Boolits in a Desert Eagle

[dale2242]

I was on another forum this morning and read that you can`t use cast in a Desert Eagle. What would the issues?
Anyone shooting lead in one?....dale

[44man]

Lube and lead in the gas port. Does not hurt the gun but can make it quit working.

[Moonie]

With regular cleaning it should be fine. I heard this years ago from an indoor range, seems they didn't clean their DE's (rental guns) very often and they would stop working (gummed, plugged up gas system) after awhile.

[Snapping Twig]

Don't use lead!

Gum up the works right nice and you'll need to send it to a gunsmith to get it all out.

[ebner glocken]

I bought a DE in .41 Mag that was totally leaded up. Took 2 weeks soaking in kroil to get the deposits out. Before cleaning it jammed 3 of 5 rounds fired. Sometime when I get a chance I will try a fairly hard alloy with gas checks and see what happens. The worst thing that should happen is a long soaking period to get the lead out but then again this can be avoided with jacketed bullets.

Now the real reason that I would try cast in it at all. Has anyone been able to find ANY jacketed 210 grain .410 bullets at any reasonable price lately? Other than that I would shoot jacketed and never look back.

Ebner

[BABore]

I bought a DE in .41 Mag that was totally leaded up. Took 2 weeks soaking in kroil to get the deposits out. Before cleaning it jammed 3 of 5 rounds fired. Sometime when I get a chance I will try a fairly hard alloy with gas checks and see what happens. The worst thing that should happen is a long soaking period to get the lead out but then again this can be avoided with jacketed bullets.

Now the real reason that I would try cast in it at all. Has anyone been able to find ANY jacketed 210 grain .410 bullets at any reasonable price lately? Other than that I would shoot jacketed and never look back.

Ebner

Try here

http://www.shootersproshop.com/index.php?p=11&b=8&s=393&t=Handgun

Their shipping charge runs around $12. Same price whether you order 1 bag or 10.

[ebner glocken]

Thank you, just ordered enough to get me through the sparse times.

Ebner

[rockrat]

Have shot some cast thru my DE, but not alot. Wonder if you could do with it like an AR15 with a 22 conversion. They say shoot maybe a couple hundred rnds of 22, then pull the conversion and shoot a few jacketed rounds to clean out the gas system, then put conversion back in and repeat.

[NSP64]

Back in 86 when I had one in .357, I tried cast in it and turned it into a heavy single shot. The problem is the gas bleed port is in the forcing cone/ throat area, then the gas runs forward under the barrel then turns down to operate the slide piston. Was a bear to clean. That was the main reason I got rid of it, It was expensive to feed (even reloading).

BABore, that seems like a great price on J-letts.

Might look in the swaging section to see if anyone is smashing brass to .410

[Lloyd Smale]

My buddy shot lots through his 50ae without trouble. Said the trick was to use hard lube and hard alloys.

[44man]

My buddy shot lots through his 50ae without trouble. Said the trick was to use hard lube and hard alloys.
I also thought of that but I would get in trouble again! :mrgreen: