Desert eagle issue

Emshey

Emshey

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Hello!! I recently bought a used IMI .50AE desert eagle pistol it has been shot very little from the previous owner I bought this gun for ####s and giggles only so I don't want to hear "oh those are pieces of #### blah blah blah"

Anyway to my point I have been having some issues firing it, the slide will lock back before the mag is empty I'm wondering if someone has any input on this? I don't have much experience with these beasts I'm thinking maybe my grip is off and something is maybe happening when I anticipate the big boom?

Thanks!!
 
I can't remember from when I had a DE, but maybe you are riding the slide catch with your thumb? It wouldn't be a mag initiated lock since the empty follower is what pushes the catch up.

That is the only thing I could think of.
 
Try shooting it left handed only, I bet it won't do that. Try sticking your right thumb up into the air, not pointing it forward. I had the opposite problem, where my slide would never lock back. I got it on slomo video and saw that my right thumb was riding the slide lock.
 
I am a right handed shooter, so yeah it is possible that I maybe hitting the slide with my thumbs next time I go to the range I will have to concentrate on that see what happens!
 
I'm thinking I'm screwing up when I shoot it because I did take a cartridge right to the face haha, but I am going to the range tonight to test it out again see how she goes. The thing is more difficult to shoot properly than most people think my hands would start to shake not a lot but this would neve happen when I would shoot a 40 or a 45
 
Emshey said:
I'm thinking I'm screwing up when I shoot it because I did take a cartridge right to the face haha, but I am going to the range tonight to test it out again see how she goes. The thing is more difficult to shoot properly than most people think my hands would start to shake not a lot but this would neve happen when I would shoot a 40 or a 45
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You'll get the hang of it. Get a hundred or two rounds through it and you'll figure out what to do.

FastFord58 said:
That would be more causal of a FTE/FTF I would thing.
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Yup, results in the giant slide not cycling properly. Locking back means it cycled fully.
 
"...DE's cannot be limped..." Neither can any other pistol. It wouldn't cause the OP's issue either.
Can't help the OP myself though. Stock DE's require hands that are a full inch or more longer than what I was issued. I'd be guessing a change in your grip from shot to shot though.
 
You will indeed take cartridges to the face if you limp-wrist the 50. It will jam if you limp-wrist it and allow it to fly skyward because it interrupts the action. Utilize a simply push-pull grip when you're firing. Make sure it is clean all the time. She's a big finicky girl. If you have another mag, try it, too. I have one mag that is a piece of crap. As well, don't smash the magazine into the well when loading. I can't remember how it screws the action up (it does say somewhere in the manual), but it does. And why shaky hands? The big Eagle is a lot of fun to shoot, and she doesn't kick all that much. Not a lot, actually. I'm using the Hornady 300 grain rounds. I find this pistol fires extremely accurately. It's just finicky, that's all. She likes to be clean, held correctly, treated properly, and don't make mention of her weight problem.

Cannon
 
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