrote:My brothers the real gun collector. He recently bought a 50 cal desert eagle, which I think is just stupid. Why own a pistol like that for home defence?
Weapons like Magnum Research's Desert Eagle XIX series pistol aren't really used for much of anything but braggin' rights. You could use if for hunting applications, as the .50 Action Express cartridge is plenty powerful enough to tank down all but the biggest of game, but there are pistols and cartridges much more suited for that application.
That being said, I've got one of Magnum Research's XIX 6"&10" component systems (one Desert Eagle XIX pistol along with bolt assemblies for .50AE, .44 Magnum, and .357 Magnum, six inch and ten inch barrels for all three calibers, and two mags for each). I got it with the Titatium Carbon Nitride finish because it protects the gun and it just looks sweet (I thought the 24kt Gold plate finish was a little over the top). Say what you want about Desert Eagle's being BFGs, but they are fun as all hell to shoot and I've got the disposable income to pay damned near $1.50 a cartridge to shoot Cor-Bon .50AE.
Oh, if you're brother likes big bore pistols, tell him to cowboy up and get himself an S&W Model 500. Smith and Wesson introduced the Model 500 pistols and the .500 S&W Magnum cartridge a few years back when they finally got tired or wannabies World's Most Powerful Handgun cartridges like the .454 Casul or .50 Action Express. Give you an idea of the level of sheer badassitutde the .500 S&W Magnum puts out, just the 400grn FMJ load comes out the barrel at over 2000fps and over 4000ft-lbs of energy.
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