Desert Eagle Mark XIX (Mark 19) American Semi-automatic pistol

Desert Eagle American Semi-automatic pistol

Pistol

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Basic Information

Name

Desert Eagle Mark XIX (Mark 19) American Semi-automatic pistol

Designation

Desert Eagle American Semi-automatic pistol

Alternate Designation

Desert Eagle American Semi-automatic pistol

Equipment Type

Pistol

Manufacturer

Magnum Research Inc. (MRI)

Date of Introduction

1983

Description

The Desert Eagle is a semi-automatic pistol known for chambering the largest centerfire cartridge of any magazine-fed, self-loading pistol. Magnum Research Inc. (MRI) designed and developed the Desert Eagle. The design was refined and the pistols were 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 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.

Variants

Mark I and VII (Mark 1 & 7) The Mark I, which is no longer produced, was offered with a steel, stainless steel or aluminum alloy frame and differs primarily in the size and shape of the safety levers and slide catch. The Mark VII includes an adjustable trigger (retrofittable to Mark I pistols). The Mark I and VII are both available in .357 Magnum and .44 Magnum; the Mark VII has been chambered for .41 Magnum. The barrels had a 3⁄8" dovetail, to which an accessory mount could be attached. Later Mark VII models were offered in .50 Action Express with a 7⁄8" Weaver-pattern rail on the barrel; the .50 Mark VII would later become the Mark XIX. Barrel lengths were 6, 10, and 14 inches for .357 Magnum and .44 Magnum, but only 6 or 10 inches for .41 Magnum.

Mark XIX (Mark 19) The most recent model, the Mark XIX, is available in .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, 429 DE (introduced 2018) 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 offered this model in .440 Cor-Bon caliber, a .50 AE derived case. There were fewer than 500 original .440 Cor-Bon Desert Eagles imported into U.S. in December 2000. These are marked by the number 440 on the left lower side of the barrel, in numerals twice the size of other calibers, and without the preceding period. A number of .44 Magnum barrels were re-chambered to produce .440 Corbon barrels, but these can be identified by the off-centered ".440" (with period) produced by adding the final 0 to the original barrel mark. Mark XIX barrels are available in 6-inch (150 mm) and 10-inch (250 mm) lengths only.357 Magnum barrels have exterior barrel flutes on the left, right and top sides of the barrel. .44 Magnum barrels have flutes on the left and right side only, not on the top. The .50 AE barrels have no flutes. The DE44CA (Desert Eagle .44 Magnum California) is the only XIX that is approved for dealer sales to the public in the State of California. It differs from standard XIXs in that it has a firing-pin block incorporated in its design. Current-model Mark XIX Desert Eagles now have a new-style Picatinny rail along the top of the barrel, as opposed to the dove-tail style rail on previous models. Magnum Research also now offers a proprietary muzzle brake for the .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, and .50 AE versions to help reduce recoil. Moreover can have another rail on the bottom of the frame.

System

Alternate Designation Desert Eagle American Semi-automatic pistol

Caliber .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, 429 DE (introduced 2018) and .50 Action Express (or .50 AE)

Type Semi Automatic Pistol

Manufacturer Magnum Research Inc. (MRI)

Length 273.1 mm/374.6 mm

Barrel Length 150 mm/250 mm

Weight 1,995.8 g

Max Firing Range 201 m

Ammunition

Type Depends on caliber

Caliber 357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, 429 DE, and .50 Action Express (or .50 AE)

Cartridge Depends on caliber

Basic Load 9 rounds (.357) 8 rounds (.44) 7 rounds (.429 DE and .50 AE)

Image Sources

Notes https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Eagle; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Desert_Eagle; https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?l=czech&id=1350795706;

Details

Country of Origin United States

Category Land

Land

Classification

Domain

Ground

Equipment Status

Active

Dimensions

Length

0.27 m

Width

—

Height

—

Weight

2 kg

Operators (4)

United States

Israel

Poland

Portugal

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