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Desert Eagle

The Desert Eagle is a single Action handgun of IMI (Israel Military Industries) was developed and since 1980 is manufactured there. Since 1985 the Desert Eagle is available also in the USA. Due to delivery difficulties on the part of IMI the weapon is manufactured there by Magnum since 1993 under license. The weapon is available in the following calibers: Ue 357 Magnum (the first caliber of the Desert Eagles handguns)

41 Magnum and/or AE
44 Magnum
50AE (AE stands for Action express)
400 CorBon (the newest caliber)
In addition there are the following special calibers by those only per 1,000 pieces was manufactured:
357
44 Brain&Davis

The Desert Eagle handgun is manufactured also with different runs in the lengths 6 tariff (standard run), 10 tariffs and 14 tariffs. With the Desert Eagle Mark of XIX is to be used it possible the differently large runs on the same weapon. Additionally to it is to be had still the most different colors, alloys and grip caps and depending upon desire can one even the most diverse parts such as z. B the departure to be gilded be able. The cost for a Desert Eagle moves depending upon execution between 1.200 to 1,800 EUR. The technology is similar up to small deviation with all variants: The Desert Eagle pistol functions on the principle of a gas pressure loader with turning button fastening. A part of the powder gas will be drawn off after the firing delivery directly before the cartridge chamber/transition cone and returned over there forward by a drilling below the run in muzzle direction led again around 180°. The gas arrives now into a gas cylinder stored in the carriage. This cylinder affects the carriage and floats against these the enormous spring action to the rear, so that the unlocking phase of the catch head is introduced.

In locked position the catch head with three warts intervenes in the piece of bolting device set at the cartridge chamber run. All further functional parts like the extractor claw or the ejector are accommodated in the catch head. The weapon has for the 357 Magnum executions a magazine capacity of nine shot, with the 44 Magnum is it eight shot and in the caliber of 50 Action express finally only sieves shot.

The Desert Eagle handguns are used with Israeli and Turkish special units as well as with that Paris anti-drug unit. Also in Hollywood film like "The year OF the Dragon" or "Eraser" seems the Desert Eagles, exactly the same as in innumerable action and others PC games. Thus the Desert Eagle became one of the most well known pistols at all, which is due also not last to the Design standing out against other pistols. One can maintain with good principles the IMI with the Desert Eagle a "legend" to create has.