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The only thing I have ever heard about this is people in California who want a Desert Eagle .50 or the 357 variant can't have one because magnum research won't pay the $50,000 fee and give california 5 of each gun so they can do all the state regulated drop tests.
People in this case will buy the 44 and purchase the slide and magazines in the other caliber they prefer and change them out. (the main reciever is the same)
Note:the 357 also requires a firing pin change while the 50 AE does not.
Maybe the state he is in has a similar thing going on.
The only thing I have ever heard about this is people in California who want a Desert Eagle .50 or the 357 variant can't have one because magnum research won't pay the $50,000 fee and give california 5 of each gun so they can do all the state regulated drop tests.
People in this case will buy the 44 and purchase the slide and magazines in the other caliber they prefer and change them out. (the main reciever is the same)
Note:the 357 also requires a firing pin change while the 50 AE does not.
Maybe the state he is in has a similar thing going on.