[Hubris Boy]

Originally posted by dave
What'd you pay and what would I probably pay?

I paid a little over $900 for her back in '97. I expect you can still pick one up for around that. Call a few gun shops in your area and ask them to quote you a price. You may find somebody who's had one in inventory for a while and is eager to get rid of it.

What's the average price of rounds?

Here in the Maryland Victim Disarmament Zone, a box of 240 grain semi-jacketed goes for $25 - $30 bucks. YMMV. If I shot more, I'd probably think about handloading. I haven't drunk that much of the Kool-Aid yet, however.

Any special maintenance necessary?

It's a pain in the ass to clean, and temperamental if you don't do a good job. I use Break-Free and Hoppes #9 Solvent to keep mine looking and feeling her best.

It's also a little tricky to strip and reassemble until you get used to it. The first time you sit down and strip it, make sure you have the handy chart that came with the owner's manual. You're gonna be confronted by about a gazillion little pieces. And yes, you need all of them...

...that little bitty spring that was hiding under the extractor and just went flying across the room? Better go find it. Now.


And do NOT, under any circumstances, succumb to the temptation to fire unjacketed ammunition through this beast. You don't know the meaning of "tedium" until you've spent an afternoon trying to clean lead out of the gas vents of a Desert Eagle.

Not that I'm trying to discourage you, of course. It's a ball to own and shoot one! Just understand that, this isn't your typical handgun that strips down into three or four easy to clean and reassemble components. This isn't a gun. It's a device.