BABY DESERT EAGLE II
Enhanced, upgraded and soaring back by popular demand!
The Baby Desert Eagle II .40 S&W with the polymer frame has finger grooves on the frontstrap, whereas the steel-framed version does not.
About a year ago Kahr Arms purchased Magnum Research Industries (MRI), a company best known for its .50 AE Desert Eagle hand cannon. According to Frank Harris, Kahr Arms vice president of sales and marketing, MRI fit their niche marketing template. “While their numbers aren’t huge, they have an iconic product in the Desert Eagle and little competition. It just made sense to us.”
Made in Israel by IWI and imported by Magnum Research, the Baby Desert Eagle II pistols are available with either polymer or steel frames and chamberings ranging from 9mm to .40 S&W to .45 ACP. The .40 shown (above left) features a polymer frame, while the 9mm (above right) has the steel frame.
With an absence from the marketplace for over three years, MRI is once again importing Baby Desert Eagle pistols. Made in Israel by the prolific Israeli Weapons Industries (IWI), the semi-auto pistols include some updates since they last reached our shores. In all there will be 18 different models of Baby Desert Eagle II pistols. The primary difference between the earlier Baby Desert Eagle pistols that MRI imported and the new Baby Desert Eagle II pistols is enhanced sights and the addition of a Picatinny rail. The new Baby Desert Eagle II pistols are available in three different chamberings—9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP. Shooters have their choice of full-size guns, semi-compact guns with a full-size frame and abbreviated slide and barrel, and a compact model with shortened frame and slide. Each model is also available with a polymer frame for those that want the weight savings and corrosion resistance over the standard steel frame.
The 9mm version of the Baby Desert Eagle II tested featured a steel frame, which weighed 8.4 ounces more than the .40 S&W version.
Gun Details
MRI sent two samples of their full-size Baby Desert Eagles II pistols—one with a steel frame in 9mm and the other with a polymer frame chambered for .40 S&W. Savvy students of firearms will quickly recognize that the Baby Desert Eagle II pistols are clearly inspired by the very popular CZ-75 pistol. Before the Iron Curtain fell, this Czech-made pistol had a cult-like following since being introduced in 1975, but was near impossible to find in the United States. The unavailability of the pistol and its novel features made the pistol attractive to American enthusiasts.
The newly reintroduced models now feature three-dot dovetailed low-profile combat sights.
January 7th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Have the :Hand Cannon”, but it is impractical for home defense, how do the Glock, HK, and Baby Eagle .40’s stack up against each other.
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:43 pm
I would like to purchase this firearm but was wondering how this weapon stacks up to the H&K P30 40cal.?
October 27th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
It seems that Combat Handguns could do with some better fact checking. Charles Daly was importing them up until just over a year ago.
October 3rd, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Thank you Andrew.
I have a Front Line and have checked out the iTAC but both ride too high for my liking.
I’m also having a problem with magazines. I thought that I was getting some from Magnum Research but they won’t ship magazines to Canada.
September 28th, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Front Line,& I Tac, both make holsters for the Baby Eagle / Jericho line of pistols.
September 28th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
Front Line, I Tac, both make holsters for the Baby Eagle / Jericho line of pistols.
September 22nd, 2011 at 11:14 pm
I have a steel frame .40 cal and I love it.
I just wish that there were more accessories, like holsters, out there for it. I shoot IPSC with it and have yet to find a low riding holster that will place the butt at the top of my belt.
September 22nd, 2011 at 7:41 am
Ummm…no. If anyone know what they’re doing it’s Israel Defense Forces
and others interested in firepower in that country. Right on!
September 21st, 2011 at 10:52 pm
Israeli pistols,TERRORIST PROVEN!!!!!