Editing Magnum Research

{{Short description|American firearms manufacturer}}
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1979}}
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| location = [[Pike County, Pennsylvania]]
| location_country = [[United States]]
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| products = [[Firearm]]s 
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| parent = [[Kahr Arms]]
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| homepage = [http://www.magnumresearch.com MagnumResearch.com]
| fate = {{end date and age|2010}} buyout by [[Kahr Arms]]
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[[File:2009-0610-003-Fridley-MagnumResearchHQ.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Magnum Research headquarters in Fridley; it is unmarked.]]
'''Magnum Research, Inc.''' ('''MRI''') was an American privately held corporation based in [[Fridley, Minnesota]] which manufactured and distributed firearms. The majority owners, Jim Skildum (President and [[CEO]]) and John Risdall (Chairman, [[Chief Operating Officer|COO]]), had been with the company since its founding in 1979.

In June 2010 Magnum Research, in financial difficulties, was sold to [[Kahr Arms]], an American-based producer of compact pistols.<ref>{{Cite press release | title = Kahr Purchases Magnum Research Inc. | publisher = Kahr Arms | date = June 10, 2010 | url = http://www.magnumresearch.com/docs/kahrandmagnumresearch.pdf| url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100705045441/http://www.magnumresearch.com/docs/kahrandmagnumresearch.pdf | archive-date = July 5, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2010/06/21/daily16.html |title=Owners unload gunmaker Magnum Research to Kahr Arms |date=June 22, 2010|work=Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal |last=Black|first= Sam}}</ref>

== Products ==

=== Desert Eagle Pistol ===
MRI was responsible for the design and development of the [[Desert Eagle]] pistol.<ref name="Taffin2">{{cite journal | last = Taffin| first = John | author-link = John Taffin| title = The Desert Eagle of Magnum Research| journal = Guns Magazine| volume = 30| issue = 8| year = 2005}}</ref>  The design was refined and for some time the pistols were also manufactured by [[Israel Military Industries]] (IMI) until 1995, when MRI shifted the manufacturing contract and license to [[Saco Defense]] in [[Saco, Maine]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.magnumresearch.com/company-history/|title = Company History &#124; Magnum Research, Inc. &#124; Desert Eagle pistols and BFR revolvers}}</ref> In 1998 MRI shifted manufacturing back to IMI, which later reorganized under the name [[Israel Weapon Industries]]. Since 2009 the Desert Eagle Pistol has been exclusively produced in the USA only, at MRI’s Pillager, Minnesota facility.  Both Saco and IMI/IWI were strictly manufacturing contractors: all of the [[intellectual property]], including [[patent]]s, [[copyright]]s and [[trademark]]s of the Desert Eagle since its creation have been the property of Magnum Research Incorporated,<ref name="EPR">{{cite book| last = Hartink| first = A.E.| title = The Complete Encyclopedia of Pistols and Revolvers| publisher = Chartwell Books, Inc.| year = 2002 | pages = 165–167| location = Edison, New Jersey| isbn = 978-0-7858-1519-8}}</ref> excluding the patent on the production model which was owned by IMI.<ref name="patft1">[http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4619184.PN.&OS=PN/4619184&RS=PN/4619184 United States Patent 4,619,184]</ref>

=== Jericho 941 Pistol / Baby Eagle ===
Magnum Research imported the IMI/IWI [[Jericho 941]] series of pistols under the [[Baby Eagle]] name until the end of 2008 and resumed importation of this model in 2011 under the name Baby Eagle II. Currently, the Baby Eagle name is used on a new series of striker-fired polymer-framed pistols.  For a time they also imported the Barak [[SP-21 Barak|SP-21]] pistol, but it is no longer offered. 

=== Single-Action Magnum Revolvers ===
Other products include the [[Magnum Research BFR|BFR]] series of single-action magnum revolvers, the Mountain Eagle rifle, Magnum Lite rifle, and Micro Desert Eagle.<ref name="EPR" /><ref name="Holt">{{cite journal | last = Bodinson| first = Holt | title = Extreme Revolvers| journal = Guns Magazine| issue = 3| year = 1999}}</ref><ref name="Spomer">{{cite journal | last = Spomer| first = Ron | title = Tradition or High Tech| journal = Sporting Classics| volume = 12| issue = 5| year = 1997}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|title=Micro Desert Eagle |publisher=ESPN Outdoors |date=January 16, 2009 |url=https://www.espn.com/outdoors/hunting/news/story?id=3838325 |access-date=January 3, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115145504/http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/news/story?id=3838325 |archive-date=January 15, 2016 }}</ref>

=== Custom Service ===
MRI offered custom gunsmithing services and had a line of guns that were coated with [[titanium nitride]] in artful patterns and designs.

=== Current models ===
[[File:DesertEagle1911G.jpeg|thumb|Magnum Research Desert Eagle 1911G]]
[[File:BFR, .50, Revolver.jpg|thumb|right|Magnum Research BFR in [[.50 AE]]]]

* Magnum Research DE1911G, DE1911C, and DE1911U <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.magnumresearch.com/MRI-news2014.asp |title=Magnum Research News 2014 |access-date=2017-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043557/https://www.magnumresearch.com/MRI-news2014.asp |archive-date=2017-04-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Desert Eagle]] (Mark VII pistol, Mark XIX pistol)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=National Rifle |title=An Official Journal Of The NRA {{!}} Magnum Research 429 DE Mark XIX Pistol Now Shipping |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/magnum-research-429-de-mark-xix-pistol-now-shipping/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=An Official Journal Of The NRA |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Magnum Lite]] ([[Rimfire ammunition|rimfire]] rifle)
* [[Magnum Research BFR]] (Big Frame Revolver)
* [[Kevin ZP98|Micro Desert Eagle]] ([[.380 ACP]])
* [[Walther P99#Magnum Research MR Eagle|MR Eagle Series Pistols]]
* Mountain Eagle (center-fire rifle)
* New Baby Eagle "Fast Action"
* Desert Eagle [[M1911 pistol|1911]] ([[.45 ACP]])
* Baby Eagle II
* Baby Eagle III<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=National Rifle |title=An Official Journal Of The NRA {{!}} MRI’s Baby Desert Eagle III Pistols |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/mri-s-baby-desert-eagle-iii-pistols/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=An Official Journal Of The NRA |language=en}}</ref>

===Discontinued models===

* Original [[Jericho 941|Baby Eagle]] ([[9mm]], [[.40 S&W]], or [[.45 ACP]])
* Lone Eagle (single-shot, [[center-fire]] pistol for rifle cartridges)
* Magnum Research SP-21
* Mountain Eagle pistol ([[.22 LR]])
* MR9/MR40 Eagle ([[Walther P99]] versions, with the frame supplied by Walther)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.magnumresearch.com/ Magnum Research, Inc.]
* [http://www.imisystems.com/ IMI Systems]

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