Desert Eagle

[rebelhoney]

Six Barrel Shotgun

"i kill you all with a six barrel shotgun, i kill you all but i need you so."

BRMC

 

[FASCES]

Hunting. A lot of people hunt with handguns.

Silhouette shooting - long distance shooting at steel silhouettes with handguns and rifles.

Bowling pin shooting.

Just having something that is fun to shoot.

Most people don't need handguns, or firearms of any sort for that matter, so there is little utility in them when you get right down to it. They just enjoy owning and shooting them.

Right on, man.

Thank you for making the point for me.

Nothing like a bit of Silhouette shooting, right?

 

[rebelhoney]

Right on, man.

Thank you for making the point for me.

Nothing like a bit of Silhouette shooting, right?

post 666. nice.

 

[Ishmael]

Anyone have any experience with them? I just read the wiki and was kind of fascinated. Comments?

Far too much gun for most people to shoot accurately.

Ishmael

 

[breakwall]

Stalking the wiley bowling pin.

They don't camouflage well.

I've fired plenty of firearms. Handguns are 'exciting', but since I live in a country where I generally don't have to shoot at other humans, they have limited use.

 

[bronzeage]

DOn't knock it until you try it.

I was raised in a home where the guns were treated like a dangerous tool, not much different from an ax or a table saw. Each has a purpose.

In those days, I had 20/10 vision and punching a hole in Prince Albert's carnation was easy. Shooting at targets was fun, mostly because I was better than anyone I knew. Hunting animals did not have much appeal.

Today, I own a few rifles and a shotgun, mostly because I never got rid of them. As for their utility, I have no use for them at all.

I own a lot more hammers. The smallest hammer is 1 ounce. The largest weighs 10 lbs. I like all of my hammers, but the satisfaction I receive is from the work I produce, not the swinging of it or the noise.

 

[Ishmael]

They don't camouflage well.

I've fired plenty of firearms. Handguns are 'exciting', but since I live in a country where I generally don't have to shoot at other humans, they have limited use.

When hunting big game I've always carried a small cal. pistol as a sidearm. They're useful for potting camp meat (squirrel, rabbit, grouse, etc.)

Ishmael

 

[breakwall]

When hunting big game I've always carried a small cal. pistol as a sidearm. They're useful for potting camp meat (squirrel, rabbit, grouse, etc.)

Ishmael

Ah.
When we go hunting for deer, we just shoot deer. Too many gunshots in the woods spooks everything away.

I don't hunt anymore (I'm a victim of regulation overload), but I have a .22 that I use to shoot at stuff and a 20 gauge that I use to scare stuff away.

 

[The Heretic]

I was raised in a home where the guns were treated like a dangerous tool, not much different from an ax or a table saw. Each has a purpose.

I certainly appreciate each firearm I use as a tool - as a means to an end. But I also appreciate them as a fine piece of machinery. There are any number of firearms I would own that are not very useful - if I had the money - just because I appreciate them as almost works of art in their own regard, or at least fine pieces of machinery - just as I would own quite a number of motorcycles if I had the money. There are different levels of appreciation of any piece of property - whatever gives the owner enjoyment.

Unfortunately I don't have enough money to own everything I want to own, so I have prioritize. Right now I am actually trying to sell some of my guns because I have too many after I inherited some. There is some duplication, there are some I would rather sell and use that money to buy others I like more, and there are some that I just don't want period.

 

[Ishmael]

Ah.
When we go hunting for deer, we just shoot deer. Too many gunshots in the woods spooks everything away.

I don't hunt anymore (I'm a victim of regulation overload), but I have a .22 that I use to shoot at stuff and a 20 gauge that I use to scare stuff away.

Depending on the hunting pressure, it's kinda a myth that shots scare the game away. The sight or smell of a human will get them moving a lot faster. I can't tell you the number of times I've seen game just stop and look around at the sound of a shot.

Be that as it may, when I'm hunting, I'm hunting and not plinking for the hell of it. I'll take whatever might fit in the pot on the way out of the woods. Mainly because I have no desire to be carrying dead rabbits, squirrels, grouse, etc. around all day.

Ishmael

 

[Collette]

A local attorney used to bring one to the range when we were out qualifying. I've fired it, but it's not a gun I'd long to have. Too big, too loud, and accuracy (in my case) would definitely be an issue.


Plus, it'd weigh my purse down.

 

[Ishmael]

A local attorney used to bring one to the range when we were out qualifying. I've fired it, but it's not a gun I'd long to have. Too big, too loud, and accuracy (in my case) would definitely be an issue.


Plus, it'd weigh my purse down.

A few weeks ago I was at an indoor range and the guy in the lane next to me was firing one. Even with the muffs the SOB hurt my ears and the guy shooting it could barely hold a 12" group at 10 ft. He was grinning his ass off after every round. But while watching his face while he was touching a round off made it obvious he was afraid of the damn thing.

Ishmael

 

[Bubba84]

I watched a video of a 90 pound girl shooting a Deagle. It kicked back and hit her in the forehead.

 

[thør]

A local attorney used to bring one to the range when we were out qualifying. I've fired it, but it's not a gun I'd long to have. Too big, too loud, and accuracy (in my case) would definitely be an issue.


Plus, it'd weigh my purse down.

Doesn't Coach make a special Desert Eagle bag?

 

[Collette]

A few weeks ago I was at an indoor range and the guy in the lane next to me was firing one. Even with the muffs the SOB hurt my ears and the guy shooting it could barely hold a 12" group at 10 ft. He was grinning his ass off after every round. But while watching his face while he was touching a round off made it obvious he was afraid of the damn thing.

Ishmael

This was back when we were still carrying a .357. He'd be down at the very end of the line and all you'd here is pop, pop, pop, ka-boom! Sounded like a cannon going off.

I watched a video of a 90 pound girl shooting a Deagle. It kicked back and hit her in the forehead.

I haven't witnessed that with a handgun, but I've seen several people get jacked in the jaw by a shotgun when they didn't tuck it in. One gal managed to bruise the side of her face and the inside of her arm. When people fear what they're shooting they handle it too tentatively and wind up doing exactly what they were trying to avoid.

 

[Collette]

Doesn't Coach make a special Desert Eagle bag?

*goes to look...just in case*

 

[Ishmael]

I haven't witnessed that with a handgun, but I've seen several people get jacked in the jaw by a shotgun when they didn't tuck it in. One gal managed to bruise the side of her face and the inside of her arm. When people fear what they're shooting they handle it too tentatively and wind up doing exactly what they were trying to avoid.

*chuckle* My ex wanted to shoot my .338. No matter how much I told her to pull it in, she was afraid of the damn thing and thought she could 'push' it away. She paid for that one. Never asked to shoot it again.

Ishmael

 

[thør]

*chuckle* My ex wanted to shoot my .338. No matter how much I told her to pull it in, she was afraid of the damn thing and thought she could 'push' it away. She paid for that one. Never asked to shoot it again.

Ishmael

I've never found my .338 to be "fun" to shoot. It does get the job done.

 

[Bubba84]

This was back when we were still carrying a .357. He'd be down at the very end of the line and all you'd here is pop, pop, pop, ka-boom! Sounded like a cannon going off.

I haven't witnessed that with a handgun, but I've seen several people get jacked in the jaw by a shotgun when they didn't tuck it in. One gal managed to bruise the side of her face and the inside of her arm. When people fear what they're shooting they handle it too tentatively and wind up doing exactly what they were trying to avoid.

Well, she had her arms fully extended, and the gun went more up than straight back, and Whack! into her noggin.

 

[Ishmael]

I've never found my .338 to be "fun" to shoot. It does get the job done.

Yeah, it's not a 'plinker.' It has what? 33 ft.lbs of free recoil with a 250gr. as compared to 17 for an 06? Getting the scope locked down was a problem.

Ishmael

 

[thør]

Yeah, it's not a 'plinker.' It has what? 33 ft.lbs of free recoil with a 250gr. as compared to 17 for an 06? Getting the scope locked down was a problem.

Ishmael

My mounts are fine, but the Leupold is just a 2-7, not much mass. For fun, I've got a .308 for metallic silhouettes. That's an all day plinker.

 

[Ishmael]

My mounts are fine, but the Leupold is just a 2-7, not much mass. For fun, I've got a .308 for metallic silhouettes. That's an all day plinker.

The first scope I mounted was a 4x12 Redfield range finder on Luepold mounts. I ended up brass shimming the damn thing to get it to stay in place.

I've since gone to a Leupold 2.5x and keeping my range finders on the 25-06 and 280 Improved.

Ishmael

 

[Peregrinator]

I love this stuff. Who, exactly, was it, who sat down one day and said, "Hmmm. .338 of an inch is perfect! .339 is just a little too much, and .337 doesn't quite have the oomph I need, but man, that .338, damn. That's the ideal diameter of a bullet, baby."

.223 is just right for a military weapon. Those extra .003 of an inch made all the difference.

7.62 mm...

etc.

What the fuck is wrong with whole numbers? Ish's favorite gun is a 7mm. Wouldn't a 7.00000002 mm be better?

 

[Ishmael]

I love this stuff. Who, exactly, was it, who sat down one day and said, "Hmmm. .338 of an inch is perfect! .339 is just a little too much, and .337 doesn't quite have the oomph I need, but man, that .338, damn. That's the ideal diameter of a bullet, baby."

.223 is just right for a military weapon. Those extra .003 of an inch made all the difference.

7.62 mm...

etc.

What the fuck is wrong with whole numbers? Ish's favorite gun is a 7mm. Wouldn't a 7.00000002 mm be better?

There are a bunch of people out there experimenting with cartridges, loadings, and bullet weights.

The .223 is a child of the 'bench rest' crowd. A group that started out as eastern folk that shot ground hogs that were tearing up their pastures. A low recoil, highly accurate cartridge with high fangibility.

The .338 is an off shoot of the ole 8mm Mauser. Belted case with a higher powder capacity.

The numbers are used to differintiate one cartridge from another. Sometimes for marketing, sometimes for safety. For example, there is no difference in bore specifications between the .280 and the 7mm.

Ishmael

 

[popcorn2721]

Ok, for the sake of discussion, what is the utility of a Desert Eagle?

Ive handled one but did not have the chance to fire it...I can only say that from my experience that the feel of the gun frame its self is terribly cumbersome. Im not short on muscle either, but the weight of the gun (its around 11 pounds) at arms length makes it neither fast nor comfortable. As were speaking of the chassy weight... recoil control is not the issue. Testimony has said that the recoil is not that bad (the .454 casull kicks harder). Tracking your target from left to right..however if you have a thinking aggressor he will close the distance moving from the right to the left which makes it harder to control. The guns appeal is intimidation factor to your aggressor thats all.