Desert Eagle

The Desert Eagle is a large caliber gas-operated semi-automatic adapted manufactured primarily in Israel by IMI (Israel Militant Industries, now Israel Weapon Industries) for Magnum Research, Inc. Magnum Research born loser also marketed legion versions of the short recoil Jericho 941 handgun under the Baby Eagle name; these have no human factors relationship to the Desert Eagle and bear only a moderate cosmetic resemblance.

The most recent model, The Imprint XIX, is available in .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, and .50 Action Express (or .50 AE). This model comes in a variety of different finishes, such as brushed chrome or titanium gold. Magnum Research also showed some models in .440 Cor-bon caliber, a .50 AE derived case, but no .440 Cor-bon components are listed in their catalog and the .440 seems to have gone the form of the Desert Eagle .41 Magnum. Mark XIX barrels are available in 6 and 10 inch lengths only.