I am turning 50 and it is time to buy a range toy just for the fun of it! I have always wanted a Desert Eagle and I think it is time to just do it!
I would really like a DE in 50ae... but I really like the lightweight .44 L5's with their 5" barrels instead of the standard 6" and the much lighter carrying weight of the L5's.
If they made a L5 in 50ae it would be a no brainer... but they don't... yet?
Am I correct in my understanding that the DE L5 uses the same aluminum frame as the 50ae L6? I am also guessing that the L5 is going to have a shorter slide than any of the full sized 6" barreled DE's? So if I wanted to put a 6" 50ae barrel on a .44 L5 frame I would also need a second longer slide for the 6" .50ae barrel? Of course a second barrel plus a second mag plus a second frame... I would guess would be really close to the price of just buying a second DE?
Any Desert Eagle gurus out there that can shed some light on the Desert Eagle L5 slide vs L6 slide?
I would really like a DE in 50ae... but I really like the lightweight .44 L5's with their 5" barrels instead of the standard 6" and the much lighter carrying weight of the L5's.
If they made a L5 in 50ae it would be a no brainer... but they don't... yet?
Am I correct in my understanding that the DE L5 uses the same aluminum frame as the 50ae L6? I am also guessing that the L5 is going to have a shorter slide than any of the full sized 6" barreled DE's? So if I wanted to put a 6" 50ae barrel on a .44 L5 frame I would also need a second longer slide for the 6" .50ae barrel? Of course a second barrel plus a second mag plus a second frame... I would guess would be really close to the price of just buying a second DE?
Any Desert Eagle gurus out there that can shed some light on the Desert Eagle L5 slide vs L6 slide?