The 10-inch barrel is rarely seen in the movies or video games because it does not look nearly as badass as the 6-inch barrel. Most Desert Eagle pistols have interchangeable 6- or 10-inch barrels, which allows the gun owner to have one gun but fire multiple calibers or use different barrel lengths for different purposes. This is the most powerful gun in the Desert Eagle family to date. The gun was improved even more in 1998 when MR introduced the. Building a successful semi-automatic pistol of this caliber had long been considered impossible. 50 Action Express Desert Eagle was developed (the. The Desert Eagle's place in firearm history was solidified when in 1991 the. This model allows barrel changes to use different calibers of ammunition, featured an improved two-stage trigger, and larger slide releases and saftey levers. In 1989 the Mark VII model of the Desert Eagle was introduced. This gun was produced to fill a small market, and was later discontinued. 44 Desert Eagle, the first ever successful semi-automatic pistol for that caliber.Īfter this basic development phase was completed, MR began to branch out and produced the. Only about 1,000 of these original guns were ever made, and they are valuable collector's items. After research from IMI, the first fully-operational. By 1981 a functional prototype was produced, which was then sent under contract to Israeli Military Industries for perfection. In 1980 MR filed the first patents for their gas-operated pistol design. Up to this point in time, magnum caliber rounds could only be fired from revolver-style pistols. Paul, Minnesota, to persue the idea of designing and building a semi-automatic pistol capable of firing magnum caliber rounds. 1979 saw the founding of Magnum Research, Inc., in St.
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