7. How many versions of the Desert Eagle are there? There are three major iterations of the pistol including the Mark I, Mark VII, and the Mark XIX. It can be a little confusing to tell which is ...

was on the market in 1983. The Desert Eagle premiered again in 1986 as the very first successful .44 Mag. semi-automatic handgun. In 1989, the Mark VII became the next standard for the Desert Eagle.