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Old 01-12-2007 | 09:11 AM
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It's much better in video games than in real life...
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Old 01-12-2007 | 09:18 AM
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It's much better in video games than in real life...
My thoughts exactly. It seems like nothing more than a novelty to me. It's an interesting design, and it shoots fairly well, but it seems like a gun searching for a use.

I could buy other toys for less money and get more use out of them, so I'll pass on the DE.
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Old 01-12-2007 | 10:05 AM
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It's much better in video games than in real life...
yeah, i wont own one.
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Old 01-12-2007 | 11:29 AM
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I owned one for two weeks back in 1998. I was not very impressed. First off, the fixed sights were dead on. For 200 yard shooting! It was something like 2 feet high at 25 yards. You could hit the 200 yard gong (36") fairly regularly by holding right on it. And the brass had a tendency to be thrown righ in your face. Not too annoying if it is a 22lr, but those big AE cases get your attention. And it did jam twice over the course of 200 rounds. And as a result of one of those jams, a buddy lost a good bit of thumb meat trying to clear it. All in all I was not impressed in the least with it. Needed to work on the sights, jammed a couple of times, and I couldn't hunt with it here.

Only good thing was when I traded it. I gave a guy $700 for it, and was allowed $950 on trade.


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Old 01-12-2007 | 12:19 PM
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thanks for the advice guys. Probably will stay away from it for a little while. Maybe when I get rich I'll buy one just to have. haha.
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Old 01-13-2007 | 01:46 PM
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My wife bought a DE 50 before I met her,She took it to the range when we went out there(date),she asked me if I wanted to shoot a big hand gun and I said sure.She pulled it out
HA HA HA! Usually it's the other way around. Was it the first date? HA HA HA!
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Old 01-13-2007 | 02:13 PM
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Matter of fact,when we met we got together that weekend and went to the range.So Ya 1st date.
She's a Veteran,4 active, two inactive,witch explanes all the guns she owned/owns.Whats hers is hers and whats mine is mine,when it comes to guns......
and yes I got the ha ha behined the quote.........
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Old 01-13-2007 | 02:20 PM
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Matter of fact,when we met we got together that weekend and went to the range.So Ya 1st date.
She's a Veteran,4 active, two inactive,witch explanes all the guns she owned/owns.Whats hers is hers and whats mine is mine,when it comes to guns......
and yes I got the ha ha behined the quote.........
Good stuff, I just couldn't resist it, too funny. That's awesome though. Sorry if I was dis-respectful.
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Old 01-13-2007 | 05:24 PM
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ORIGINAL: ranger56528

My wife bought a DE 50 before I met her,She took it to the range when we went out there(date),she asked me if I wanted to shoot a big hand gun and I said sure.She pulled it out
HA HA HA! Usually it's the other way around. Was it the first date? HA HA HA!
i think what he's really trying to say is his wife's is bigger than his...

hehehe....

but what about the baby eagles? any opinions on those?
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Old 01-13-2007 | 11:29 PM
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77.
it gave me a good chuckle when I read it.kinda incerted my own foot on that one.
when we met and I saw her gun safe she had 17 differant handguns and rifels.we sold most of them and she kept 5.3 handguns and 2 rifles.
used the money to help with our 1stadoption............
I should of said 6..we kept the Gold plated,perel handled Colt 22LR Limited Ed.....
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