# I haz Deagle (for now) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184 "2019-11-08T20:00:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/1 "2019-11-08T20:00:22Z")
While out exploring the wilds of central PA today, I stopped at a quaint little country gunne shoppe. They had a NIB [Desert Eagle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Eagle) pistol with both .50AE and .44 magnum barrels and magazines at a crazy low price. We’re talking about $500 less than the gun with a single barrel sells for in my home area. I couldn’t resist and picked it up. I’m not sure if Imma keep it or sell it for a profit. I do know this though: If I elect to keep it and shoot it, every time I take it to the range I will wear a [dark suit, a tie, and sunglasses](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/Agent_Smith_%28The_Matrix_series_character%29.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/2 "2019-11-08T21:42:53Z")
Okay, did anyone else read the thread title and think he had bought a dog? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/3 "2019-11-08T22:38:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Okay, did anyone else read the thread title and think he had bought a dog? Dachshund -beagle? Me too. I wanted pics. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/4 "2019-11-08T22:38:13Z")
^ Oh, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/5 "2019-11-09T00:06:51Z")
Yeah. I was thinking dachshund/beagle cross. too. StG ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/6 "2019-11-09T00:16:38Z")
I wasn’t sure. Dachsund/Beagle? Dalmation/Beagle? Doberman/Beagle? So I opened the thread to find out. I discovered I was, to coin a phrase, barking up the wrong tree. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/7 "2019-11-09T00:33:01Z")
I knew it was the infamous big bore handgun right from the title, “Deagle” is a well known portmanteau in the firearms hobby how is it in real life? aside from really heavy and unbalanced, that is… ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/8 "2019-11-09T01:54:25Z")
It is heavy, though not unbalanced. Amusingly, it is actually lighter with the .50AE barrel in place than with the .44 magnum. Both barrels have the same OD, so the smaller bore means thicker barrel walls. I have medium sized hands and the grip feels a bit oversized to me. Trigger is decent, but not great. I suspect it will smooth out a lot with use. I’m leaning towards keeping it. Tomorrow maybe I will buy some .44 ammo and try it out. .50AE is just so pricey… ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/9 "2019-11-09T02:40:12Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Yeah. I was thinking dachshund/beagle cross. too. Me too. My family had a dog that was a dachshund/beagle cross (we think, judging by the look of her). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/10 "2019-11-09T03:43:09Z")
It’s [this kind of weapon](https://www.amazon.com/Far-Side-Gary-Larson-themselves/dp/B07KGM4G9H), isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/11 "2019-11-09T04:09:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Okay, did anyone else read the thread title and think he had bought a dog? Exactly. Seen one. The lady called hers a ‘Beanie’, though. He was a cutiepie. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/12 "2019-11-09T05:16:58Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Yeah. I was thinking dachshund/beagle cross. too. > > StG Dachshunds haunt my dreams. Wish I had Scum’s .50 aspirin. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-deagle-for-now/843184/13 "2019-11-09T11:26:57Z")
Surely Deagle is a labrador pup? j