Anyone know anything about the Lone Eagle???

[DakotaElkSlayer]

Wondering if any of you have shot, or heard the reputation of the Magnum Research Lone Eagle single shot pistol?  Really want to know about their accuracy...

Thanks,

Jim

[BlkHawk73]

Well, they're no longer in production I know but I've never heard anything to spectacualr about their perfromance.  I have however read, heard and witness firsthand the performance of the Competitor.  basically the same design of the Lone eagle (same designer I believe) but with a much easier bbl interchangeabilty and a LOT more choices of chamberings.  
  Do some reading over on http://specialtypistols.infopop.cc/eve

[briarpatch]

I have two of them.  44 mag and  7mm08   They are accurate and I really like mine.  I have not taken any game with them but have been hard on the paper.

[Jerry Lester]

I shot one in 444 Marlin off sand bags twice. I rang a 6" gong at 100 yards both times, but after two shots, I decided I don't much care for a handgun that large. :eek:

[cattleskinner]

I used a .44 mag. lone eagle for deer the season before this past one, and harvested the one in the picture with it at about 75yds off of a set of shooting sticks.  Used a handload of 20gr.2400, and a 240gr. xtp if I remember correctly.  Overall, I really liked the pistol, but like alot of guys that use a revolver say...it did feel like a sawed off rifle.  Not that there was anything wrong with it, I just wanted something that I could put in a holster when I was just walking through the woods.  The grip being more centrally located on it tended to recoil a bit different than a revolver too, and kind of bit into the web of my hand.  It was tolerable though after shooting it for awhile.  It shot great though.  Off of a bench, if I minded my p's and q's, I could keep 5 shots within an inch at 25 yds using a 2x bushnell trophy scope.  To you question, yes, it is a quality pistol that shoots very accurately, but it's most likely something that you will have to carry in your hand the whole time.  I liked it alot, but I like the way a revolver carries better, that's why I switched to using a blackhawk.  

~~~Amos

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[Raging480]

I hunt with revolvers and a Desert Eagle, but I have shot my buddy's 30'06 Lone Eagle at the range.  Its accurate, but had quite the blast effect.  It would probably be more fun to shoot one with a milder caliber.

[huntersmurf]

I've got one in 35 Remington. Very accurate. Have not shot an animal with it yet but I feel it would be good to 150 yds with a rest. Put a Leopold 4x scope on it. Trigger could use some tuning. Recoil not too bad, of sand bags with a two handed hold the muzzle will flip vertical but it doesn't sting the hand like a 454 revolver does. I understand the toggle bar can break if you dry fire with the breech positioned in battery, I rotate the breech to the loading postion for dry fireing so as not to damage the gun. I realy like mine.

[chris s]

The Lone Eagles are very accurate. My 7-08 shot well. With the muzzle break it recoiled like a 357 (to me anyway-recoil is subjective) I like how the pistol handled (balanced) compared to the T/C Contender-Encore. The things I didn't like - you had to load open the breech, closed the breech then cock the pistol. Barrels aren't ready interchangable. Its more like changing a barreled action. The Competitor solves these problems. I carried mine in a shoulder holster with no problem

[Questor]

I haven't seen one in a while, but they are good guns. The only issue is that they all seemed to need a trigger job because the factory triggers were both heavy and creepy. That was true with the earlier ones, I don't know if this has been improved.