Mine is Israeli made and the only thing I know difference wise is that when MRI started making them they went full retard and made the COD4 Deagle brand Deagle real. I don't like it. That saw tooth of a rail on top looks hideous and so does all the gold pimp gun shit.

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The bottom rail isn't that bad but who's gonna put 2 more pounds of shit on a 5 pound pistol. Oh and now they're waltzing around and everyone is jerking off about the 'lightweight' models like its new. They were building alloy framed guns back in the 80s and they didn't sell for shit. The best deagle made in my opinion was the Mk VII and the early XIX guns that had the Weaver slots on barrel./rant.

Basically the IMI and IWI guns are well made. The early US guns from 95-98 (made by Saco) are regarded as absolute trash.

MRI went back to IMI (which then became IWI). Since then they moved back to the US and all that stuff seems fine.The generational changes were the I, VII, and XIX. For the most part the MK I and early VII's had the different safety and a slight different profile to the barrel. After the VII's was updated to handle the 50AE the XIX was born. It is important to note that not all MK VII can work with the 50 AE, the early ones needed a conversion kit.

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Unless you want to be some sort of a collector of deagles just get a XIX in what ever flavor you choose.

Original Eagle 357 pistol, circa 1982.Desert Eagle mark VII pistol, caliber.44 Magnum.Same Desert Eagle mark VII pistol, caliber.44 Magnum, with slide locked open to show its multi-lug rotary bolt.Current production Desert Eagle Mark XIX, caliber.50AE.The Desert Eagle Mark XIX pistol with caliber conversion kit including two additional barrels, one bolt and disassembly tool.Characteristics – data for Mark XIX pistolsType: Single ActionChambering:.357 Magnum,.41 Magnum (obsolete),.44 Magnum,.440 Cor-bon,.50 AELength overall: 10.24 in. – 260mmWeight: 62 oz. – 1,715 g emptyBarrel length: 6 in.

– 152 mm (also 10' – 254 mm)Magazine: 9 (.357), 8 (.44) or 7 (.50) roundsThe Desert Eagle Pistol was conceived in 1979, when three people with an idea for creating a gas- operated, semi-automatic, magnum-caliber pistol founded Magnum Research, Inc. Paul, Minnesota (USA). Early pistols, then known as Eagle 357, were announced in 1982Magnum Research, Inc. Patented the basic design of the Desert Eagle in 1980, and the first working prototype of the pistol was completed in 1981. It was about 80% functional, with a rotating bolt, full gas operation and excellent shooting characteristics. The final refinements to the pistol were made by Israel Military Industries (IMI), under contract to Magnum Research, Inc.

After research that included thousands of rounds of test-firing, a fully functional.357 Magnum production model was produced in an edition of just over 1,000 pistols. These pistols, collector's items today, have traditional land-and-grove rifling, and they will not accept extended barrels or caliber conversion kits. The serial numbers for these pistols start at #3001.Development of the Desert Eagle was not yet complete, however, in 1985, the barrel was changed to incorporate polygonal rifling, to help enhance the pistol's accuracy. In 1986, a.44 Magnum version of the pistol was perfected; it was the very first semi-automatic.44 Magnum pistol successfully brought to market.Further enhancements to the Desert Eagle line continued.

In 1987, the.41 Magnum Desert Eagle Pistol (not currently in production) was introduced to fill a specific market niche. In 1989, the Mark VII model of the Desert Eagle became standard. All Desert Eagle Pistols manufactured since 1989 have Mark VII features: enlarged safety levers, an enlarged slide release and an improved, two-stage trigger.In around 1996, Magnum Research, Inc. Successfully introduced the.50 Action Express Desert Eagle Pistol to fill an unmet need in the sporting/hunting market.

Since Magnum Research introduced the caliber – once considered impossible to build – several other manufacturers have begun to produce.50 Magnum (a.k.a.50 Action Express) firearms, but only one semiautomatic pistol design survived to date, and it is the Desert Eagle (there are few semi-custom or limited production revolvers and rifles made in this caliber as well). During the same period the basic design was upgraded to current Mark XIX specifications. Key improvement was the adoption of one frame size for all calibers (before that, mark I and Mark VII pistols had different frame sizes for different calibers).