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The Desert Eagle or "Deagle" [4] is a single-action, gas-operated, semi-automatic pistol capable of chambering the .50 Action Express, the largest centerfire cartridge of any magazine-fed, self-loading pistol and famous for other large caliber chamberings. Magnum Research Inc. (MRI) designed and developed the
The .440 Cor-Bon is a large-caliber handgun cartridge, first produced by Cor-Bon in 1998. Although it looks similar to a .357 SIG, this cartridge was designed after being necked down from an existing cartridge, the .50 AE to accept a .44-caliber (.429 in) (10.89 mm) bullet. This is fairly typical in the wildcat cartridge industry.
A .44 Magnum Marlin Model 1894 carbine A Desert Eagle semiautomatic pistol in .44 Magnum. A Spanish-made Astra Model 44 revolver in .44 Magnum. The concept of a dual-purpose handgun/rifle cartridge has been popular since the Old West , with cartridges like the .44-40 Winchester , whose "high-speed" rifle loadings were precursors to magnum loads.
The most well-known is the .44 Magnum which uses a 0.429 to 0.430 inch diameter bullet, depending on jacket or cast. Though less common than the smaller .38 caliber family of cartridges, the caliber is popular with many shooters and the .44 Magnum in particular facilitated the rise of handgun hunting .
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Recoil of the .50 AE in the Desert Eagle pistol is substantial, although only marginally more severe than the .44 Magnum, as the automatic mechanism and weight of the gun smooth the recoil somewhat. Other firearms chambered for the .50 AE include the AMT AutoMag V, [7] the LAR Grizzly Win Mag, the Magnum Research BFR, [8] and the Freedoms Arms ...
7.7 mm Bittner 1893 pistol [first 0.308, later .302 cal] .308 7.8: ... [44].429 DE (.429 Desert Eagle) .429 10.9: Rebated rim ... (.45 Glock/Glock Automatic Pistol ...
This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load (e.g. the highest muzzle energy might not be in the same load as the highest muzzle velocity, since the bullet weights can differ between loads).