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Summary: The description, specs, photos, pricing and user ratings for the Magnum Research Baby Desert Eagle III pistols.
Manufacturer’s Description
Magnum Research‘s Baby Desert Eagle III is a CZ 75-style semiauto pistol built on either a black polymer frame or carbon steel frame with a black oxide finish, and chambered in 9mm, .40 SW or .45 ACP. (Note: The polymer-framed models are not chambered in .45 ACP.) Features include:
- A carbon steel slide with a matte black oxide finish;
- a land and groove match barrel;
- a double-action/single-action trigger;
The full-size, steel-framed Baby Desert Eagle III.
- a firing pin block;
- an ambidextrous, slide-mounted, teardrop shaped decocking safety;
- a reversible magazine release;
- an accessory rail;
- fixed combat sights with three white dots; and
- two magazines.
Magnum Research offers this gun in full-size and mid-size models. The steel-framed models feature backstrap and frontstrap checkering. The polymer-framed models feature a finger-groove grip, and backstrap and frontstrap checkering as well.
BUL Transmark LTD builds these pistols for Magnum Research.
The Specs
| Frame | Caliber | Capacity | OAL | BBL | Height | Width | WT/OZ |
| Full-size steel | 9mm | 10+1, 16+1 | 8″ | 4.43″ | 5.375″ | 1.31″ | 38 oz. |
| Full-size steel | .40 SW | 10+1, 13+1 | 8″ | 4.43″ | 5.375″ | 1.31″ | 37.9 oz. |
| Full-size steel | .45 ACP | 10+1 | 8″ | 4.43″ | 5.375″ | 1.31″ | 35.8 oz. |
| Mid-size steel | 9mm | 10+1, 16+1 | 7.5″ | 3.85″ | 5.375″ | 1.31″ | 35 oz. |
| Mid-size steel | .40 SW | 10+1, 13+1 | 7.5″ | 3.85″ | 5.375″ | 1.31″ | 35 oz. |
| Mid-size steel | .45 ACP | 10+1 | 7.5″ | 3.85″ | 5.375″ | 1.31″ | 34.2 oz. |
| Full-size polymer | 9mm | 10+1, 16+1 | 8.375″ | 4.43″ | 5.75″ | 1.53″ | 28.6 oz. |
| Full-size polymer | .40 SW | 10+1, 13+1 | 8.375″ | 4.43″ | 5.75″ | 1.53″ | 28 oz. |
| Mid-size polymer | 9mm | 10+1, 16+1 | 7.825″ | 3.85″ | 5.75″ | 1.53″ | 26.3 oz. |
| Mid-size polymer | .40 SW | 10+1, 13+1 | 7.825″ | 3.85″ | 5.75″ | 1.53″ | 25 oz. |
MSRP: $646 (polymer frame)
MSRP: $691 (steel frame)
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The semi-compact, polymer-framed Baby Desert Eagle III.
I have an earlier version of this gun with a serial number under 100 in a steel frame full size Ina 9mm. It is the most accurate pistol I’ve ever shot. I love this gun. The weight and downward – sloping beavertail make the recoil of hot and heavy rounds minimal for faster followup shots. Might not be my first choice for CCW, but for duty and general use it’s a winner. Trigger is nice and smooth.