Magnum Research

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Magnum Research, Inc.

Type	Incorporation
Founded	1979
Headquarters	Minneapolis, MN, United States
Products	Firearms
Website	MagnumResearch.com

Magnum Research Inc. (MRI) is a privately held corporation based in Fridley, Minnesota. The majority owners, Jim Skildum (President and CEO) and John Risdall (Chairman and COO), have been associated with the company since its founding in 1979. Magnum Research has produced several products that enjoy widespread recognition in popular culture and has established a corporate website documenting these appearances.^[1]

1 Products
- 1.1 Product line as of September 2006
2 References
3 Further reading
4 External links

[edit] Products

MRI was responsible for the design and development of the Desert Eagle pistol. The design was refined and the actual pistols were manufactured by Israel Military Industries until 1995, when MRI shifted the manufacturing contract to Saco Defense in Saco, Maine. In 2000 MRI moved manufacturing back to IMI, which later reorganized under the name Israel Weapon Industries. Both Saco and IMI/IWI were strictly contractors: all of the intellectual property, including patents, copyrights and trademarks are the property of Magnum Research.

MRI offers custom gunsmithing services and has a unique line of guns that are coated with Titanium Nitride in artful patterns and designs. The newest TiN coated gun comes in a "Tiger Stripe" pattern which was developed by a coating company in Southern California. ^[2]

Magnum Research also imports the IMI/IWI Jericho 941 series of pistols under the Baby Eagle name. For a time they also imported the Barak SP-21 pistol, but it is no longer offered. Other products include the BFR series of single-action magnum revolvers and the Mountain Eagle and MagnumLite rifles.

[edit] Product line as of September 2006

Airsoft pellet guns
Baby Eagle (9mm, .40 S&W, or .45 ACP)
Desert Eagle (Mark VII Pistol, Mark XIX Pistol)
Lone Eagle (single-shot center-fire pistol for rifle cartridges) (No longer in production)
Magnum Lite (rifle, rim-fire)
Magnum Research BFR
Mountain Eagle (rifle, center-fire)