wildey .45 or desert eagle .44?
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That would be difficult for me. I'd want both as one is a shooter and one is a collector.
Even if the Wildey is a collector, I would still want to shoot it and ammo availability is an issue, which has caused me to hesitate about pulling the trigger on the wildly before. but i suppose it is easy enough to reload with 45 acp dies if you can find a stock of brass.
Even if the Wildey is a collector, I would still want to shoot it and ammo availability is an issue, which has caused me to hesitate about pulling the trigger on the wildly before. but i suppose it is easy enough to reload with 45 acp dies if you can find a stock of brass.
No .45 Mag ammo. Seasonal only from Winchester. Rusty Wood says they have brass. $18 per 50. Lee makes dies, but I suspect you'd have to special order 'em. Redding wants $100US, Stateside. $168.95 US and special order only from RCBS.
A Desert Eagle is the biggest friggin' hand gun I've ever fired. Even though it comes nowhere near fitting my hand.
A Desert Eagle is the biggest friggin' hand gun I've ever fired. Even though it comes nowhere near fitting my hand.
As a Man I would choose a revolver...
I owned a DE 44mag. Very accurate, little recoil but not very reliable
Agreed. Owned a DE 44mag for a short time, don't have anything good to say about it.
I'm still not seeing any push for one or the other. its just I have both but I can only keep one or the other. the desert eagle is my fave gun of all time but the wildey is just so rare. ammo is not an issue actually you can just use .45 acp dies for the wildey you don't need the magnum ones. the only problem I see with ether pistol is that because the wildey is so rare getting any parts for it is near impossible. so like 15 years from now if something brakes the gun is pretty much deactivated. I had a missing extractor in it and one had to actually be custom made. but the DE parts you can get any place really. but at the same time I do very little pistol shooting so there shouldn't be much chance for something to brake.
as for shooing them. the DE has never given me problems. only with weak ass loads and reloading. but the wildey is some times pain to adjust the gas system since I only have a limited amount of brass. plus the slide stop works its way out after a few shots. basically both guns are pigs not glocks.
I will wait to hear from a few more people.
as for shooing them. the DE has never given me problems. only with weak ass loads and reloading. but the wildey is some times pain to adjust the gas system since I only have a limited amount of brass. plus the slide stop works its way out after a few shots. basically both guns are pigs not glocks.
I will wait to hear from a few more people.
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Have the DE (in 44 and 50AE) and aside from me finding a way to break the piston, it runs like a champ.
The Wildey would be one of those guns that's just so cool to have, but fear of breakage means I doubt that I'd take it out much.
Flip a coin?
(E)
The Wildey would be one of those guns that's just so cool to have, but fear of breakage means I doubt that I'd take it out much.
Flip a coin?
(E)
Just me or is there and echo in here?
my $0.02, buy 'em both. You only live once and life is too short for regrets.
my $0.02, buy 'em both. You only live once and life is too short for regrets.
Keep the wildey. If things change later on and you can have more than one $1000+ gun you can always get another DE, you'll never find another Wildey.
THIS!
Just about any part for the gun can be hand made, no worries!
I would LOVE to shoot that gun, even if just once!
