Got out to the range. Wow, I had forgotten how much fun you can have with a big bore. I have a S&W 629 5" and a Ruger Super Redhawk. I was at the point where a cylinder or two through either I was done. Well, I shot 100 through the DE today. A fistful for sure but not unpleasant. Actually enjoyed it.
As I said, I fired 100 rounds(actually 101) through this MK XIX .44 today. It was 100% reliable. It is very accurate which I expected, it shoots a bit high for my taste but the manual does say it's set up for 6:00 hold. That is 100% true, at least at 25 yards.
I started off shooting 21 rounds of MagTech .44 Magnum 240 grain jacketed soft point. No failures of any kind, feed, fired, extracted, ejected perfectly.
I had heard Winchester White box ammo was not so good in the DE. I shot 20 rounds of those(Q4240) 240 gr jacketed soft point. No failures of any kind, feed, fired, extracted, ejected perfectly.
I then fired 60 of my reloads. These were rounds I loaded and had dated 4/2001. The powder was from 1997 and primers from 1995. They have been sitting on my shelf of loaded ammo since 2001. LOL! They are 240 grain jacketed hollow point, Remington bulk bullets. The bullet is fully jacketed except the very end where there is some exposed lead and the hollow point. Load was 23 grains of Winchester 296. No failures of any kind, feed, fired, extracted, ejected perfectly.
So far, I'm happy as a pig in shit with this pistol. I was hoping I wouldn't have a $1500 paper weight. I'll get it cleaned up and take some pics later. This 44 is a big boomer. I'm not sure I need or want a .50AE. I've got some 12" round AR500 steel plates and stands from Arntzen Targets and at 25 yards I knocked the plate off the stand twice. It moved the stand around as well. Didn't dent the steel though.