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Desert Eagle

Although an American idea, the "Desert Eagle" was developed in Israel by the IMI (Israel Military Industries) in the early 1980s. The first Desert Eagles were manufactured in Israel and started appearing on gun dealers' shelves in the US around 1985. Following a problem in meeting demand for the pistols in 1992 (and probably fearful of the prospect of government import limitations), Magnum Research started assembling parts of the gun in the US and currently is working toward full assembly and possibly manufacture of the guns stateside
16 posted on 11/24/2002 7:45:16 PM PST by yonif
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A beauty but the .50AE round is too powerful for practical self-defence. Do you have pictures of the Jericho?
21 posted on 11/24/2002 7:50:22 PM PST by Sparta
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I like that one (and the machine gun but Kalifornia has some really annoying gun laws) best. Now what are the retail prices for this nice gun? I am working on a Christmas list....
22 posted on 11/24/2002 7:52:54 PM PST by CARepubGal
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I've shot the Dessert Eagle .50 semi-auto. Its a monster of a gun.

First time I shot it, I hadn't really had much experience with a semi-auto. I forgot about the slide, and ripped off half my left thumbnail on the first shot (I assume.)

The dang thing had such a kick and concussion, I didn't realize I injured my thumb till the clip was empty and I saw the blood running down my wrist.

34 posted on 11/24/2002 8:19:29 PM PST by Polycarp
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My mouth is watering at the "Desert Eagle". Looks like it should be in "The Matrix".
67 posted on 11/25/2002 2:02:15 PM PST by montag813
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