pwnedbyscope Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 I have a question for every one why do people think that the desert eagle fires .50 caliber rounds when the deagle uses .45 is it because they are both made by Berett or what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckdude Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 IMI Desert Eagle is availible in : .357in, .44in or .50in Magnum calibres. The magazine will hold between 9 and 7 rounds, depending on hte calibre the weapon is modified for. Also as far as i can see the Desert Eagle was not developed by Beretta, but by M.R.I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eezergoode Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Eagle Some good info there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwnedbyscope Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 Is was told by a weapons sepc. for the navy that it is made by berett, and that it uses .45 hollow point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaboeN Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! The Desert Eagle (made originally by Israeli Military Industries, but now Magnum Research in the US) uses the .50 Action Express caliber, whereas the Barret (NOT Beretta, Barret = USA, Beretta = Italy) uses the .50 Browning MachineGun caliber. Two totally different calibers.A .50 AE won't fit in a M-107 because it's 0.3mm thicker IIRC, and the .50BMG won't fit in a DEagle because the cartridge is around twice as long as teh .50 AE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crow120 Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 .50 Action Express is a pistol cartridge developed for the IMI Desert eagle. It is a 300-325 grain bullet with an overall loaded length of 1.574 inches. http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4015/50aeand32acp.jpgAbove is the .50AE next to a .32ACP for size comparison. The .50BMG came on the scene in 1921 for use machine guns. There are obvious differences between the 2 rounds and its use in precision rifles is a somewhat of a recent thing starting in the 80's I believe. http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2125/50bmgarg3sm.jpg As you can see they're 2 totally different rounds even though they both fire a .5 inch projectile. .50AE is also a "straight wall" case where the whole case diameter is the same from case mouth to case web. The .50bmg is a typical rifle design. The neck of the case is the only part that retains the bullet so the bottom portion flairs out to a much different diameter for higher capacities of powder to be added. While I'm at this there is no such thing as a ".45 hollow point". There are .45ACP, .45LC, .45 Winchester Magnum, .45-70, and so on. Hollow point denotes the shape/design of the bullet not the caliber. As far as design/shape goes there are full metal jacket, jacketed soft point, jacketed hollow point, semi wad cutter, wad cutter, and those are just the popular ones with a copper jacket. I reload my own ammunition so I have a pretty good insight on most of this type of thing. I hope this has helped. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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