r/DesertEagle

I've never heard of someone owning so many Deagle mags. All of this was inherited from a family member with a complicated mental health situation...

Got my delivery from MidwayUSA to reload the 429. All new cases, so I got to skip the resizing process.

Though I did test it on a new case to see how it went. Definitely needs lots of lube!

So I loaded 20 rounds. One failed as I went overboard on the crimp, thinking I needed it to avoid them getting pulled out during recoil.

Newb alert. Turned out there were zero problems just taking the flare off the case. I did not lube the inside of the case. That might affect things when I do resize and reuse the cases.

Anyway 2 and a half mags, zero malfunctions. Unless the Burris dot turning itself off counts. It did that 2x, lol.

I decided 27gr H110 was too light, given the 240gr max was 30gr+ So I ran 28gr with my Berrys 220gn fp's.

OAL was around 1.59", ran standard large pistol primers. I would get more fps with magnum. Prior experience suggests 50fps give or take.

The gun is quite accurate if you can control your flinch. I could stack the hits on top of each other at 18yd.

Plenty of blast, but the recoil was actually not bad, soft, but large is how I would describe it.

Pics with load results etc.

I finally obtained one of my MW2 guns in 44 mag. After doing some research both ammos are the list and work out to about the same price after shipping. Which of the two do you guys run and like better? Possibly less dirty than the other?

Magtech - 44 Magnum - 240 Grain - SJSP

PMC bronze 44 Mag - 240 gr TC-SP - PMC (44D)

Had my first opportunity to put some rounds through my .44 Mark VII. I replaced the springs with the Magnum Research kit just to be prudent, no idea when they might have been changed last and MR gave the manufacture date as 1993.

That said - it ran great on PMC 180gr and Magtech 240gr. A bit better with the PMC ammo - and gave more impressive muzzle flashes like the image above. This wasn't my first experience with a Desert Eagle, but the ones in the past had all been .50 AE Mark XIX's. I'd say this one is a keeper.

429 DE

Long time reloader. Going to hand load this thing.

I see factory blem barrels, so I might pick up a 50AE.. as well, just because.

But I have the dies, powder, primers, new starline cases and projectiles to get started.

Going to start at 27g H110 with a 220g fp at around 1.60 oal.

Looks like I can work up from there. But really I'll probably zero in on something that cycles reliably without breaking my wrist.

Does that sound ok to those who also reload the 429?

I have checked with other data and it seems ok. Maybe I could start lighter, but apparently H110 likes a full load. Or would 25g be a better start?

Thanks

I'll post back chrono info once I'm dialed in.

Hey guys. I got Alumagrips in the mail to replace the stock Hogues on my L5.

The right panel is fitting right in, but the left panel is not going forward enough.

I've removed the grip adapter off the back. What else do I do?

It’s always a “blast” introducing someone new to the DE experience. I got to see the look on a fellow camper’s face when I took similar shots on his phone.

These shots are me with my reloads with H110 and they never disappoint! Peep the projectiles exiting the fireball in pics 1 and 3!

After thinking about it for months and being a maniac that refreshes the tracking info repeatedly, I'm finally the owner of my favorite looking pistol ever!

But I did notice some things immediately when playing around with it..

1. Holy hell, the safety is indeed the worst part of the Deagle. Trying to go overhand grip on the slide to simulate a reload, the safety takes up precious slide space needed to affirmatively grip and rack the pistol.

Also, the safety just digs into your hand awkwardly. I then switched it up by gripping the blank space to the left of the safety. That's actually the part that needs serrations more so than the space below the safety 😅

(I just saw that the L6 and XIX have those serrations and for some odd reason, the L5 doesn't. Huh?)

2. The stock grip is CHUNK. Jesus 😳 I need to break my grip to reach the mag release. It seems like the thinner Piranha grips are gonna be the one to buy.

3. The takedown button could have a much better placement 😅 Will definitely have to modify my grip.

Otherwise, I can't wait to take this baby to the range later this month. I got a whole bunch of stuff planned for it too...