The Desert Eagle is the super-star of the Magnum Research lineup, in more ways than one. This large-frame, gas-operated semi-automatic pistol (that’s right, gas-operated) was first conceived in 1979 ...

Okay, real quick, so we can cut to the chase: the .50 Action Express (AE) cartridge was designed in 1988 by Evan Whildin, then-Vice President of Action Arms, Ltd. The .50 AE chambering of the Desert ...

Key point: The Desert Eagle is a celebrity gun with limited practical utility. In the mid-1980s, a powerful new handgun quickly achieved gun celebrity status. The Desert Eagle was an innovative design ...

In the mid-1980s, a powerful new handgun quickly achieved gun celebrity status. The Desert Eagle was an innovative design that ported over heavy revolver rounds to the semiautomatic pistol platform.

A man was shot on a Mendocino County road by three sheriff’s deputies after he allegedly opened fire on them with a .50-caliber semiautomatic handgun. The man’s name was not released. The sheriff’s ...

If you have 15 seconds, you can swap out a Desert Eagle .44 Magnum caliber barrel for a .50 AE caliber barrel. Next, swap out the magazine from a .44 Magnum to a .50 AE magazine and you are ready to ...