Okay, howitzer jokes and alike aside I wanted to get some opinions on this. I bought a 44 Mag. Desert Eagle Mk I back in the mid to late 1990's. I bought it used from a very popular shop in Manchester, NH. The gun is a great blaster and totally a fun gun. 44 Mag makes it reasonable to shoot and it performs well. Several times over the years, I've considered selling it but the custom finish has made me think twice and I've kept it. I've seen quite a few DE pistols in local shops and on the web but NEVER one like mine. It's a deep polished blue with polished chrome accents. I was never big on the outrageous gangsta style finishes (i.e. Gold, tigerstipes, etc.) but I always felt this behemoth has a certain class and style in blue and chrome. I fairly certain the finish is original but I wanted to see if I could confirm it with Magnum Research and if I could score the year of manufacture and destination of the pistol I'd like to know. So I called MR and gave them the serial number. The customer service rep said that it is a pre-1988 gun and the records are kept in Israel so he couldn't tell me anything else. I'm kinda bummed. Does anyone know anything about this? Does this mean my DE was actually made in Israel and imported? 5 * The Mark XIX Desert Eagle.440 CorrBon pistols are convertible to other Mark XIX calibers (.50AE Magnum) by simply switching the barrel, to go to the.44 you also need to switch the magazine and to go to the.357 you need to switch the bolt assembly, barrel and magazine. I was really hoping to prove the original owner was someone famous. I know it's shooting for the moon (pun intended). Okay, howitzer jokes and alike aside I wanted to get some opinions on this. Counter-strike 7.1 full install. ![]() I bought a 44 Mag. Desert Eagle Mk I back in the mid to late 1990's. I bought it used from a very popular shop in Manchester, NH. The gun is a great blaster and totally a fun gun. 44 Mag makes it reasonable to shoot and it performs well. Several times over the years, I've considered selling it but the custom finish has made me think twice and I've kept it. I've seen quite a few DE pistols in local shops and on the web but NEVER one like mine. It's a deep polished blue with polished chrome accents. I was never big on the outrageous gangsta style finishes (i.e. Gold, tigerstipes, etc.) but I always felt this behemoth has a certain class and style in blue and chrome. I fairly certain the finish is original but I wanted to see if I could confirm it with Magnum Research and if I could score the year of manufacture and destination of the pistol I'd like to know. So I called MR and gave them the serial number. The customer service rep said that it is a pre-1988 gun and the records are kept in Israel so he couldn't tell me anything else. I'm kinda bummed. Does anyone know anything about this? Does this mean my DE was actually made in Israel and imported? I was really hoping to prove the original owner was someone famous. I know it's shooting for the moon (pun intended). Okay so I checked the mags. This is funny. When I bought the gun, they had two used 44 Mag Eagles in. Mine and one in a matte finish. The matte finish gun came with two factory mags. We dickered over the price for a while and the deal we made was close to what they were asking plus the additional mag from the other Eagle. I checked both mags and they are both dated 2/86.
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