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AMT "AUTOMAG" handguns

cwinn
Can anybody tell me anything about these? A shop here has one with a 6" barrel in like new condition. Ive always liked the looks of em and thought they were pretty neat ideas. Are they any good?

Also, this one said "45 MAG." on the tag, im assuming this means 45 winchester magnum. What is this cartridge like?

Thanks!
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  • Contender Man
    I've owned a couple, have mixed feelings on the pistols. Quality depends a lot on when/where they were made. You can get a good one or a dog.

    45 Win. Mag. is a good cartridge has nominally twice the velocity and energy of the 45 acp., but the ammo ain't cheap.



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  • rufe-snow
    Here's a link to a web-page giving a short history of the AutoMag.

    http://www.kitsune.addr.com/Firearms/Auto-Pistols/AMT_Automag.htm

    I don't believe it's factual, in the aspect of production ever being resumed.

    Owned one of the early production ones back in the 70's. Beautiful piece of machinery, ammo was too expensive, if you wanted to do any amount of shooting you had to reload. This entailed forming brass out of .308 cases.

    Your best bet would be to buy a Desert Eagle in .44 Mag, if you wanted a shooter?

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  • Contender Man
    We may not be on the same "page" here. Your question sounded like your were talking about an AMT Automag IV in 45 win. Mag. and that's not to be confused w/ the original Automag Pistol that was chambered in 44 AMP or 357 AMP

    Galena Industries, Sturgis, SD mfg. both the AMT and the Commerative Harry Sanford Automag (1,000 pistols 1999-2000).

    So if your talking the AMT IV you got my answer, but if your talking the commerative or even an original that's a high dollar gun that books between $2,500 and $3,000 probably more if it's an original chambered in the optional 357 AMP.



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  • biteme
    Since were talking about automags...can someone tell me what the value of a baby automag is? I have one that my brother gave me. It is made by AMT and was based on the ruger mkII platform.

    thanks,

    be safe,

    John

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  • I.Shute
    I've had a AutoMag IV in .45 Win Mag for about 12 years and it's a keeper.
    I had to do a little polishing to get it to feed and eject well, and after about 200 rounds it shoots just like it should.
    There's not a very good selection of factory ammo, for hunting that is, but I load 260 grain hollow points for pigs and it's as big a handgun as I really like to shoot a lot. I slit the bottom of a 1911 shoulder holster and carry it when turkey hunting for that flock of pigs you run in to occasionally.

    I don't know why the .45 Win Mag cartridge hasn't got more popular. If I had made the Desert Eagle I would have made it in this caliber rather than .44 Rem Mag. Rimless rounds feed better than rimmed from magazines in semi autos, and bigger is better in pistol calibers, isn't it?
    It's a lot more comfortable to shoot than a .454 or a .45-70 also.
    If you get a chance to try it out I think you'll like it.
    I have a AMII in .22 mag and Back-ups in .380 and .22lr and like them all.
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  • gunnut505
    Hey Biteme; are you sure that's not one of the "lightning" guns from AMT?
    AFAIK, AMT (acadia machine & tool) never messed with Ruger designs for the Automagll; mine looks nothing like a mkll.

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  • biteme
    Im pretty sure its a ruger platform...then again, i could be mistaken. The barrel and looks just like an automag and the bolt just like a rugers, albeit modified in the back to look like an automag. Even the grip geometry looks like a ruger. I dont know much about these pistols like I said previously, any info would be nice. [:D]

    Didnt AMT have their own version of the 10/22 but with a better receiver than Rugers? BTW, my pistol seems to be a small scale version of the original automag design, not the mkIV's.

    be safe,

    John

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    Living is what makes it complicated.
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