{"id":111654,"date":"2020-11-27T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=111654"},"modified":"2020-11-27T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:01:54","slug":"hunt365-the-desert-eagle-429-mark-xix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt365-the-desert-eagle-429-mark-xix\/","title":{"rendered":"The Desert Eagle 429 Mark XIX: A Fine Idea In Need of Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I got fairly excited\nwhen I discovered Magnum Research had developed a new version of the Desert\nEagle, the Desert Eagle 429 Mark XIX, chambered in Magnum Research\u2019s new .429 DE\ncartridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on Magnum Research\u2019s famous 50 AE cartridge, the .429 DE round was touted as having a 25-percent velocity increase over a .44 Rem Mag (when comparing 240-grain bullets launched from a six-inch barrel) and a 45-percent boost in energy. The company rated the velocity of new .429 DE cartridge at 1,600 feet-per-second (fps) with a 240- grain bullet and an impressive 1,750 fps with 210-grain bullets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
Magnum Research\u2019s Desert Eagle 429 Mark XIX fires the new .429 DE round, available in two bullet weights. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Desert Eagle 429 Mark\nXIX pistol specs revealed a stainless-steel slide, a stainless-steel frame with\nPicatinny bottom rail, and a six-inch stainless-steel barrel with integral\nmuzzle brake and black appointments.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
At 4-pounds, 3-ounces, the Desert Eagle 429 Mark XIX is a heavyweight semi-auto packing considerable power, but certain problems need to be addressed. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To me, it sounded like Magnum Research had\ndeveloped a great semi-automatic handgun with a new round for hunting bear, deer,\nand hogs. The pistol\/round combination suggested the potential to reach out\nconsiderably further and more effectively than other semi-auto pistols I\u2019ve\nused for hunting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I immediately requested\nand received a Desert Eagle 429, along with several boxes of the new .429 DE ammunition.\nWhat I discovered was that while the Desert Eagle 429 represents a fine idea, in\npractice the pistol itself has reliability and other functional problems that\nstop me from recommending it as a viable handgun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all that stainless steel, the Desert Eagle 429 is no lightweight, not at 4 pounds, 3 ounces\u2014unloaded! It also features the Desert Eagle gas-operated, rotating bolt, a single-action trigger, combat-style sights, and a magazine capacity of seven rounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given that weight, offhand shooting is tough, though not impossible. I started off by shooting offhand at ten yards and was able to punch a 1.5-inch group with my first two magazines, minus a couple of fliers. The first shots were always at or near bullseye, but weight and recoil caused me to move off target with follow up shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The real accuracy testing, I knew, would be from a rest; I moved to the 20- and 25-yard lanes of my outdoor shooting range to see what I could achieve and built up solid shooting rests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s when the problems started. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
An all-too-common problem with the Desert Eagle 429: slide doesn\u2019t always want to go all the way forward. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As I was shooting from a rest, the DE 429 began\nhaving problems going back into battery. I\u2019d fire a shot and the pistol would\neject the spent brass and chamber another round. However, the slide would stop a\nhalf-inch short of returning the pistol into battery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, the recoil on the pistol is substantial and\nI assumed I wasn\u2019t holding the grip tight enough. So, I tightened up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, the slide kept holding up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I only had 25 rounds through the DE 429, so I didn\u2019t\nthink it needed cleaning. Yet, just to be sure, I disassembled the DE 429,\ncleaned off the slide area in particular and made sure the slide and any other\nmoving parts had plenty of lubrication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It didn\u2019t help. Sometimes I could get off four to\nfive shots without a holdup, sometimes every other shot required me to pop the\nslide forward and into battery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The DE 429\u2019s gas-operated, rotating bolt has the nasty habit of kicking spent brass into the shooter\u2019s face. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The pistol\u2019s gas-operated, rotating bolt does a good job of extracting the spent brass. Unfortunately, the bolt frequently kicks that brass back into the shooter\u2019s face. The brass hit my prescription glasses hard enough to permanently scratch the right lens. I switched over to my prescription shooting\/sunglasses. A spent brass casing scratched the right lens on these glasses, too, as in permanently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
Both McCombie\u2019s daily-wear and shooting\/sunglasses were permanently scratched when the DE 429 pistol flung spent brass into his face. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Accuracy suffered–because I started flinching,\nexpecting hot brass in the face. And I got hit in the face or forehead approximately\n10 times in the 80 shots I took with the DE 429.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew the 4- to 4.5-inch groups at 25 yards were\nat least partially on me and my flinching. So, before my next trip to the range,\nI attached an optic to the top of the DE 429\u2019s slide, the RITON RT-R Mod 3 RMD, featuring a 2\nMOA red dot and a 23mm objective lens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I purposefully hunkered down lower behind my\nhandgun rest to hopefully get out of the line of ejected brass and was able to\nplace several three-shot groups right at 2.5 inches with both the 210-grain and\n240-grain .429 DE loads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The Riton did help shrink groups at 25 yards by approximately two-inches. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The accuracy isn\u2019t helped by a very stiff trigger, which my Lyman Digital Trigger Pull Gauge averaged at 4.4 pounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew two other gun\nwriters who had DE 429\u2019s on hand for reviews and contacted them. Both had the\nsame experiences: slides not going back into battery; and, hot brass coming\nback at their faces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I chronographed the .429 DE ammunition with my PACT Professional XP Chronograph, from Brownell\u2019s<\/a>, with the unit approximately six-feet from the pistol\u2019s muzzle. But as I only had 80 rounds total to work with, I only chronographed five rounds of each DE 429 ammunition variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The .429 DE 210-grain load leaves the muzzle at approximately 1,600 fps, and at 100 yards still has an impressive 1,022 ft-lbs. of energy.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On average, the .429 DE\n210-grain loads had a muzzle velocity of 1,606 feet per second (fps), with a standard\ndeviation of 19.1 fps. The 240-grain loads averaged 1,485 fps at the muzzle, with\na standard deviation of 38.2 fps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
With a muzzle velocity of 1,485 fps, the new .429 DE 240-grain round drops less than two-inches at 100 yards, with 1,000 ft-lbs. of energy. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I used Hornady\u2019s online ballistics calculator<\/a> and plugged in my .429 DE ammunition specs.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DE 429 210-grain load, leaving the muzzle at approximately 1,600 fps generates 1155-foot-pounds (ft-lbs.) of energy at 25 yards and is still at 1,022 ft-lbs. at 100 yards. With a 25 yard zero, the bullet is only dropping one inch! The 240-grain load, clocked at 1,485 fps at the muzzle has 1,128 ft-lbs. of energy at 25 yards, and a 1000 ft-lbs. at 100 yards. Drop at 100 yards, with a 25 yard zero, just 1.9 inches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compare that to the very popular 10MM AUTO for hunting. I\u2019ve successfully used the Barnes VOR-TX load on several deer and hog hunts. The 155-grain Barnes bullet leaves the muzzle at 1,150 fps, is at 1,105 fps at 25 yards and 1,067 fps at 50 yards. Energy? 455 ft-lbs. at the muzzle, 421 ft-lbs. at 25 yards, and 392 ft-lbs. at 50 yards.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certainly, the 10MM\nis powerful enough to take down medium-sized game. But given the energy the\nrounds provide, I don\u2019t take shots beyond 40 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
From Left to right:  Barnes 10MM AUTO with 155-grain all-copper bullet, .429 DE with 210-grain hollow point; .429 DE with 240-grain soft point; Federal .44 Rem Mag, 240-grain Fusion bullet. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But when I look over\nthe .429 DE ballistics? It\u2019s clear to me that Magnum Research has created a great\nhandgun hunting round, a true 100-yard hunter. I\u2019d be very interested to see\nwhat the .429 DE could do in a lever action, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it is, though, the\nnext move is up to Magnum Research. If the company can re-work some key components,\nthe Desert Eagle 429 semi-automatic could be the<\/em> next hunting pistol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPECS: \nDesert Eagle 429 Mark XIX<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caliber: .429 DE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action: Semi-Auto, gas-operated with rotating bolt
Barrel Length: 6\u201d
Overall Length: 10.75\u201d
Height: 6.25\u201d
Slide Width: 1.25\u201d
Construction: High-quality stainless steel barrel and frame, Picatinny bottom rail and slide with full Weaver-style accessory rail, and integral muzzle brake
Finish: Stainless Steel
Trigger: Single action, approx. 4.4 lbs. pull
Trigger Reach: 2.75\u201d
Sight Radius: 8.5\u201d
Sights: Combat type, fixed
Rifling: Polygonal, right-hand twist, 1:18
Weight (Empty Magazine): 4 lbs., 3 oz.
Magazine Capacity: 7 rounds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSRP:\n $2,143.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information visit Magnum Research website<\/a>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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