Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark XIX

Name: Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark XIX
Brand: Magnum Research

Magnum Research lists the Desert Eagle Mark XIX as a gas-operated, rotating-bolt semi-automatic pistol in .50 AE, with a 6 in polygonal-rifled barrel, combat-type fixed sights, a black oxide finish and a seven-round magazine.

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Desert Eagle Mark XIX

Magnum Research · Desert Eagle

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Scope note: Model DE50, the Black Oxide Mark XIX with a 6 in barrel in .50 AE — the configuration the model is known for. The .44 Magnum (DE44) and .357 Magnum (DE357) share this exact frame and differ only in weight and magazine capacity, but they are separate listings under the base-model rule, and neither chambering was coined in the union for them; add those values when a record needs one. Also separate: the 10 in barrel option, the L5 and L6 alloy-framed models, the stainless line, the threaded-barrel and integral-muzzle-brake variants, and the long list of finish editions (case hardened, tiger stripe, titanium gold, brushed and polished chrome, zirconium nitride and more), every one of which the catalogue lists at the same 10.75 in length, 6.25 in height and 1.25 in width. TWO MANUFACTURER DOCUMENTS AGREE VALUE FOR VALUE, WHICH IS WHY THIS RECORD IS UNUSUALLY WELL SUPPORTED. Magnum Research publishes a 32-page owner's manual carrying a technical-data section and a specification table, and the 40-page Kahr Firearms Group 2026 catalogue with a per-finish block for every Mark XIX. The manual's STANDARD column and the catalogue's BLACK block give the same 10.75 in length, 6.25 in height, 1.25 in width, 6 in barrel, 7-round magazine and 4 lbs 6 oz weight. The manual's four-column table was mapped BY COORDINATE rather than by reading order, as the Glock and Beretta manuals were: value columns sit at x = 118, 178, 240 and 303 with headers at 108, 169, 226 and 297, putting STANDARD in the rightmost column. Three independent checks confirm that mapping rather than assume it — the L5 column alone shows a 9.75 in length, an N/A for the 10 in barrel and a 7.5 in sight radius where the others read 8.5 in, and the STANDARD column's .50 AE weight matches the catalogue's DE50 exactly while the STAINLESS column's is an ounce heavier. THE WIDTH IS RECORDED AS AN OVERALL WIDTH ON THE MANUAL'S AUTHORITY, AND THE DISAGREEMENT IS DISCLOSED: the manual's specification table lists "Width: 1.25" beside Height in a dimensions table, while the catalogue labels the identical figure "Slide Width". The two documents disagree about what the measurement IS rather than about its value, and the manual — whose purpose is specification rather than sale — governs, the same call made between the CZ P-10 C's technical table and its features block. The basis carries the catalogue's label so a reader comparing this 1.25 in against another maker's overall width can see the caveat. Had only the catalogue been available the figure would not have been recorded at all, under the rule that kept Springfield's "Grip Width" out of the Echelon's overall width. THE WEIGHT ARRIVES WITH ITS BASIS STATED BY THE MAKER, which is rare here: the manual's row is headed "Weight w/ Empty Magazine", so the value sits in weightWithEmptyMagazine on the manufacturer's own word rather than on the inference this directory usually has to flag. It is published as "4 lbs, 6 oz.", the mixed imperial form the Springfield Kuna first hit; 70 oz is an exact re-expression within one unit system, and only the metric side is this directory's conversion. Operating system is recorded and unusually well attested: the manual's technical data reads "Method of Operation: Gas", its cover and body call the pistol a "Gas Operated Semi-Automatic Pistol", and it adds "Method of Locking: Rotating Bolt". Ignition and trigger action are unset: the manual names an adjustable hammer and a hammer assembly in its parts sections, which are components rather than a classification (the Hellcat and Kuna call), and it never states a trigger mode, so the Desert Eagle's single-action trigger goes unrecorded despite being well known. Slide finish is recorded from the CATALOGUE rather than the manual and carries its own source field for that reason — the manual never names a finish, and only the catalogue ties "Black Oxide" to model code DE50. Year introduced and warranty are unrecorded: neither document dates the Mark XIX, and neither states warranty terms, though the manual mentions that reloaded ammunition voids one. Manufacturer size class and directory frame class are unset; Magnum Research publishes no size class. Also published and unrecorded for want of a schema field: right-hand polygonal rifling at a 1-in-19 twist for .50 AE, a .500 groove diameter, a 2.75 in trigger reach, an 8.5 in sight radius, and the 14.75 in overall length of the 10 in barrel configuration.

Reference fields

Manufacturer	Magnum Research^[1]
Manufacturer series	Desert Eagle
Firearm category	Handgun^[1]
Chambering	.50 AE^[1]
Generation	Not yet verified
Directory frame class	Not yet verified
Manufacturer listing	Listed by Magnum Research as model DE50, the Black Oxide Mark XIX in .50 AE^[1]
Year introduced	Not yet verified
Manufacturer action label	Gas Operated Semi-Automatic^[1]
Operating system	Gas-operated^[1]
Overall dimensions	≈273.1 × 31.8 × 158.8 mm / 10.75 × 1.25 × 6.25 in (width: the manual's specification table calls this Width; the catalogue labels the same figure Slide Width; height: magazine state not stated by Magnum Research)^[1]
Barrel length	≈152.4 mm / 6 in^[1]
Weight with empty magazine	≈1984 g / 70 oz (the manual states "Weight w/ Empty Magazine" and publishes it as "4 lbs, 6 oz.")^[1]
Magazine capacity	Standard: 7; no optional capacities listed by the source^[1]
Trigger pull	Not yet verified
Slide finish	Black Oxide^[2]
Controls	Combat-type fixed sights with an 8.5 in sight radius on the 6 in barrel; combat-type trigger guard shaped for two-handed shooting; adjustable hammer^[1]
Warranty	Not yet verified
MSRP	Not recorded

Verification boundary: Published technical data are rounded, may not reflect manufacturing tolerances, and may change without notice. MSRP is not recorded: most cited product pages do publish a price, but it changes without notice and independently of the specification, so this directory has no field for it and the row stays blank rather than carrying a figure that would silently go stale. Values marked ≈ were converted by this directory from the unit system the source published; the unmarked figure in the same row is the published one.

Evidence tiers backing this record: Manufacturer. Unmarked values come from manufacturer documentation; any value drawn from a lower tier is labeled inline with that tier. Where two sources disagreed, the higher tier was recorded and the disagreement noted.

Sources

[1]
Desert Eagle Pistols Owner's Manual — Technical Data (p. 7) and Specifications table (p. 12, STANDARD column)Manufacturer Manufacturer owner's manual (PDF)
Accessed 2026-08-12
[2]
Kahr Firearms Group Catalog, 12th Edition 2026 — Desert Eagle Mark XIX, BLACK block (models DE50 / DE44 / DE357)Manufacturer Manufacturer catalog (PDF)
Accessed 2026-08-12
[3]
Desert Eagle Mark XIX — Magnum Research model pageManufacturer Manufacturer product page
Accessed 2026-08-12