XDMAN: Check the Talons on This Baby Eagle (from Magnum Research)!
The Magnum Research Baby Eagle III has one impressive set of grandparents. From the tried-and-true, combat-proven CZ-75 design, which inspired the Israeli Weapon Industries Jericho 941, which then inspired the all-metal Baby Eagle. The all-metal Baby Eagle engendered the third-generation, polymer-framed Baby Eagle III, the lightest and most refined Baby Eagle yet. In this review, I’m taking the Baby out for a test flight.
Originally published: August 2, 2024
Remember the pedigree of the Baby Eagle III? Israelis build everything for combat as if their lives depend on it (because they do). These are combat, not bulls-eye style pistols. With a bulls-eye pistol, you line up the sights and put the front sight underneath the bulls-eye and your impact will be on top of the front sight. With a combat-style pistol and sights, you are lining up the 3 dots of the sights. Then with both eyes open you super-impose the front sight dot covering the target.
If you do that, the Baby Eagle III shoots like a dream. Want one of your own? Well, you can cage the eagle right here! And hey, while you’re watching, why not give me a follow? All the tacticool kids are doing it!
–—James Nicholas “XDMAN” Mr. UnPewFessional Himself!
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