SIG Sauer P226 versus (Israeli) Desert Eagle ?

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

I'd take the Sig, Glock (or SW) over a Desert Eagle any day.

Looks like the Desert Eagle has been promoted heavily by the J-Tribers in movies over the years...  :

IMI Desert Eagle  

Desert Eagle

Mark XIX Desert Eagle in .50 Action Express with picatinny rail
Type    Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin     United States
 Israel
Production history
Designer    Magnum Research; Israel Weapon Industries (final refinements)
Designed    1979–1982
Manufacturer    Magnum Research and Israel Weapon Industries

    (2005–current)

Israel Military Industries

    (2000–2005)
    (1982–1996)

Saco Defense

    (1996–2000)

Produced    1982–present
Variants    Mark I
Mark VII
Mark XIX
Specifications
Weight    Mark VII

    1,766 g (3.9 lb) (.357 MAGNUM)
    1,897 g (4.2 lb) (.44 MAGNUM)

Mark XIX

    1,998.6 g (4.4 lb)

Length    Mark VII

    10.6 in (269.2 mm) (6in barrel)

Mark XIX

    10.75 in (273.1 mm) (6in barrel)
    14.75 in (374.7 mm) (10in barrel)

Barrel length    6 in (152.4 mm)
10 in (254.0 mm)
Cartridge    

    .50 Action Express
    .44 Magnum
    .357 Magnum
    .440 Cor-bon
    .41 Magnum
    .357/44 Bain & Davis (IMI prototype only)[1]

Action    Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Effective range    50 m
Feed system    Detachable box magazine; capacities:

    9 rounds (.357)
    8 rounds (.41 and .44)
    7 rounds (.440 Cor-bon and .50AE)


The Desert Eagle is a large-framed gas-operated semi-automatic pistol designed by Magnum Research in the U.S. and mostly by IMI in Israel; the pistol is manufactured primarily in Israel by IMI (Israel Military Industries, now Israel Weapon Industries). Manufacturing was moved to Saco Defense in the state of Maine from 1996 to 2000 which carried the XIX designation, but shifted back to Israel when Saco was acquired by General Dynamics.[2] The Desert Eagle has been featured in roughly 500 motion pictures and TV films, considerably increasing its popularity and boosting sales.[3]

Magnum Research has marketed various versions of the short recoil Jericho 941 pistol under the Baby Eagle name; these have no functional relationship to the Desert Eagle and bear only a moderate cosmetic resemblance.[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMI_Desert_Eagle

[Anonymous]

Desert Eagle as a defensive carry handgun ? You've got to be kidding.

ZS

[Wimpy]

Looks like the Desert Eagle has been promoted heavily by the J-Tribers in movies over the years... :

Only way they can sell the beastly thing.

A friend of mine in the 80's bought a .44 DE and I fired it a few times.  My take on it then and now is you'd be better off with a rifle or shotgun:  better distance accuracy, just as concealable (as in NOT) and a rifle would undoubtedly weigh no more than this beast-particularly an AR-15.  Two Thumbs down, although it does have an intimidating appearance if that's the motive for owning one.