Who has the oldest Desert Eagle

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Who has the oldest Desert Eagle

Posted: 11/30/2014 3:05:57 PM EDT

Got wondering the other day after asking Magnum Research when my weapon was made who here might have the oldest. The answer I got back from Magnum Research on my 357 Magnum was that is was made prior to 1987. I looked at my magazines and was surprised by the date on one of them. I am hopefully attaching pictures correctly to show you my weapon and the magazines.

Have a nice day.

Bill

Posted: 11/30/2014 5:01:28 PM EDT

[#1]

Nice. Is that a red dot or a 2X?

Posted: 11/30/2014 6:17:11 PM EDT

[#2]

It is just a Redot. If I stay relaxed and use proper trigger control I can drive nails with it at 25 yards. Now of course I am not that consistent but I keep trying. Attached is today's shooting at 25 yards, I still have a problem with anticipation after all these years of shooting.

Bill

Posted: 11/30/2014 7:52:16 PM EDT

[#3]

I used to own s/n 3916. It was easy to remember, because that was the street number of a house I used to live in.

I sold the gun a while ago though. I already had a MK XIX set up in three calibers, and had some other gun project I thought I needed more than a second DE.

Posted: 12/1/2014 2:04:18 PM EDT

[#4]

What model did you have and what caliber?

Posted: 1/2/2015 4:20:53 AM EDT

[#5]

yeah, they go to 4 digits and then there are D prefix guns, I am not sure which are earliest.

for being such relatively popular guns, there is remarkably little information available for them.

I have been collecting data and old catalogs meaning to put together a blog about them, someday.

Posted: 1/10/2015 8:08:27 PM EDT

[#6]

I've got a .41 with mags dated 1988.

Posted: 1/13/2015 3:52:54 PM EDT

[#7]

I bought a .44 in 87. Same scope mount as you.
But had an Aimpoint 1000 on it.

Finally broke the knob on the Aimpoint a few years ago.

Posted: 2/8/2015 11:00:50 AM EDT

[#8]

Got this one at the gun show yesterday, a .44 MK I that looks to have been made in early 1986. Other than a little finish wear on the edges, some purpling of the finish, and being dirty and dry, it's in fantastic shape. I bought two more mags for it, the Magnum Research mag seen with the original mag, and a new in the bag MR mag that has 5/08 on the mag body. With 100 rounds of ammo I'm still into it for under a grand for all of it.

Posted: 2/22/2015 8:09:38 PM EDT

[#9]

I have an 222xx. Mags are date coded 1986

Posted: 10/13/2015 12:33:02 PM EDT

[#10]

Don't post here very often but ran across this thread while searching for a failure to extract issue.

I own an early model Mark I .357

Both magazines are dated 1/84.
06 stamped on both the barrel and slide.
Four digit serial # starting with 86##

Believe 1986 was the first year of production.

Ken

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