See—DESERT EAGLE

Location: Pillager, Minnesota

Magnum Research Inc. in Pillager, MN, was founded in 1979 by Jim Skildum and John Risdall and purchased by Kahr Arms in June 2010. Kahr Arms, based in Worcester, Massachusetts, has offices and factories in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota. The current line includes the BFR (Biggest Finest Revolver), Desert Eagle, Baby Eagle, Desert Eagle 1911, and Magnum Lite Rimfire and Centerfire rifles. Magnum Research Inc., now owned by Kahr Arms, has been responsible for the design and development of the Desert Eagle pistol, and the actual pistols were manufactured by Israel Military Industries (IMI), subsequently shifted to Israeli Weapons Industries (IWI) until 1995, when MRI moved the manufacturing contract to Saco Defense in Saco, Maine. In 1998, MRI moved manufacturing back to IWI. Since 2009 the Desert Eagle Pistol has been produced in the USA at MRI’s Pillager, MN facility.