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Article: The Desert Eagle of magnum research.
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- Guns Magazine
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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While certainly not as popular as the Colt Single Action was during the days of the "B" Westerns in the 1930s and 40s, the Desert Eagle has been seen on the silver screen many times. It has just the right persona needed for modern movie heroes. It is big, bad and looks oh, so menacing on the screen. The Desert Eagle first landed in the USA in the early 1980s and the massive, space-age-looking, Israeli-made, gas-operated magnum weighing in at four pounds plus fast became a favorite of movie makers because of its non-traditional styling.
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