Operating instructiOns Desert Eagle Gas Operated Semi-Automatic Pistol Mark XIX USA/IWI Model Caliber: .50 A.E., .44 Magnum, .357 Magnum IWI Model IWI Model .50 A.E. (DE50W) California Approved .44 Magnum (DE44W) .44 Magnum (DE44CA, DE44CABC) Be sure to read and fully understand all “Important Warning! Safety Instructions” shown in red type. Read and fully understand this manual before removing this Discharging firearms in poorly ventilated firearm from its package. areas, cleaning firearms, or handling ammunition may result in exposure to lead THIS PISTOL WILL FIRE IF THE TRIGGER IS PULLED! or other substances known to the State of California to cause birth defects, reproductive The pistol should be considered loaded and ready harm, and other serious physical injury. Have to fire until the magazine has been removed and adequate ventilation at all times. Wash hands the chamber has been checked to verify that the thoroughly after exposure. firearm is unloaded. Manufactured/Imported by MAGNUM RESEARCH, INC.® Factory: 12602 33rd Avenue SW, Pillager, MN 56473 Sales: 508-635-4273 | Fax: 508-795-7046 Support & Service: 508-635-4273 | Fax: 218-746-3097 Website: www.MagnumResearch.com Manufactured by A Kahr Arms Owned Company ISRAEL WEAPONS INDUSTRIES (IWI) © 2011, Kahr Arms 121150KCP Contents Page 1. general instructions and 1. General Instructions and Basic rules of firearm safety Basic Rules of Firearm Safety . 2 Always assume that the Desert Eagle pistol or any other firearm is loaded and capable of 2. General Description . 6 being discharged until you (the handler) have 3. Technical Data . 7 personally removed the magazine, inspected the chamber, and completed the unloading 4. Exploded View . 8 procedure as presented on page 17. If this procedure is not followed, the firearm must be 5. Parts Lists . 10 considered loaded and capable of being fired. Even after you verify that a gun is unloaded, 6. Specifications . 12 you should continue handling it as you would a loaded gun, and make sure that others around 7. Operating Principles . 14 you do the same. 8. Operating Instructions . 14 Never transport a loaded firearm. 9. Disassembly and Assembly . 18 Warning! Do not handle firearms 10. Additional Assembly . 20 when you are tired, cold, or impaired physically or mentally in anyway. 11. Care and Cleaning . 23 • Point the muzzle in a safe direction at all 12. Troubleshooting . 24 times—a “safe direction” is one in which, if the 13. Notes on Reliability . 26 firearm were to discharge, there would be no injury to anyone. Never point a gun, whether you 14. Warranty and Liability Exclusions. 26 think it is loaded or unloaded directly at another person or at yourself. Consider that a bullet can 15. Contact and Shipping . 27 ricochet off pavement, floors, walls, rocks, the ground, water, ice or almost any other object it 16. Limited One-Year Warranty . 28 strikes. Also, bullets can penetrate walls, ceilings, floors, doors, windows, and many other materials • Warranty Registration Card . 31 to kill or injure someone on the opposite side. important safety information important safety information caution: Failure to observe safety instructions caution: Your safety and safety of your family in this manual can result in property damage, and others depends on your safe and mature personal injury or death. adoption, development and consistent employ- ment of SAFE FIREARMS HANDLING PRAC- caution: Prior to loading and firing, carefully TICES. If you are unfamiliar with firearms, seek read and understand this instruction manual. further advice through safe handling courses It gives basic advice on the proper handling run by your local gun clubs, approved instruc- and functioning of the Desert Eagle pistol. tor, or similar qualified organizations. Warning: It is possible that a live round may 2 • To reduce the possibility of an accidental • Never give a firearm to anyone, or take a fire- discharge, do not place your finger on the arm from anyone, unless it is unloaded and the trigger until the firearm is pointed at the target action is open. If someone hands you a firearm and you intend to fire. When handling, carrying, with the action closed ask someone who knows or holstering the pistol make sure that the how to handle the firearm to open the action and trigger cannot be snagged by a foreign object. allow you to verify that it is unloaded. This can discharge the pistol. • When firing with a two hand grip, keep the If you do not want the firearm to fire, keep your thumb of the weak hand on the weak hand side finger off the trigger. of the firearm, never behind the slide or under the magazine. • Be sure of your target and what is around and beyond it. The bullet fired from your pistol can • Any firearm, including the Desert Eagle travel over a mile, and has the potential to kill or pistol, is a dangerous device. Firearms should be seriously injure someone at that distance! You unloaded when not in use. All firearms must be must positively identify your target as something safely stored to prevent access by unauthorized you intend to shoot. Fire only with a safe backstop persons, especially children. behind your target—something that will stop and contain the projectiles you fire, even if you miss • Load your firearm only when you are on the the target or your bullet passes through it. target range or in the field and ready to begin us- ing it. Unload your gun as soon as you are fin- • Whenever you handle a firearm that, even ished shooting. Never leave a loaded gun unat- momentarily, has been out of your direct tended, not even for a moment. control, start by checking its condition to determine whether or not it is loaded. A firearm • Always store ammunition separately from in your hands is a lethal weapon which is your firearms. responsibility, so you must check it yourself. Do not rely on someone else to check it. Do not take • This manual is applicable only to the Model someone else’s word for the firearm’s condition. xIx Desert Eagle pistol. All instructions, warn- Do not rely on your memory of having checked ings and precautions may not be applicable to the firearm previously, or on your belief that you any other make or model. left it unloaded that last time you used or handled it. Check it again yourself. remain in the chamber when the magazine has important safety information been removed or inserted. You must personally verify that the chamber Any round in the chamber will discharge when is empty before field-stripping the firearm for pulling the trigger regardless of whether the cleaning or any other reason. magazine is inserted or removed. Never place your finger on or near the trigger Therefore, never leave the pistol unattended, when operating the slide. even if the magazine is removed and exercise extreme caution after removing the magazine. Warning: If the Desert Eagle pistol or any other firearm is carelessly or improperly 3 • For all sales contracts with Desert Eagle, the Warning! Fired cartridge cases place of jurisdiction shall be Delaware, and Dela- ejected from the Desert Eagle ware State Law shall be applicable. pistol are extremely hot and can cause serious burns. In addition, the painful Warning! Keep your finger off the burn from a hot cartridge case can distract trigger and outside the trigger guard a shooter from keeping his firearm pointed until you are aiming at a proper safely, and from other safe handling practices, target and have decided to fire. Failure to do so which can cause a dangerous situation or could cause serious injury or death. an accident when firing. Stay clear, and keep others clear, of the right side of the pistol Warning! Keep hands, fingers and where the hot cartridge cases are ejected. other body parts from touching Wear close-fitting clothing, avoiding clothing the muzzle, barrel or chamber after with open collars and necklines into which hot firing, they could be burned by hot metal. cartridge cases can fall. A baseball cap, visor, or other brimmed hat worn so the brim covers Warning! If dropped or struck, the top of the wearer’s safety glasses can offer whether the safety is “on” or “off” additional protection to the wearer’s face and any firearm may fire, causing serious eyes, preventing hot cases from falling into injury or death. Keep the pistol chamber any gap between the top of the safety glasses unloaded unless actually firing! Keep the and the wearer’s forehead, possibly causing a safety “on” unless actually firing! When serious burn to the eye. carrying or handling the Desert Eagle pistol, keep it pointed in a safe direction, and carry it Warning! Use only appropriate in such a way that you can safely control the accessories for your Desert Eagle direction in which the muzzle points even if pistol. Be sure holsters, sights and you should slip, stumble or fall. sight mounts, lighting devices, and other accessories are compatible with the firearm WARNING! ANY FIREARM MAY FIRE and do not interfere with its safe operation. IF DROPPED. If in doubt, consult Magnum Research, Inc. The manufacturer is not responsible for any damage or injury caused by the use of improper accessories. handled, the user could cause an unintentional important safety information discharge which could result in death, serious injury, and/or property damage. Warning: The Desert Eagle pistol has several design features and internal mechanical safety caution: The Desert Eagle pistol is classified features designed to prevent accidental dis- by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms charges in the event that the pistol is dropped and Explosives as a firearm or dangerous or receives a severe blow.