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Great power to bring semi-automatic pistol Shamozhiying (Desert
Eagle), a lot of people know that Israel Military Industries
Ltd. (IMI) products, but in fact it is the Dominion Bowness
City Magnum Research Inc. (Magnum Research Inc .) developed.
In 1979, Magnum Research Inc. has developed a three person
you want to launch .357 Magnum revolver handgun cartridges
of the semi-automatic pistol, when their development program
known as "Magnum Eagle" (Magnum Eagle). These three
individuals J. Lindig, J. Skildam and HZ Skildam, while the
founder of Magnum Research Inc. - B. White is responsible
for technical details and development. Magnum Eagle is designed
as a target gun and hunting pistol. The first gun in 1981,
the prototype was completed and published in 1982, when caused
a great response, this.
357 Magnum-caliber semi-automatic pistol enormous power and
beautiful appearance attracted great interest from a lot of
shooters. Then, the Magnum Research needs to find a large
company to produce the pistol, and soon find on the IMI.Why
IMI? Is still a lack of information in this regard. In short,
this pistol in 1983, production began to IMI "Shamozhiying"
form began producing and selling, but not until 1985, the
.357 caliber Shamozhiying was formally pistol in the U.S.
market, shelf space on. The pursuit of more power than the
.357 Magnum, the .41 Magnum was introduced in 1987 model,
and soon launched a .44 Magnum model, launched in 1994, a
.50 AE caliber, while in 1998, has introduced a less promising
.440 Cor-Bon caliber.
In 1992, the U.S. government to restrict imports of firearms,
it sold to the United States by the IMI Shamozhiying on parts,
components, destined for the U.S. companies after the Magnum
assembly and final processing. So IMI untreated semi-finished
products shipped to the United States, by Magnum research
company in chrome, nickel, gold-plated surface treatment and
polishing, and finishing the barrel and other components re-assembled,
so as to "Made in USA "in the form of continuing
in the U.S. markets.
Shamozhiying sturdy appearance, not everyone can control
the launch force, which no fighting pistols are not a substitute
for small and exquisite, this feature of it being Hollywood's
attention in 1984 by a starring Mickey Rourke action movie
"Dragon" (The Year of the Dragon), the Shamozhiying
the first time in the film appearances,Since then, Shamozhiying
in nearly 500 films, television appearance, where the statistics
does not include the outside of the U.S. television programs
and movies, when the script referred to "a powerful deterrent
pistol", the almost always choose Shamozhiying as props.
The domestic movie-going audience was most impressed by is
probably Arnaud Schwarzenegger movie "The Last Action
Hero" (The Last Action Hero) inside that side with one
hand while driving convertible will be criminals with Shamozhiying
trounced the image.

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