Desert Eagle | |
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![]() Desert Eagle .50 Action Express | |
Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
Place of origin | United States/Israel |
Production history | |
Designer | Magnum Research and Israel Military Industries |
Designed | 1979–1982 |
Manufacturer | Israel Military Industries, Saco Defense, Magnum Research and Israel Weapon Industries, Magnum Research |
Produced | 1983–present |
Variants | See Variants |
Specifications | |
Mass | Mark VII
Mark XIX |
Length | Mark VII
Mark XIX
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Barrel length | 6 in (152.4 mm), 10 in (254.0 mm) |
Width | 1.25 in (31.8 mm)[1] |
Height | 6.25 in (158.8 mm)[1] |
Cartridge |
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Action | Gas-operated, closed rotating bolt |
Muzzle velocity | 1542 ft/s (470 m/s) (.50 AE) |
Maximum firing range | 201 meters (220 yd) |
Feed system | Detachable box magazine; capacities:
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Sights | Iron sights and optional optics |
The Desert Eagle is a single-action, gas-operated, semi-automatic pistol known for chambering the .50 Action Express, the largest centerfire cartridge of any magazine-fed, self-loading pistol.
Magnum Research Inc. (MRI) designed and developed the Desert Eagle. The design was further refined by (and was also manufactured by) Israel Military Industries (IMI), until 1995, when MRI shifted the manufacturing contract to Saco Defense, in Saco, Maine. In 1998, MRI moved manufacturing back to IMI, which later commercialized its small arms branch under the name Israel Weapon Industries. Since December 2009, the Desert Eagle pistol has been produced in the United States at MRI's Pillager, Minnesota, facility.[4] Kahr Arms acquired Magnum Research in 2010.
Magnum Research has marketed various versions of the short recoil Jericho 941 pistol under the Baby Eagle and Desert Eagle pistol names; these weapons are not directly related to the Desert Eagle, but share a similar visual design.[5]
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