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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
The thing is, if you are just walking or camping, a handgun is a lot more easy to carry than a rifle. I've read people here say a Desert E can kill someone through a wall... if a bullet can go through a masonary and still kill, I recokin it can penetrate the skull of a bear!
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The DE is just as heavy as a light rifle or shotgun, and has several disadvantages:
-The reliability issue - Some reports put the jam rate as high as 20%. If there's a pissed off bear coming at you, you're actually playing with worse odds than if you had a six-shooter and were playing russian roulette.
-The aiming issue - Imagine panicking and trying to draw and fire a 6-pound gun at a moving target while running. Enough said
-The ammo itself - The .50AE round is designed to expand and transfer power very rapidly, and there is a decent chance that it would just bounce off of a bear's skull. Bone is a lot harder than walls that are used for penetration testing, and those tests are always done with a direct hit, not a glancing hit, which is the likely scneario if you're shooting a heavy gun with a lot of recoil while running and trying not to shit your pants. This caliber of bullet is only practical in a rifle.
I know you're a big fan of IMI, and I agree that they make good weapons, but the DE is not a big success. If you're ever in the US and around here, I'll take you to an outdoor firing range and show you a variety of guns, and I think you'll find a pistol that you like better than the DE.