#MountainEagle

Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is all about the rimfire firearm world and its various guns, ammunition, sports, and more! Last week we talked about the hot new SIG Sauer P322 pistol. The P322 is quite an impressive specimen when it comes to .22LR pistols and there was a lot of discussion about various uses different people might have for it. One such idea would be to use the P322 as a survival, camping, or hiking pistol due to its combination of lightweight construction, magazine capacity, and other features. However, as impressive as the P322 is, it wasn’t the first .22LR pistol to feature 20-round magazines. Cue the probably long forgotten Magnum Research Mountain Eagle pistol. Today we’ll be going over some of its features and performance to see what it’s all about!

When looking around at different pawn shops around the state, I always think it’s amazing what I find. One of the best purchases I’ve made was the Magnum Research Mountain Eagle. This rarity was on the shelf for $150 originally and after some negotiation, I managed to talk the guy down to $119.99. Now I will be honest, if this was a brand new production gun I probably wouldn’t have touched it. This gun looks like its seen better days but it’s the subtle Magnum Research styling cues that I love the most.