Originally Posted by Air&Road

alabbasi makes a good point.

The Desert Eagle is a double action pistol. Once you get into double action vs. single action with pistol folks, you will quickly enter a ford/chevy argument.

If double action is what you want, then that's fine. I personally prefer single action because of the crisp trigger that can be set up on one. The double action trigger pull is something takes some getting used to. It's all totally personal preference.

A Desert Eagle 1911 version would save money, give you a pistol easier to learn to shoot accurately and keep you in the CLASSIC 1911 area. I'm not sure how the DA pistol will fare in the future Colt pistol market.

Here is one of my .45's. It's my home made answer to the Desert Eagle: