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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
I have a hard chrome .44mag that everyone loves to shoot.

It’s a hoot. Fun gun!!

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Originally posted by David Lee:
Didn't IMI make these in a 45 Win. Mag also ? Maybe that was the LAR gun. Arcweldors wife IIRC had a gold tiger stripe DE.. Cant get much cooler than that.

The LAR Grizzly is what you are thinking.

Basically an upsized 1911. These were made by LAR under license from the firearms designer



The barrel length on the standard slide version was 5 1/2"-6 1/2" depending on if the barrel was extended or not

Conversion kits were available for 357 Magnum, 45ACP, 10MM Auto and 357/45 GWM. Perhaps some more that have slipped my memory. The standard slide version really rocks with the 357 Magnum conversion

There was also a long slide version that offered a 10 1/2" barrel and the same cartridge conversion kits. 200 Long Slides were produced with 20 of them in the Hard Chrome finish



LAR stopped production of the Grizzley pistol in exchange for being dropped as a co-defendant in several ongoing Federal actions that were undertaken by the Clinton administration

Pure awsome big irons in this thread.

I had a 357 DE years ago but I didn't reload at the time, so I sold it as it was expensive to shoot. I often think about getting another, especially now that they are modular and can shoot other calibers. It was a fun gun to shoot and I don't remember any recoil,not that a 357 in that pistol would.

I love the big DE pistols. A store in northern Kentucky had a half dozen used ones some time back. Pretty sure one was a stainless frame. colt-saa, that long slide LAR is such a slick pistol. What is its chambering ?

I had one in .44 and one in .50AE. They were fun. Ranges toys for sure. Pain in the butt to clean. Eventually I lost my enthusiasm and sold them off. But they would light up any room I fired them in and heads would duck.

The only thing I didn't like about the .44 I had was that if the mag was resting on anything while shooting it would jam. Always left me feeling like they could've done better. Maybe they've fixed that since the mid '90s?

Very accurate and fun though.

For pure bang and flash, the LAR Grizzly pistol is an excellent choice. There are several conversion kits available for it. 45 win mag, 357 mag, 357/45 gwm, 10mm, 45acp and the very rare 9mm win mag. Everything Grizzly is costly now but what an awesome piece it is.

Thoughts: Those guns are sure used in the movies a lot. Amazing how characters in movies conceal them so well in stylish suits,etc. Opinion: DEs are a MASSIVE pieces of hand ordnance.

Makes my Freedom Arms revolver seem rather svelte by comparison

I had 44 magnum. It was a fun novelty but had little real world usefulness. It also would bind up when the transfer bar would slip out of place. Sold it. Don’t miss it except for being a conversation piece.

A number of years ago I needed to do a little practice before taking the S.C. concealed carry course and went to a local gun shop that had just gotten an 'in door range'... which was basically a modified 18 wheeler trailer with two bays....

while I was in there a guy with one of the employees comes in to try shooting a dessert eagle in 50 cal.... damn thing when fired pretty much blew all the air out of the trailer.... guy shot two rounds and gave up.... thank goodness

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Originally posted by brianfede:
I have the L5 in .357 mag, that is the newer lightweight model. Mine is dead accurate, low recoil and a blast to shoot...

That does look like fun. I was thinking that the only thing it needed was jacketed ammo for the port to stay unobstructed. The older versions had a lighter slide that worked best with .357 since it wasn't compromised to work with the other calibers.

Finding an early one for me wasn't that hard. Bought one that was cheap because it was being sold as having light surface rust. Took it apart to clean it and realized I was holding a prototype.

While the size and weight make the Desert Eagle impractical for most uses it is fascinating mechanically. It is basically a semi auto rifle in pistol form. It has a rotating bolt lock up and gas piston.