New to plastic guns but finally went out and bought one. Because I was in the mood for something new and I'm me I went and bought something original. I looked high and low and finally found a baby desert eagle at the PX on Lejeune for right at 500 out the door. I'm bored and I can't go to sleep so I decided to comment.
The gun is really pretty to look at, that was the first thing to really grip me when I saw her. Also balanced very well, I love the feel except for the palm swell at the base of the backstrap. That's not too annoying, definatly not worse than a Glock. Pistol is very crisp... there's no free play at all, anywhere. slide is pretty darn light, which me thinks helps add to the balance of the pistol, but it's hard grab and the spring is HEAVY. I've gotten used to it now so no real problem but you have to man up to rack the slide. I kinda like that, though.
The trigger is a bit hard, especially in DA, with a smidgen of take up in SA but it is a VERY clean trigger that is easy to shoot. The safety is a butt-pain, though. I am an advocate of manual safeties on all weapons, so that automatically discounts a lot of nice pistols for me that I would otherwise love to own. Anywho, the safety is slide mounted and is flipped up for kill mode... opposite 1911 style so it's a quirk but I can deal with it, even though it's so hard to flip the safety that I'm sure a couple of thousand rounds will develope a calous on my thumb.
The pistol is definatly more accurate than I am, but I'm not used to light guns with short barrels. It feels good but it takes A LOT of practice to shoot well. Anywho, I'm actually starting to get tired now so I getter go... I'll post a picture soon.
The gun is really pretty to look at, that was the first thing to really grip me when I saw her. Also balanced very well, I love the feel except for the palm swell at the base of the backstrap. That's not too annoying, definatly not worse than a Glock. Pistol is very crisp... there's no free play at all, anywhere. slide is pretty darn light, which me thinks helps add to the balance of the pistol, but it's hard grab and the spring is HEAVY. I've gotten used to it now so no real problem but you have to man up to rack the slide. I kinda like that, though.
The trigger is a bit hard, especially in DA, with a smidgen of take up in SA but it is a VERY clean trigger that is easy to shoot. The safety is a butt-pain, though. I am an advocate of manual safeties on all weapons, so that automatically discounts a lot of nice pistols for me that I would otherwise love to own. Anywho, the safety is slide mounted and is flipped up for kill mode... opposite 1911 style so it's a quirk but I can deal with it, even though it's so hard to flip the safety that I'm sure a couple of thousand rounds will develope a calous on my thumb.
The pistol is definatly more accurate than I am, but I'm not used to light guns with short barrels. It feels good but it takes A LOT of practice to shoot well. Anywho, I'm actually starting to get tired now so I getter go... I'll post a picture soon.
