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Desert Eagle: The Pop Culture Icon Nobody Uses – Loadout
A heavy duty hand cannon with an imposing title and a big bang to match, the Desert Eagle is one of the most famous handguns in history. It appears in hundreds of movies and games, from The Matrix to Call of Duty, Max Payne to Austin Powers, but…
I have never been more uncomfortable handling a pistol than when I tried to shoot one of these. The most aggressive recoil of any firearm I've ever shot.
The Desert Eagle is basically just a meme gun.
I remember using the desert eagle in counter strike 1.6 and mw1 it hits hard and it's my favorite weapon of all time in video games and real life
Great video guys! Side comment though, please put a pop filter on the non-Johnathan host guy's lav mic, the sibilance shreds my ears!
My wife picked one out. It’s a lot of fun to shoot. But the BEST part is- sharing it at the range. Watching people shoot it for the first time and watching their reactions is worth the $2 pull!
I always thought/assumed that the DD-44 Dostovei from the original Goldeneye 007 video game was based off a Desert Eagle .44 magnum considering the name and the fact that imo, it looks similar. People say the DD-44 Dostovei was based off the TT-33 Tokarev but I don't think it looks much like it at all and looks much more like a Desert Eagle in my opinion.
Special props for including those clips of "La Femme Nikita." Arguably Luc Besson's best movie (ties with Fifth Element for me), and it's great showcase of how to actually do an action thriller with a female lead.
I’m no gun expert but upon hearing the massive calibre of the DE, all I could think was “isn’t 9mm enough?”
I still want one.
can someone plz tell me name of zombie shooter in this vid? sooo wanna play
the 50 cals grip is just to big,never felt i had controll of the gun, but deagles can be shot well by hand loaders. the trick isn`t to lower the powder but to use fast burning powder like bullseye which gives high gas preasure but lower speeds. people tend to forget it`s gas operated.
The fact you said "Serious Sam" made me happy..
You guys failed to mention how unreliable Desert Eagles are. Every time I see one at the range it's always jamtastic and that's another reason that it isn't used by anyone.
Any movie using a Desert Eagle has a 50% higher budget to account for all the malfunction reshoots.
I know people who own them, but they are huge guns no one is carrying that around.
Its not the most powerful handgun. Several revolver calibers are more powerful. .500 sw being the most notable.
Absolutely love my desert eagle!
I wanna see episode where Jonathan from Royal Armories fractures Ian from Forgotten Weapons
Dude, get that fill light out from the camera view. Looks rediculous.
the guns appeal is the giggle factor
instead of askind if they could the creators should have asked themselves if they should jajajajjajajjajaa
The human negative burger! White meat and black buns.
Polish special force GROM has one, but propobly never used it In action. Just for fun on shooting range
I love this channel! The graphics are great and unlike the infographics channel all the information is accurate.
At least this gun does exist. The Jackhammer shotgun was only a concept gun and, ok it's not as ubiquitous, but it's use in games and movies are simply ludicrous, considering it probably never worked well.
I know a delivery driver with one. That thing does impress you.
2:25 A .50 BMG bullet has more than twice the mass of .50 AE bullet and travels twice as fast. The .50 BMG bullet has about ten times the energy.
Hold up, I am still on the opening statement here but that, to me, seems to be the point of the dessert eagle in pop culture. It is only seen in escentric characters hands and not in every movie at that.
5:20 The Desert Eagle isn't even close to being the most powerful handgun. .500 S&W Magnum cartridges produce at least 50% more muzzle energy than .50 AE.
I have a mark 1 .357 mag
It is nowhere near the most powerful handgun in the world. I don't believe it ever was at any time.
Fun fact. The US SF use whatever guns they want. I highly doubt any of them use a DE, but if they did you wouldn't necessarily know it.
"…and who cares about practicality when you have a golden gun that shoots giant bullets?"
-Ahoy