Desert Eagle

Also known as IWI Desert Eagle

semi-automatic pistol

Key facts

Type: Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin: United States/Israel
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
Mass: Mark VII 3.9 lb (1,769.0 g ) (.357 Magnum) 4.2 lb (1,905.1 g ) (.44 Magnum) Mark XIX 4.4 lb (1,995.8 g )
Length: Mark VII 10.6 in (269.2 mm) (6 in barrel) Mark XIX 10.75 in (273.1 mm) (6 in barrel) 14.75 in (374.6 mm) (10 in barrel)
Barrel length: 6 in (152.4 mm), 10 in (254.0 mm)
Width: 1.25 in (31.8 mm)
Height: 6.25 in (158.8 mm)
Cartridge: .50 Action Express .44 Magnum .440 Cor-Bon .429 DE .41 Magnum .357 Magnum .357/44 Bain & Davis (IMI prototype only)
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: 9 rounds (.357) 8 rounds (.41, .44, and .50) 7 rounds (.429 DE, .440 Cor-Bon, and .50 AE)
Sights: Iron sights and optional optics

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Official website: www.magnumresearch.com/desert-eagle
Image: DesertEagle 50AE.jpg

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inception: 1983-00-00

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The Desert Eagle, also commonly known as the Deagle, is a single-action, gas-operated, semi-automatic pistol capable of chambering the .50 Action Express, the largest centerfire cartridge of any magazine-fed, self-loading pistol, and a number of other high-powered cartridges.

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. Kahr Arms acquired Magnum Research in 2010.