Desert Eagle: The Pop Culture Icon Nobody Uses - Loadout

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A heavy duty hand cannon with an imposing title and a big bang to match, the Desert Eagle is one of the most famous handguns in history. It appears in hundreds of movies and games, from The Matrix to Call of Duty, Max Payne to Austin Powers, but despite its prominence in our favorite media, it is seldom seen in the real world. So how did a gun that sees almost no serious use get so much pop culture attention?
In this episode of Loadout, Dave Jewitt visits the Royal Armouries to talk to Keeper of Firearms & Artillery Jonathan Ferguson to find out why the Desert Eagle might not be the all-conquering weapon that games and movies would have you believe.
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@willcharters878 2 года назад

For those bothered by the weight, just remember the words of Boris the Blade: "heavy is good, heavy is reliable. If it does not work, you can always hit them with it"

@TryingNotToLie Год назад

Pull your socks up..

@ndlovuzidlekhaya5448 Год назад

Boris the Blade!

@Kraakesolv Год назад

It's anything but reliable though.

@punawelewele Год назад

Um. Heavy does not mean reliable, rarely does it mean good and nearly every gun can be used to violently hit someone when it's not working. Congratulations on posting the dumbest quote I've seen on y.t. in the last 15 years.

@LordChesalot 8 месяцев назад

@@Kraakesolvthat is the joke

@CostlyFiddle 2 года назад

Now, finally, after all these years...I can rest at ease knowing that the sole reason Agent K gave Agent J a Noisy Cricket as his first sidearm was because it perfectly match Agent J's personality.

@afd19850 2 года назад

Thing is most militaries that issue sidearms do so with the mantra that it is to get you back to your rifle. That’s it. Its not a primary weapon. Police use pistols because its light, low recoil, and had high capacity.

@ShaoZapomnit 2 года назад

Not only that but 9mm can cause enough damage to neutralize targets without killing them entirely. Using this as a service sidearm would absolutely obliterate any of the parts it hits, in most cases murdering suspects.

@spencerstevens2175 2 года назад

Police aren't engaging at 300m

@ninjafruitchilled 2 года назад

@@ShaoZapomnit and risk lots of collateral damage from rounds traveling through multiple people.

@GlennDavey 2 года назад

For most infantry it's assumed if you need a handgun because you don't have your rifle for some reason it's because you're actually dead.

@russoft 2 года назад

You all sound like you know nothing about firearms. Shhhhh.

@shrekvt 2 года назад

While shooting one chambered in .50 at the range is fun, I would never actually use it in any other situation.

@mcintoshpc 2 года назад

As someone who never really liked the deagle, i am excited

@-Gadget- 2 года назад

Loved the D'eagal in Counter Strike. I couldn't hit the side of a barn with any of the rifles, but man I used to get head shot after head shot, every single game with the D'eagal. Lan parties weren't complete unless it involved CS with my favorite side arm/hand cannon 🤣

@Kingcole6 2 года назад

Slow, heavy, and inaccurate... But that doesn't stop it from one of the greatest pistols in gaming and movie history. If you got this beauty, then you're a lucky fellow. Bonus points if it's *GOLD!* I love me a big and powerful gun...

@alvianekka80 2 года назад

I prefer high caliber revolver in video games.

@mrfuzzyibrows 2 года назад

i disagree with it being inaccurate. no play in how the barrel locks onto the frame, its as accurate as the shooter. mines cerakoted in a nice chameleon purple/green. heavy to help recoil, slow because ur throwing 2-3 dollars downrange with each shot. its fun to bring out and end a session and to turn heads :)

@Kingcole6 2 года назад

@@mrfuzzyibrows Okay...still pretty heavy though.

@glitterkommando2060 2 года назад

I wanna see episode where Jonathan from Royal Armories fractures Ian from Forgotten Weapons

@mooneyes2k478 2 года назад

The .50 AE is, technically, 12.7x33, that is to say the bullet is 12.7 millimeters, mated to a 33 millimeter case. The .500 S&W Magnum, meanwhile, is 12.7x41. It has another 8 millimeters of case, and a commensurate larger load of propellant. So, the .50 ae isn't even the most powerful handgun round. Meanwhile, the .50 BMG is 12.7x99. It's a significantly larger bullet, and a massively larger case, with, again, an even greater power. Interestingly, not only are rifle/machinegun rounds longer than a pistol one, but it is in fact also wider. Handguns count "caliber" as the distance between the lands of the barrel. Rifles count it between the lands. This means that the .50 AE and the .500 S&W have a bullet that is 0.5 inches across. The .50 BMG, meanwhile, is actually 0.51 inches.

@hess8569 2 года назад

It's for close range and has stopping power. If someone is wearing body armor a smaller sized bullet may not stop them from being able to pull out their gun and return fire. If you smack someone in the chest with body armor using .50 mm round they're probably going to at least fall over if not break ribs and knock them out. Plus, the pistol is more concealable vs a shotgun or small auto rifle.

@daromirfirunsson 9 месяцев назад

"This thing is huge" - but it was too small for RoboCop, so it became just the handgun for the bad guy. Instead of being the main gun. ^^

@MrWazzup987 2 года назад

Something not brought up is the 50 are deagle isn't reliable. They break all the time, it's why they made the .357 version.

@morningsidedriverock Год назад

I had a .50 eagle a long time ago. Sucker was big and heavy.

@vikkimcdonough6153 2 года назад

6:55 - In fairness, any handgun that powerful kinda needs to be pretty heavy in order to be controllable when fired.

@philipslattery2883 Год назад

Resident Evil 2 and Tomb Raider 3 is where I know it from.

@roadwarrior1459 10 месяцев назад

“They built it because they could” some of the greatest things made by man were because of that philosophy.

@bobbytubbs5469 2 года назад

The 1911 is actually one of the best guns i have don't know why they quit making it

@kg4boj 2 года назад

There are lots of 1911 manufacturers out there still making them including colt, the original manufacturer.

@gustavoalmanza2673 Год назад

One day the LAR Grizzly will rise again

@Tarumarugan 2 года назад

“They built it because they could” That’s gotta be the best explanation of this gun

@brantisonfire 2 года назад

That’s how we Yanks do it. Even if we’re told it can’t be done, we figure it out in some way.

@GaMeRfReAkLIVE 2 года назад

It was literally a video game weapon before it was even real

@LeonWick526 2 года назад

@@brantisonfire Actually made by the Israelis.

@josephhuggins5394 2 года назад

i love big dumb pistols. i open carry and take a big ol 7 cylinder .357 magnum with me pretty much everywhere. yeah its heavy and uncomfortable. but i dont care. wish i could afford a desert eagle. they are awesome.

@danielocean2665 2 года назад

@@LeonWick526 Refined by the Israelis. Conceived in America. Ya know, like Freedom and Pickup trucks.

@sassyviking6003 Год назад

Honestly it really makes sense being large, powerful, expensive, and less practical for it to have such a pop culture footprint. It really comes across as the ultimate status symbol firearm.

@Foddeur 2 года назад

I especially like the Desert Eagle's portrayal in The Matrix - it's a subtle way of portraying the inhuman nature of the Agents by constantly showing them firing the weapon single-handedly.

@tinkeralexander5639 2 года назад

I fire mine single handed, so Im either inhuman or a large guy. Really, they aren't that bad for us gorilla sized people. A SW 500 kicks a bit more, but the barrel is higher over the handle.

@nwttp 2 года назад

@@tinkeralexander5639 really not that bad for us average sized people either.

@SYNtechp92 2 года назад

As someone who has fired this gun several several times in real life, while being only 5 feet, seven inches tall... its not as bad as people make it seem. It's very accurate and the recoil isn't that bad. I've shot 357 revolvers with more recoil.

@setcheck67 2 года назад

The big difference here is the ported and non-ported versions. A non-ported one is some hella recoil, while a ported one isn't too much of an issue.

@joshua.merrill 2 года назад

@@setcheck67 I’ve got a non-ported one, and can shoot it single-handedly without discomfort as a 180lbs average dude. It’s like a 45acp but a little more. The recoil impulse isn’t painful. The 500 s&w is painful, though, since there’s no reciprocating mass. I will say, I am inaccurate with the Deagle, and would prefer 15+1 9mm over 7+1 50ae, any day.

@Beegrene 2 года назад

The Deagle is the Hummer of handguns. Loud, flashy, expensive, far too big for its own good, and mostly used by villains.

@calyth6615 2 года назад

And Arnold.

@NewAgeSlaves 2 года назад

Haha brilliant used by villains got me

@JohnFrumFromAmerica 2 года назад

Not a good example as Hummers got use in the military

@alanb9443 2 года назад

Yer but even in the military hummers were awful. They fulfill no role. In terms of light transport they’re too big and wide to be used effectively in any urban environment. In terms of an armoured person carrier. It was not well armoured and so could not fulfill this role. However this didn’t stop the us military from trying for 20 years.

@G13-j3c 2 года назад

@@alanb9443 funny because China purchased the hummer to build . And if sure you never served 1 day .

@BryantAvant Год назад

Owned mine for almost 15 years and it's been a conversation piece far more times than it's been shot.

@jamescorrall6535 2 года назад

So.....an anti-polar-bear sidearm in Svalbard just in case you forget your hunting rifle? That's be most concrete real world use I can think of

@derekp2674 2 года назад

Indeed, the Deagle is really not much more than a "range toy"...

@Dominik189 2 года назад

No, no, for polar bears you bring the Grizzly.

@jerrysmooth24 2 года назад

usually a 10 or 12 gauge w/slugs is what they use in the north pole against polar bears

@yetanother9127 2 года назад

For that, something like a Super Redhawk would be more practical than a Desert Eagle. No persnickety gas system to deal with, easier to legally acquire, and available in cartridges even more powerful than .50 AE (like .454 Casull, which is definitely a bear-killing cartridge).

@gameragodzilla 2 года назад

@@yetanother9127 Eh, .454 Casull has similar muzzle energy to some of the hotter loaded .50AE rounds, and the Desert Eagle does have a higher capacity (7+1 vs. 6) and less recoil due to said gas system as well as being semi auto. So the Desert Eagle is practical in that sense, although the gas system does also mean it's more maintenance intensive. Need to keep it clean in order for good function, like most gas operated firearms.

@yougbuck Год назад

Imagine James Bond on a sneaky stealthy hideout mission pulling out desert eagle out of nowhere

@L.Reeves Год назад

They can't hear you coming if they're deaf

@ScottMurrayBestFamilyCars Год назад

He did use a Magnum in Live and Let Die.

@clayongunzelle9555 Год назад

@@L.Reeves 😅😅😅🖐🏾 Nailed it

@termi1986 Год назад

Hahaha, Duke, you made my day today 😆

@ghostphoenix666 9 месяцев назад

Me in OO7: Nightfire ps2 on the skyscraper mission on multiple occasions

@PitFriend1 2 года назад

The Desert Eagle is also a LOT easier to use in a movie than in real life as well. Blanks have considerably less recoil than live rounds as they both have lower powder charges and more importantly not throwing a projectile down range.

@derekp2674 2 года назад

but trained actors will be able to "ham up" the recoil.

@tonypeppermint5329 2 года назад

@@derekp2674 Yeah.

@MrSolLeks 2 года назад

@@derekp2674 and it still looks wrong lol. I'v shot them a few times and even with a good stance, you get quite a bit of barrel flip.

@EricHamm 2 года назад

@@daegnaxqelil2733 Nope. It's called physics. Ask Gun Jesus from Forgotten Weapons about shooting a 50 BMG with one hand. Also try and find one real life example on video of someone able to shoot this one handed without crazy recoil.

@ApexZer0 2 года назад

Tell that to alec Baldwin

@American-Templar 2 года назад

As a Desert Eagle owner I can can confirm that they are heavy (weigh nearly 5lbs unloaded), impractical, expensive ($1699 and up) and awkward to handle for newcomers. However they are a fun range toy and can definitely be used in a self defense role. Granted you'd probably take care of the threat in front of you and who ever was unfortunate enough to be on the other side of the wall behind them. The 357 variant is probably the most practical in terms of cost (ammo) and actual utility. Unless you've got an out break of bears, T-rex, tigers (the tank) or the sudden urge to to dislocate your wrist whilst taking down that pesky government satellite.

@DreadnoughtHvor 2 года назад

I know a few people who use the .429 for hunting pretty effectively. I myself had a 357 one (had to sell it) and a 50AE one. Pretty fun. The 357 used to be an EDC for me. Great gun as long as you didn't put ammo with light loads through it. Pretty nice trigger too.

@yewtewbstew547 2 года назад

On the bright side if you fire this in an indoor self defence scenario you'll probably be too deaf to hear your neighbour screaming through the wall about their dog exploding.

@DreadnoughtHvor 2 года назад

@@yewtewbstew547 deaf and blind* That muzzle flash is no joke indoors

@ninjafruitchilled 2 года назад

I feel like the cops might ask some more awkward questions than usual if your would-be-burglars internal organs are plastered all over the walls.

@setcheck67 2 года назад

@@ninjafruitchilled Actually shockingly using high calibre weapons like the Deagle you're less likely to have the police against you, because people shot with it get knocked the f*** out from the impact(almost guaranteed to break bones and cause shock) and it usually passes straight through the body. It's a lot harder for the police to use the argument that you used excessive force when individuals shot with it are more likely to survive and be pacified. It's also just harder to accidentally shoot too many times, which again the police might use against you. Usually excessive force is homeowners using shotguns with spread like buckshot or hollow points, which are almost guaranteed to cause death/numerous surgeries by design or they get you with the "Why did you shoot 5 times?". Even still the smartest home defense is a shotgun loaded with slugs.

@allwheeler 2 года назад

My wife picked one out. It’s a lot of fun to shoot. But the BEST part is- sharing it at the range. Watching people shoot it for the first time and watching their reactions is worth the $2 pull!

@jamescorrall6535 2 года назад

An MP7 has a similar loaded weight and has a thigh holster option so...why not just go for a submachine gun with an armour piercing cartridge?

@Bobstar767 2 года назад

@@Gigadweeb I do agree with its efficiency, yet the sbr is only "really" effective against soft body armor, because of the short barrel and such, taking into account the louder than normal bang as well it becomes enough to stun a man without hearing protection. Not saying the Desert Eagle is better, but if I wanted to take a shot at 100-150 meters I'd take the good ole heavy hammer over an mp7/ak-74u any day of the week.

@alvianekka80 2 года назад

Yeah, plus higher firerate and higher capacity.

@gameragodzilla 2 года назад

I'd personally rather use a high energy, high caliber cartridge if I have to take on an angry grizzly bear than a PDW round. That's what handguns like the Deagle are used for. Same with the .44 Magnum Model 29 or the .500 Magnum Model 500 that Smith and Wesson makes.

@racheddar 2 года назад

cuz cost and most people also will never ever be shooting at someone wearing body armor...

@LOLHAMMER45678 2 года назад

@@gameragodzilla the gun for a bear is a shotgun with slugs

@StatutoryGrape420 Год назад

After all these years of playing halo, I never put it together that the ce pistol was supposed to be a deagle. But it totally makes sense, now i won't be able to unsee it haha.

@n16161 Год назад

Ehhh I wouldn’t say it was SUPPOSED TO BE a Desert Eagle… It’s the Magnum, it’s its own thing in the Haloverse. I would not say the magnum is trying to be a Deagle in the same way I’d not say the BR is trying to be an M16. BUT it does make perfect sense that Chief is slinging a .50 caliber pistol, that’s true.

@michaeldiaz7620 2 года назад

It's definitely a hand gun that everyone would want if they have a gun collection but being the go to gun to shoot at the range is another story entirely.

@hoppinggnomethe4154 2 года назад

Not really. It's a fun range gun. Few shots per average range time.

@Mrcuddlesworth_ 2 года назад

Actually pretty fun to shoot, it’s just not practical in a self defense situation

@studentdrake 2 года назад

@@hoppinggnomethe4154 hence why op said its more of a wall hanger for collecting.

@jay_mw 2 года назад

@@studentdrake That's why when I eventually get one I'm going all out and getting a gold-plated one.

@Demmrir 2 года назад

Not really. I have a decent gun collection and the eagle has no place in it, for shooting or otherwise. I guess I just don't feel the need to compensate for anything. Shooting it also isn't very impressive. It's just more kick, shrug. If you're talking similarly priced guns, I'd get a SIG P210 over it any day.

@garethwilkins6744 2 года назад

Bullet tooth tony is one of my favorite movie characters. His "Desert Eagle point five oh." Was iconic.

@ismarwinkelman5648 2 месяца назад

Chills

@zedre7633 2 года назад

Were you familiar with Ahoy's "Iconic Arms" series when you started Loadout, Dave? I just noticed it's the second time I listen to a brit talking about the history behind famous videogame firearms.

@PonkeyPoe 2 года назад

Was gonna say...I'm all for it, but some of the phrasing and points made are strikingly similar.

@MajorBubbled 2 года назад

If they do AK-47 next then it's definitely an 'homage' to Iconic Arms.

@CGCTV 2 года назад

What happened to Ahoy he seems to have gone silent

@australianwi-fi 2 года назад

@@CGCTV he released a new one not that long ago. Though when I say not that long ago, it was still like ages ago lol

@xylven5918 2 года назад

@@CGCTV He likes to take his time releasing videos. Afaik he also does this as a hobby and has a day job. Personally I don't mind, Ahoy is all about that quality over quantity.

@JonathanRossRogers 2 года назад

2:25 A .50 BMG bullet has more than twice the mass of .50 AE bullet and travels twice as fast. The .50 BMG bullet has about ten times the energy.

@finnmeister 2 года назад

I always remember this gun from the boardroom scene in "Robocop". It was originally going to be used as Robo's sidearm, but they decided it wasn't big enough.

@coobk 2 месяца назад

nah the gloves just didnt fit in the trigger guard

@nintyfan1991 2 года назад

I wonder if they'll talk the Beretta 92? Another iconic handgun in movies, games and media? Especially if you're John Woo?

@RyoMassaki 2 года назад

Its funny that people associate the Beretta 92(F) with John Woo movies when almost all of his famous Gangster flicks regularly feature at least a M1911, a Browning Hi-Power, a Smith & Wesson 39, a Glock and a CZ-75 and the Beretta is often actually a Taurus PT92 (a Brazilian manufactured version of the Beretta). Is it his favourite gun or what? I know that he speaks fondly of the gun, because it looks so iconic and its chrome-versions looks great on camera with its nice curves reflecting the light beautifully... Well, I think I just answered my own question.

@tonypeppermint5329 2 года назад

Oh yeah.

@t4nkychannel921 2 года назад

And it's actually used. Don't get me wrong, I know that fantasy is fantasy, and the Deagle is pretty good-looking, but the M9 is both good-looking AND practical.

@Dhips. 2 года назад

I think Die Hard or the original Resident Evil game when it comes to the M92/M9

@boomdaddycool4328 2 года назад

When I think about a Beretta I think of RoboCop, and his heavily modified Beretta that thing was as big as a shotgun, and Murphy would walk around touting it like it was a 1911😁😆 when RoboCop would twirl and spin it into his leg holster it looked ridiculous like he was twirling a baseball bat LoL.

@godwarrior3403 2 года назад

The gun's a novelty. A great one. People get it to say "I'm a big fan of big guns," not "This will serve me the best."

@BBAERSTANCE1 2 года назад

You know nothing about gun ownership or the community

@godwarrior3403 2 года назад

@@BBAERSTANCE1 I am a gun owner and if you say otherwise about this gun, what you said is true for you.

@BBAERSTANCE1 2 года назад

@@godwarrior3403 yea you Def look old enough to buy a gun

@mjacknback8994 2 года назад

@@BBAERSTANCE1 he joined 5 years ago, that could be an old pfp

@dr.burtgummerfan439 2 года назад

I'm a fan of big guns, magnum calibers, and automatics. I've tried real hard to make myself like the Deagle, but I just can't. Just too big, heavy, and impractical for any purpose I'd have for a handgun. My MPA "MAC" in 460 Rowland isn't as clunky as the Deagle.

@BloodDracolich 2 года назад

As the proud owner of a desert eagle 50ae, I'm happy to say that I love it and is my most favorite possession that I own. But that being said, I can also attest to the fact that it is slow, heavy, and thus inaccurate (certainly at least if you don't have the strength and grip to steady it). Another problem with it that is rarely mentioned (a fact rarely covered with any gun) is the fact that it's high maintenance. I say that because I made the rookie mistake of not cleaning the thing for a while after using it and found out the hard way that if a gun gets too much powder in it, it can rust all the parts and lock it, which is especially bad considering that desert eagle has to be a pretty well tuned in order to handle all that power. But I managed to get it fixed and I'm happy to say it's working again, but I have come to say from experience though that it is certainly not a gun for everybody. Me on the other hand, I liked it for its power and appearance; and if power comes with a price this is one of those times I gladly paid it.

@bradhaines3142 2 года назад

engine oil works really nice on guns, just saying

@SvenElven 2 года назад

Where would the fun in collecting be if you could only collect practical items?

@BloodDracolich 2 года назад

@@bradhaines3142 , I don't know about a desert eagle; plus I don't think that would have helped considering that the entire sliding mechanism had been rusted together especially.

@joseeduardomagadan9728 2 года назад

Dude it lands half inch groups at the standing position. It's extremely accurate.

@bradhaines3142 2 года назад

@@BloodDracolich you'd have to clean the rust off but after it would work great, and possibly prevent rust in the future

@Biker_Gremling Год назад

The thing I miss the most on videogames are the lack of the expectacular rings of fire from the 50 AE

@dionciers8381 Год назад

Modern warfare 2019 does it after a few shots

@reyki3576 9 месяцев назад

Killing floor 2 has this and it looks beatiful

@adamp5951 2 года назад

One of my dad's friends brought one of these to the range when I was a kid. It was like holding a 2x4. The grip is huge. It has to be in order for the magazine to hold magnum cartridges.

@dilldowschwagginz2674 2 года назад

Action express, technically

@mindofjersey9950 2 года назад

@@dilldowschwagginz2674 well, you can have it chambered in .357 and .44 as well

@sam8404 2 года назад

@@mindofjersey9950 are those as big as the .50 AE? (Size of the grip/gun, not the cartridges)

@deCarabas27 2 года назад

@@sam8404 Grip size is the same. The desert eagle is very modular, and you can convert between calibers easily. For instance, I have a .44 magnum deagle, and if I wanted to switch it to .50 AE, I could change out the barrel and magazine in about 15 seconds. Every desert eagle from the same generation have completely interchangeable parts.

@sam8404 2 года назад

@@deCarabas27 ah ok, got it. For some reason I thought you could only switch between the .357 and .44, while the .50 AE was a separate gun.

@putrangos Год назад

A piece of art by gun engineer, nothing more nothing less.

@Squee_666_9 Год назад

Not entirely true. The .50 yeah definitely. The thing has so much recoil that it's not practical to use but there's also the micro eagle and baby eagle models that use a variety of different calibers. 9mm or 40 are actually usable and have very little recoil seeing how the weapon is actually made out of steel rather than carbon fiber. The baby eagle is still pretty large though. Unusable for people with small hands. The ex wife couldn't reach the slide release. I could operate it without any issues just fine though.

@icyknightmare4592 2 года назад

3:30 Fun trivia: The M6D in Halo CE was directly inspired by the desert eagle, but because Bungie loves the number 7, they chambered their super pistol in 12.7x40mm by adding 7 to the 12.7x33mm .50 AE. S&W would later come out with a 12.7x41mm cartridge, which is the closest real approximation. If there's ever been a 12.7x41mm self loading handgun, I've never heard of it.

@daegnaxqelil2733 2 года назад

i always nicknamed it the futuristic desert eagle in this game. not only because of its appearance but also its power. crazy

@stevenbobbybills 2 года назад

It would be awkward to make a pistol with .500 Magnum due to both the sheer length of the case and the rimmed nature of revolver rounds, so I can see why .50 AE is the upper threshold for any of the Desert Eagle's fellow mag-fed hand cannons.

@RedHeadKevin 2 года назад

But .50 caliber (0.5 inches) is 12.7mm. .50 AE isn't .50 BMG, but the barrel diameter is the same.

@blacktoothfox677 2 года назад

@@RedHeadKevin yep you mean like ma deuce - ppl get confused with it all. Well, everyone understands bore and length but it isn't explicit if you don't enjoy or study guns

@Macrochenia 2 года назад

I don't know if it's changed, but I remember hearing that many infantry troops didn't like carrying a pistol in the first place- they'd have rather used the weight and space to carry some extra grenades.

@GlennDavey 2 года назад

This makes so much sense. Usually it's an officer thing.

@BloodKitten_ 2 года назад

i feel like grenades or a side arm that wont strain you as much is better alternative, i would take something that have decent mag capacity, that easy to shoot with 1 hand in.

@Mortablunt 2 года назад

Extra magazineS, extra water, extra food. A pistol is kinda a waste.

@mr.t1975 2 года назад

@@Mortablunt till somebody got too close to aim with your rifle...

@Mortablunt 2 года назад

@@mr.t1975 That's why you have a bayonet.

@Azguella 2 года назад

"Have to pick something of a suitable size for the character" Arnold Schwarzenegger big man with big gun that is very heavy

@troyjardine5850 2 года назад

Same with John Cena as the Peacemaker!

@TheNefastor 2 года назад

It's basically the pistol version of the Conan sword.

@flooblybub Год назад

I remember hearing once that the Desert Eagle was developed for use at checkpoints to disable car engines but I can't remember where from.

@calvinware7957 Год назад

That might have been a pitching point after the gun was designed.

@Frost-uu2ig Год назад

I think youre confusing it with the Beowulf .50, which is used for exactly that

@Matt-mp5py 2 года назад

I had the .44 version in the early 2000’s. It was fun going to the range and letting everyone there have a turn using it. Ammo just became way too expensive. A dollar a shot was ridiculous.

@DreadnoughtHvor 2 года назад

reloading is a wallet saver

@TheCaptainSplatter 2 года назад

Heard that's one reason for military not adopting it. Ammo too expensive.

@DreadnoughtHvor 2 года назад

@@TheCaptainSplatter i mean obviously reloading drops the financial impact considerably but the military doesn't operate that way.

@GlennDavey 2 года назад

1 skeleton-rattling shot is all most people want, because they have to pick up all their teeth fillings off the floor straight after

@GlennDavey 2 года назад

LOL a dude just said it's $2 now

@t3hb0ss Год назад

this video completely overlooks the #1 reason nobody uses it: its constant jamming

@mvarez 2 года назад

the desert eagle is pretty much a supercar in terms of real world usage. no need to exist, but they do lol

@FirstNameLastName-qx8ii 2 года назад

More like a pickup truck with a 14 liter semi engine dropped into it. A super car would be more like a custom made 3 gun pistol or something

@wilmanman7783 2 года назад

@@FirstNameLastName-qx8ii it’d be those f-550 custom pickups

@mrjakobt 2 года назад

Supercars have a very practical use on the Autobahn.

@demonreturns4336 2 года назад

Yes because autobahn exist all over the world right It’s niche and limited use

@garythecyclingnerd6219 2 года назад

Even then, GT car racing is pretty popular. I can’t think of common shooting competitions with a Deagle. You’d never take it to 3 gun

@imanassole9421 Год назад

The extended barrel is just so comical. 😂 The scope on top just makes me lol.

@SpaceMissile Год назад

it looks so ridiculous, but i mean _hey, if it works it works_

@kalin6149 2 года назад

It's big, it's often gold & tiger striped, and shows up well on the screen. That's easy. While it may be seldom seen in the UK, but heck I saw one on the range just last month, plus I have one.... With a 44 conversion kit if I run low on 50ae. I would say a S&W 500 is more seldom seen in comparison.

@GoldenSilwer 2 года назад

To be fair S&W 500 being a revolver it does not have the engineering of the Deagle to compensate for the majority of the recoil. Every gun channel on You Tube I have seen shooting it, absolutely hates having to shoot it. Evan fans of big guns like Kentucky ballistics don't enjoy having to use it in a video.

@q3aryoko 2 года назад

I have the chrome plated .44 magnum...another thing people don't realize, is just how heavy it is when it is fully loaded. Its hard to hold and aim for more than a few seconds with one hand. That is why you need to shoot it with two.

@GlennDavey 2 года назад

Not for a chad bruh do you even lift !! /s

@whatharmcanitdo 2 года назад

I'm lucky enough to live in France (where gun laws are less strict than in places like the UK and Australia) and be a member of a shooting club. This morning I got to fire a few rounds with a Desert Eagle chambered in .44 magnum, it was good fun, MUCH more precise than people think and the trigger pull was surprisingly good but the sheer size and weight of it make it impractical and not particularly easy to use. I've got big hands but I wouldn't trust myself to shoot it one handed because you can't wrap your hand around the grip correctly.

@whatharmcanitdo 2 года назад

@@daegnaxqelil2733 what is?

@daegnaxqelil2733 2 года назад

that must be a joke.

@whatharmcanitdo 2 года назад

@@daegnaxqelil2733 would you like to elaborate? Maybe say what you think is a joke?

@daegnaxqelil2733 2 года назад

@@whatharmcanitdo leave me alone tasteless

@whatharmcanitdo 2 года назад

@@daegnaxqelil2733 you're the one who replied to my comment initially...

@riflemanm16a2 Год назад

And in almost every depiction it is inaccurately shown as a double action pistol. It can only fire when the hammer is cocked, but almost every game shows it with the hammer decocked.

@ChooseLoveToday316 Год назад

Why anyone would use one for a real tactical purpose is beyond me. I guess the intimidation factor but frankly even then there are better choices. I know the gun most from the Resident Evil games.

@washgaming5825 Год назад

Okay but now I want a double-action model tbh

@project86xero 2 года назад

I've actually made custom IWB carry holsters for a customers old IMI dessert eagle and a 8 inch S&W 500 magnum. An he does carry them. He had an older IWB for his Desert Eagle but it wore out so he had me make him a new one. He shot the gun so much he replaced parts often. He could even shoot it reliably one handed. However when the parts for the old IMI model became hard to find he got a 500 magnum. Now he carries that.

@LOLHAMMER45678 2 года назад

Dude must be 7 feet tall

@project86xero 2 года назад

@LOLHAMMER45678 5-10 average build. He's just an animal. Carried a 249 in the army. A dessert eagle is nothing after that.

@EricHamm 2 года назад

@@project86xero Pretty impressive. Dude must be jacked or have the grip strength of a gorilla. Can't really compare carrying a 249 to shooting a 50 BMG with one hand. Sounds like the dude just was the manliest of men. Someone a person would model a action movie after perhaps?

@ebreshea1337 2 года назад

@@EricHamm *50AE

@russoft 2 года назад

If you're going to carry one, it ought to be in an OWB holster. Make a statement!

@batmangovno 2 года назад

As much as I love the Deagle, the LAR Grizzly wins my "Big Iron" award. Can't beat a .50 AE 1911.

@AtlasJotun 2 года назад

For me, that's the very reason I chose the Dirt Bird! Gas-operated, rotating (and very mutated-AR-looking) bolt, polygonal rifling. The versions with bolt-on and integrated compensators are both bonkers. The 10" barreled model is beyond absurd. It's just so weird, while the Grizz truly is just a giant 1911. The LAR makes the widely-available MR gun look like a bargain as well: the only LAR I've seen in person a few years ago was used, albeit in factory-floor mint condition, and the seller was asking $2,950. And it was in puny .357. At a glance on GunJoker, I see a 45WinMag with a starting bid of $2,450, and another with a 'buy-it-now' of $4,525. I'll stick with the Deagle and the extra 3 mags of ammo that $2k difference will get me :D

@daegnaxqelil2733 2 года назад

it's a shame the LAR rarely appears in video games instead of overseen Deserts and standard 45. M1911. It is because the LAR is a criminally obscure gun? so that's why the game devs never though of its existence so they put more popular guns instead?

@AtlasJotun 2 года назад

@@daegnaxqelil2733 The way stuff's modeled, it might also be difficult to convey that it's a larger-than-normal 1911. Otherwise it just looks like an A1 with a big brake.

@daegnaxqelil2733 2 года назад

@@AtlasJotun if the producers put them more time to developp their games they should figure it out instead of pûtting the ssame guns over and over

@urboyseth5922 2 года назад

Desert Eagles still look 1000 times cooler

@Union.Of.The.666 2 года назад

"Most powerful handgun in the world" Dave has clearly never heard of the .500 S&W

@ninjafruitchilled 2 года назад

I guess he means semi-automatic handgun

@smorrow 2 года назад

Or the stopping power of .45auto

@Blobby192 2 года назад

Or the suave sofistication of the walter ppk

@JesusChrist-xk9ee 2 года назад

The most powerful semi-automatic handgun is not a desert eagle, it's the .475 from the movie death wish 3

@Duke_of_Lorraine 2 года назад

Logical results when you (succesfully) design a gun solely for the cool factor with little concern for making it really practical.

@jeice13 Год назад

Simple, game and narrative balance. Health pools make higher "damage" weapons useful even though real weapons lethality is more dependent on hit location unless there is an extreme power difference (such as rifle bullets moving fast enough to produce a shockwave) to the point that surrounding tissue is effected lowering the accuracy requirement

@kingol4801 Год назад

Exactly this!

@solidpat221 2 года назад

Think my 2 earliest views of this gun was RE2 where it just went as “Magnum” unless checking description, and in MGS1 with Meyrl sporting the Deagle as her normal weapon. It was pretty funny after RE2 they went purely back to revolvers for their magnums until I believe re4 which had a 1911 as a magnum haha. And MGS it vanished til coming back in MGS4 again with Meyrl, but as the long barrel variant. Really fun insight video!

@maritimemarksman5808 2 года назад

Coonan arms actually made a 1911 in 357 magnum, I'd love to try one some day.

@savageaggressor5953 2 года назад

Same here. Loved it in MGS and RE2. Watching Leon fire the upgraded magnum always put a big ol' grin on my face!

@jeynarl 2 года назад

Its appearance in the recent _Reacher_ series was pretty cool

@darth_hylian 2 года назад

I'm gonna call it the Desert Ego. That's the main reason people own one in real life. To look and feel cool

@cpuwizard9225 2 года назад

And I'm too poor to afford one :(

@benkelly7499 2 года назад

This is (probably) said by man who has never fired one.

@darth_hylian 2 года назад

@@benkelly7499 Wrong. I've shot the 44 mag and 50AE versions

@gerryjamesedwards1227 Год назад

It's funny that it was compared to Conan's sword - very apt, as that sword is also not what anyone interested in using a sword as a sidearm would ever choose.

@reclusenz 2 года назад

As someone that had the privilege of shooting one, there was a reason we left it until the end of the day to shoot. Honestly, after shooting an entire magazine I was done. It is heavy, f%^&ing loud and kicks like a mule - also the muzzel flash on these things are something to behold.

@chrisfuller2069 2 года назад

My .44 deagle was easy to shoot. The weight of the gun and the gas system make the kick much less than shooting the same round out of a revolver.

@LordSeth-hf8ew Год назад

You also don’t start a fire works show with the biggest rocket

@GaigeStorm 2 года назад

I can see why they don't get used but after using a newer model real one in .357 it surprisingly felt good to shoot and was fairly accurate. Nice trigger pull and felt better to use than many of the 1911 and 2011s. I still wouldn't choose it as a practical sidearm but you do feel good shooting a big pistol like the Deser Eagle. They are (at least the one I used) better than people give them credit

@astro6009 2 года назад

They're good range toys, just not good EDCs.

@daegnaxqelil2733 2 года назад

i never understood why it's always the 50AE vercsion of the Deagle which appears in games and almost never the 357 one

@DreadnoughtHvor 2 года назад

@@astro6009 357 one i found wasn't even a bad EDC when you practice holster draws enough. As long as you have a sturdy belt, the weight isn't much of an issue and it offers way more capacity than any other 357 magnum firearm

@astro6009 2 года назад

@@DreadnoughtHvor 357 is hardly a practical EDC though. You don't want to overpenetrate in a defense scenario, and you get way more chances to hit with a 9mm, or even most .40s

@DreadnoughtHvor 2 года назад

@@astro6009 ??? Based on what info? 357 was a cartridge that was found to have a greater percentage of stopping a threat with one shot (over 60% of cases)...more so than 9mm (less than 50%) or 40s (slightly over 50%). Source: TierThreeTactical's "Analyzing 1800 Shootings" (no hyperlinks allowed, so you'll have to search it). Furthermore, both 9mm and 40s will overpen interior walls with 147 gr JHPs or heavier. As stated, the Desert Eagle in 357 has a 9 + 1 capability. That's far superior to any revolver that you're thinking of. (Disclaimer: My comment keeps getting deleted)

@davidcomito505 2 года назад

Wyatt Earp said that the most important thing was to be able to shoot straight fast and for that you'd want a rifle. He said anyone who was using a hand gun was going to be at a disadvantage.

@GlennDavey 2 года назад

Yeah long arms were more used than Westerns like to admit. Distance isn't as dramatic I guess

@MemeLordCthulhu 2 года назад

Deagle's a decent buy for round 2, everyone else is using the smg, probably p90 or ump, so why not pick the deagle and get some easy headshots? If you can't already tell, this vid highkey made me wanna play some csgo again for the first time in years

@jaaaaaaaaaaaaaay 2 года назад

I always used the desert eagle in csgo. I need to play that again

@john_barnett 2 года назад

deco rush b

@viclange3826 2 года назад

I think that it'd be instructional if you did a video on different cartridge types and the differences in their best applications.

@weasel9062 2 года назад

An entirely impractical weapon when used outside of limited circumstances. I wrote this before watching the video. Just from my experience in law enforcement and military using various of pistols. I didn't even think a .45 was practical most of the time.

@migueljuarez448 2 года назад

It used to be a Fortnite favorite untill they nerfed it

@gestaposantaclaus Год назад

A golden Deagle is the starter pistol in the 2001 version of Duke Nukem Forever. Fits the character pretty well.

@thesarcasticsettler252 2 года назад

A hand cannon only an ork could love.

@IrregularDave 2 года назад

MORE DAKKA

@theratrace5826 2 года назад

It's huge, heavy, tremendous recoil, low round count, and difficult to use effectively.

@kingol4801 Год назад

This is what happens when explosive force is prioritized.

@youngspectre5356 2 года назад

Johnathon for the most important reason to own a Deagle. Flexing on the homeboys.

@romiarkan450 2 года назад

The 50 AE version is too unwieldy for most, and many other pistols simply have better value for money when compared to smaller versions of these

@MiegmaishMenas Год назад

I think my first acquaintance with the Desert Eagle was in the 2000 Soldier of Fortune game. Somehow I remember the handgun making an impression there. It was of course immortalized in my memory through CS.

@patrick8116 2 года назад

Every gun store I've been to seems to have at least one of these that has been collecting dust for at least a decade. Bought multiple times and with fewer than fifty rounds through it in total.

@gustavojavier2353 Год назад

what a great quality video. top production.

@badwolfest83o8 2 года назад

Could you do an episode on Walther's guns in games? The PP7 ( PPK) in Goldeneye, the P99 in Modern Warfare 3, and so on.

@noooname2568 Год назад

I know but Face Off makes them look so friggin cool man

@rotwang2000 2 года назад

I remember the gun mags at the time going on about how this would be the new generation of carry guns for military and law enforcement, old school 1911's and revolvers were now obsolete and .357 magnum was the absolute minimum and up to two extra rounds over a revolver would make all the difference ...

@reaganharder1480 2 года назад

And yet there are still law enforcement officers carrying (presumably large) revolvers.

@rotwang2000 2 года назад

@@reaganharder1480 Between the two something like a S&W 686 with seven shots is probably the better option. But back then people really believed everyone was going to adopt the Desert Eagle, just like all the target shooters dismissed the Glock as a silly inaccurate plastic pistol that needed 17 shots to be slightly stable. The amount of change in gun culture from the 1980's to today is incredible.

@Joao-ur7ey Год назад

It's easily the most good looking pistol ever made. Which is probably the reason film makers like it. Look good and badass on camera.

@justbreakingballs Год назад

Lugers look way better but it's all subjective

@khaldecky321 Год назад

M1911 imo

@MrHonwe 2 года назад

So no one uses it because the recoil is too big to control?

@spontaneousbootay 2 года назад

Yes its wildly impractical

@Madjo-qj2ge 2 года назад

Probably because of .50 AE Deagle can also be chambered on .357/.44 magnum

@bradhaines3142 2 года назад

its a huge gun, really heavy, only single stack mags. generally not practical

@derekp2674 2 года назад

More likely, its huge size and weight would be the main reason for not carrying it as a sidearm. Its weight would actually help to control recoil (and reduce "recoil energy") but the recoil of magnum handgun rounds is perfectly manageable in smaller and lighter, more "carryable" handguns.

@peterclarke7240 2 года назад

Funnily enough, no. Apparently it had a lot of reliability issues that made it impractical for most military applications. That, and of course the fact that it's a heavy thing to have as a sidearm (you might as well use that weight for more mags for your actual rifle), fires an impractically large round (even in .357), and realistically was only going to get used in seriously unique occasions, like an invasion of elite commando polar bears.

@maxmcgloin 2 года назад

I owned a .44 back in the day. Lots of fun at the range, though it didn't care for reloads. The best thing about it, when you fired most other handguns after firing the Desert Eagle felt like firing a .22.

@iDEATH 2 года назад

Special props for including those clips of "La Femme Nikita." Arguably Luc Besson's best movie (ties with Fifth Element for me), and it's great showcase of how to actually do an action thriller with a female lead.

@milat9287 2 года назад

It could probably find realistic use when fighting enemies with body armour though, but I'd still rather carry a Tokarev for that job..

@vadimk3484 2 года назад

A dude wearing soft armor would probably get his organs mashed by a .50AE, but I really doubt that it would be effective against armor with hard plates. So yeah - a TT or a Five-Seven are the winners here: why smash armor when you can pierce it at a fraction of the cost, weight and recoil?

@EricHamm 2 года назад

This reminds me of those old Ahoy videos where he covered individual guns in gaming history. If you haven't seen those I highly suggest you check them out because he went more into lore in games and history of games using specific types of guns. Ahoy is one of the best gaming history creators of all time on YT. I really feel like if they hired him for a collad this series would of gone to the moon. Props to Jonathan and team for putting these out I look forward to see more in depth ones on some larger than life guns in games.

@crktritual 2 года назад

Ahoy an Mr. Furgeson colab? “Don’t give me that hope” 😢

@MNewton 2 года назад

He got dat voice

@Madjo-qj2ge 2 года назад

I think Deagle is usable at least if you using .357/.44 mag

@derekp2674 2 года назад

I've shot a .357 Deagle but I'm not sure is does anything better than a good .357 revolver...

@Madjo-qj2ge 2 года назад

@@derekp2674 can't Deny that Revolver always means business

@sir_vix 2 года назад

I shot one at a range in Thailand some 10 years back. Even seated and braced on a bag the kick was ungainly. If you had to use one unexpectedly for self defense, without ear protection, I reckon you'd be gambling with deafness even if you come out fine.

@josephlegacy929 2 года назад

5:20 The Desert Eagle is NOT even close to being “the most powerful handgun in the world”

@kg4boj 2 года назад

Most powerful semi automatic handgun bar a few custom made gunsmith specials you literally can't even buy

@ShotaroLOL 2 года назад

I got my Desert Eagle in .50AE in november. Fell in love with the thing. It's not a gun you buy for your first gun on anything. You need to work you way up to it. That being said, It's really accurate and a lot of fun to shoot at the range. Since I'm mostly a range head and don't hunt as much as I used to It works for me.

@maritimemarksman5808 2 года назад

In Canada all handguns are range guns, so I picked up a DE in .357 and it is my favorite gun. Superbly accurate and kicks like a 9mm with all that mass.

@DreadnoughtHvor 2 года назад

@@maritimemarksman5808 trigger is great too.

@The7Reaper 2 года назад

It's in The Last of Us Factions mode but it's called the Enforcer and is pretty fun to use but is actually pretty weak unless your aim is great because it only does 25 damage per body shot but does 50 per head shot

@method341 Год назад

The deagle was my fav pistol in CS 1.6

@Kingstallington 2 года назад

5:20 "most powerful handgun in the world" You never heard of .454 casull or .500 s&w magnum?

@Captain_Crimson Год назад

Ok ok ok, there is no way the Fallout 10mm is influenced by a deagle. Like what? They look nothing alike, don't share any caliber, and the 10mm presents as one of the weakest weapons in the game, whereas the deagle is usually one of the most potent. Fallout New Vegas even has a 12.7mm (aka .50) pistol which is clearly using small pistol bullets akin to .50 Action Express. It also looks nothing like a Desert Eagle, but at least it's chambered in 12.7mm. Smh at this 10mm comparison though, makes no sense.

@carloscaro9121 2 года назад

A gun store I frequent had one that might as well leave via a revolving door. It was this tacky, gold-colored, tiger-striped monstrosity. It would get picked up by someone with expendable income, brought to the range once or twice, then sold right back to the gun store when the owner realized it was an overpriced, unfun, expensive novelty act that was too tacky to even show off with a straight face.

@MaestroJericho 2 года назад

would they actually bother discounting it at this point?

@ightholmes Год назад

People often forget about the DESERT BEAGLE

@FaddaJoe 2 года назад

"That's no gun... that's a tiger, in whatever form it chooses to be in." - Garand Thumb's camera guy, Micah

@__-fi6xg Год назад

buddy of mine makes his own ammo, he let me shoot diffrent guns and his favorite magnum calibar was a revolver, not the Deagle. It totally makes a diffrence on recoil, how much blackpowder there is in your ammunition. It can have as little of a recoil as a normal handgun, either way, the experience was great since im not too knowledgable or used to guns, living in europe.

@Lebjs_ 2 года назад

I've heard the Desert Eagle compared to the Lamborghini. Its loud, its prohibitively expensive, it has no practical porous whatsoever, but you still want one and you dont know why.

@MrJack1992 Год назад

5:44 they're wrong the .50 action express was designed to take down specifically bears because if a grizzly, brown or black bear are charging at you to make you it's lunch, then you probably want a Deagle with a .50 action express.