Infobox Weapon
name= Auto Mag caption= AMT manufacture origin= USA type= Semi-automatic pistol is_ranged=yes service= used_by= wars= designer=first - Max Gera design_date=1966 to 1971 manufacturer=Auto Mag Corporation unit_cost= first - $217.50 production_date=1971 to 1982 number= variants= weight= 57 oz (3 lb 9 oz) (1.62 kg) length= 11.5 inches part_length= 6.5 inches width= height= diameter= crew= cartridge= .44 AMP caliber= action= short recoil rate= velocity= range= max_range= feed= 8-round single-column box magazine sights= Adjustable target sights
The .44 Auto Mag pistol was designed between 1966 and 1971 by the Auto Mag Corporation to bring .44 magnum power to a semi-automatic pistol. It was the first semi-automatic .44 magnum pistol. It was made from 17-4 stainless steel.
Function
The short recoil operated Auto Mag pistol featured a rotary bolt with locking lugs located at the front similar to the M-16/AR-15 rifle. The Auto Mag is a heavy pistol designed to give handgun hunters .44 magnum power in a semi-automatic pistol. The .44 Auto Mag was designed to shoot .429 inch, 240 grain bullets at about the same velocity as the .44 magnum revolver.
History
In 1970, Auto Mag Corporation president Harry Sanford opened a factory in Pasadena, California. Guns were made in both .44 AMP and .357 AMP, and changing calibers required only the additional barrel and cartridges. The same frame, magazine and bolt could be used on both. After producing about 3,300 pistols, Auto Mag Corporation went bankrupt.
Auto Mag Corporation was short-lived for several reasons. The design team that took the Auto Mag pistol from a good looking but non-working prototype designed by Max Gera, to a fully functioning pistol, disagreed with Harry Sanford about how the company should proceed. The design team was convinced the Auto Mag pistol was not ready for production and could not be produced at a profit. The design team also believed that even with the correct finished design, the wholesale price of the gun had to be greatly increased or the company would go bankrupt. The design team was unable to convince Sanford, and they all resigned. Then the pistol was rushed into production by a group that was not familiar with the design and what needed to be done. This led to expensive manufacturing processes and poor functioning pistols that had to be reworked after being purchased. Severe underpricing of the Auto Mag pistol to indicate huge market demand to potential investors made success impossible. A final analysis showed that the Auto Mag Corporation lost more than $1,000 on each pistol that it sold wholesale for around $170. The pistols originally sold retail for $217.50. Used Auto Mag pistols now sell for around $2,500.
In 1983 the Auto Mag pistol was featured in the Clint Eastwood movie 'Sudden Impact'. Clint used his .44 Auto Mag pistol to kill Mick the Rapist after Clint lost his .44 magnum revolver.
Lee Jurras, of Super Vel ammunition, commissioned a limited 1,000-piece run of Auto Mags to be given the LJ-prefix on their serial numbers. They were to be custom-made to his specifications and were chambered for his wildcat .41-44 Jurras Mag Pistol (JMP) round. Jurras' own personal model, serial number LJ-0005, is shown in a promotional photo with a skeleton-framed shoulder stock and a 2x scope.
Trust Deed Estates (TDE) then took over and set up in North Hollywood, California, later moving to El Monte, California. During this time, High Standard had 200 Auto Mags made with its name on the guns. Serial numbers HS001 to HS200 are the only serial numbers listed in the AMT record books as shipped to High Standard. More than 200 slides marked 'High Standard' were made and the excess were mated with spare frames using standard AMT serial numbers. Later, Ordnance Manufacturing Corp. (OMC) joined TDE and produced a few more guns. Then the Arcadia Machine and Tool became the manufacturing facility for the Auto Mag pistol.
The Auto Mag design gave birth to three new cartridges: the .44 Auto Mag (.44 AMP), .357 Auto Mag (.357 AMP) and the lesser-known .41 Jurras Magnum (.41 JMP).
The history of the Auto Mag pistol was researched in depth and presented in the book titled, 'Auto Mag: The Pasadena Days - 1966-1972' by Bruce Stark. The book contains a detailed history of the Auto Mag pistol, including copies of internal memos, blue prints and patent, the history on who actually developed the gun, and copies of its brochures and advertisements. See http://www.glossover.co.uk/amt/books/thepasadenadays.asp
Ammunition
The .44 Auto Mag Pistol (AMP) cartridge was introduced in 1971. Its rimless, straight wall case was originally formed by trimming the .308 Winchester case (or any other member of the .30-06 family) to 1.30 inches (33 mm). Loaded ammunition was once available from the Mexican firm of Cartuchos Deportivos Mexico and from Norma (a Swedish firm), which also produced empty cases. Today loaded ammunition is available from Cor-Bon, and new .44 AMP brass is available from Starline Brass. The dedicated handloader can also form AMP cases from .30-06 or .308 Winchester brass, using a series of forming dies and an inside neck reamer.
The .357-44 AMP round was introduced in 1972. It was similar to the .44 AMP, except it was necked down to take the smaller bullet.
Collecting
From 1971 to 1982, approximately 9,500 Auto Mags were manufactured, by different manufacturers and in different variations. TDE made a limited run of 'A' series pistols in the early 70's that consisted of only 132 units. These 'A' series are extremely hard to come by today, as most have been bought up by avid firearms collectors.
Statistics
Auto Mag Pistol
*Manufacturers: **Auto Mag Corporation (AMC); Pasadena, CA (1970-1973). **TDE Corporation; North Hollywood, CA (1973). **TDE Corporation; El Monte, CA (1974). **High Standard; ? (1974?). *Chambering: .44 AMP (Auto Magnum Pistol) [10.74x33 mm] (1970), .357-44 AMP [9x33 mm] (1972), .41-44 JMP (Jurras Mag Pistol) [10.41x33 mm] (?). *Barrel Length: 6.5 inches. *Overall Length: 11.5 inches. *Weight: 57 oz (3 lb 9 oz) (1.62 kg) [.44 AMP] ; 54 oz (3 lb 6 oz) (1.53 kg) [.357 AMP] . *Magazine: 8-round single-column box magazine. *Sights: Adjustable target sights. *Finish: Stainless steel. *Furniture: Two-piece black polyurethane (AMP models) or holly or ebony wood (JMP model) grips. *Features: Ribbed barrel. *Production: 1970-? *Price: Original retail $217.50 later increased to $275 ($425 for a paired .44 AMP and .357 AMP barrel kit)
AMP Wildcat cartridges
These were rounds test-bedded by the developers, but never adopted due to the limited demand for the .44 AMP round.
*.30-44 AMP [7.62x33 mm] This was an experimental cartridge based on the .30 M1 Carbine bullet. *.36-44 AMP [9.14x33 mm] This was an experimental cartridge based on the 9 mm Parabellum bullet. *.46 AMP This was a theoretical short-cased round designed for a proposed narrow-frame model for shooters with small hands.
Other calibers
AMT (Arcadia Machine and Tool) manufactured several firearms under the Auto Mag name, including the AMT Auto Mag II in .22 WMR, AMT Auto Mag III in .30 Carbine, AMT Auto Mag IV in .45 Winchester Magnum and AMT Auto Mag V in .50 Action Express.
References
External links
* [http://www.zvis.com/dep/mgnrv/index.shtml Comparative Reviews of Magnum Caliber Semi-Auto Handguns]
* [http://www.automagparts.com/articles.htm Articles] * [http://www.the-dirtiest.com/automag.htm Dirty Harry] * [http://www.reloadbench.com/cartridges/p44auto.html .44 Auto Mag (44 AMP)]
Individual firing (first) Linebaugh protype revolver and (second) .44 Auto Maghttp://www.automagpistol.com/video/big%20guns.wmv
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The .44 AutoMag pistol (AMP) is a large caliber semi-automatic pistol. It was designed between 1966 and 1971 by the AutoMag Corporation to make a semi-automatic pistol chambered in .44 AMP.[1]
The pistol's reputation and looks have made it popular in cinema and novels and several versions are listed as 'Curios and Relics' by the ATF.
Function[edit]
The short-recoil operated AutoMag pistol featured a rotary bolt with locking lugs located at the front similar to the M16/AR-15 rifle. The AutoMag is a heavy pistol designed to give handgun owners .44 Magnum power in a semi-automatic pistol. The .44 AutoMag was designed to shoot .429-inch, 240-grain bullets at about the same velocity as the .44 Magnum revolver.[2]
History[edit]
In 1970, AutoMag Corporation president Harry Sanford opened a factory in Pasadena, California. The first pistol was shipped on August 8, 1971, and the factory declared bankruptcy on May 3, 1972, after making fewer than 3,000 pistols. The company opened and closed several times from 1973 through 1982 under several different names: TDE (Trade Deed Estates), OMC, Thomas Oil Company, High Standard, and AMT (Arcadia Machine & Tool).[3][4]
An additional 6,000 pistols were produced and sold during this period for a total of about 9,000.[3] Sanford continued to sell spare parts until his death in 1996.[5] His son Walter continued to sell the remaining parts online through automagparts.com. Production guns were made in .44 AMP. Experimental pistols were made in .45 ACP, .30 AMP, .357 AMP and .41 JMP.[4] Changing calibers usually required only exchanging the barrel â the frame, magazine and bolt could be used with all calibers except .45 ACP.[6]
AutoMag Corporation was short-lived for several reasons. The design team, headed by Mark Lovendale, took the AutoMag pistol from a fully functional machined chrome-moly steel prototype designed by Max Gera[7] to a more complicated and less reliable stainless steel pistol. Gera disagreed with Sanford about how the company should proceed and left the company. Additionally, the new design team was convinced the AutoMag pistol was not ready for production and could not be produced at a profit. The design team believed that even with the correct finished design, the wholesale price of the pistol had to be greatly increased or the company would go bankrupt. The design team was unable to convince Sanford, and they all resigned. The pistol was then rushed into production by a group that were not concerned with the pistol making a profit, but only that it got into production immediately. This led to expensive manufacturing processes, and later guns from Pasadena were not fitted well, as there was a constant push to get the product delivered.[2]
Severe under-pricing of the AutoMag pistol to indicate huge market demand to potential investors made success impossible. A final analysis showed that the AutoMag Corporation lost more than $1,000 on each pistol; each pistol sold wholesale for around $170. The pistols originally retailed for $217.50 in the 1970s. Used AutoMag pistols now sell for around $3,000â$4,000.[8]
In August 2015 Walter Sanford sold all the assets of the company including the name, trademark, and all rights to AutoMag Ltd. Corp., a South Carolina-based corporation. AutoMag is currently producing the first 77 Founders' Edition pistols with an 8.5' barrel, selling for $3,995 each. Classic Edition pistols with a 6.5' barrel are planned to sell for $3,495 each.[9]
Models[edit]Specifications[edit]
AutoMag Pistol
Designations[edit]
Between 1971 and 2002 the AutoMag would wear eleven different names:
Lee Jurras of Super Vel Ammunition commissioned a limited run of AutoMags to be given the 'LEJ' prefix on their serial numbers. They were to be custom-made to his specifications and were chambered in .44AMP, .357AMP and in Jurras' wildcat .41 JMP. Some of Jurras's custom AutoMags had custom leather holsters and magazine pouches, shoulder stocks, high polish jobs, gold plating, engraving, and other features.[1]
Ammunition[edit]
A .44 AMP next to a .44 Remington Magnum cartridge.
The .44 AutoMag Pistol cartridge was introduced in 1971.[1] Its rimless, straight wall case was originally formed by trimming the .308 Winchester or .30-06 case to 1.30 inches (33 mm).[1] Loaded ammunition was once available from the Mexican firm of Cartuchos Deportivos Mexico and from Norma (a Swedish firm), which produced empty cases.[1]
The .357 AMP round went into production in 1972 with the North Hollywood guns.[1] It is similar to the .44 AMP, but is necked down to accept the smaller diameter bullet. The same is true for the .41JMP, .30, .25 and .22LMP.[1]
Presently, loaded ammunition is available from Cor-Bon as well as SBR Ammunition, and new .44 AMP brass is available from Starline Brass. The dedicated handloader can form AMP cases from .30-06 or .308 Winchester brass, using a series of forming dies and an inside neck reamer.[1]
The AutoMag design gave birth to three new cartridges: the .44 AutoMag (.44 AMP), .357 AutoMag (.357 AMP) and the lesser-known .41 JMP.[1] There were barrels made to shoot other cartridges:
Kincel was an editor for Gun World magazine and Maynard was a technician who worked at AMT's service department.
AMT AutoMag[edit]
AMT (Arcadia Machine and Tool) manufactured several firearms under the AutoMag name, including the AMT AutoMag II in .22 WMR, AMT AutoMag III in .30 Carbine, AMT AutoMag IV in .45 Winchester Magnum and AMT AutoMag V in .50 Action Express.
In popular culture[edit]
Resident evil 7, features it as a weapon called old magnium hand gun.
References[edit]
External links[edit]
www.thenewautomag.com Vizio d43-d2 tv no longer responds to remote control.
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The Grizzly Win Mag pistols were conceived, invented, designed, engineered and developed in the 1980s by the sole inventor, Perry Arnett, who licensed his patent for an interchangeable caliber automatic pistol[1] to L.A.R. Manufacturing Inc. Perry Arnett's designs were initially flawed and were improved upon by Heinz Augat (former owner and founder of L.A.R. Manufacturing Inc.). The L.A.R. Grizzly was the most powerful semi-automatic pistol ever commercially produced (the Mark V was chambered in .50 AE to compete with the IMI Desert Eagle).
Background[edit]
The LAR Grizzly pistol was a modified Colt M1911 style pistol with oversize components designed to handle larger, more powerful cartridges than could be used in the standard size 1911 pistol. The original prototype built by Perry Arnett was made from two Colt 1911 frames and slides cut and welded to accommodate the 45WM round, with two steel doubler plates welded to the slide flats to retard the action and increase strength.
Between 1983 and 1999, approximately 15,000 guns were produced in four versions capable of firing 6 different cartridges. All guns were hand fitted and capable of high accuracy.
The Grizzly is an oversize of the Colt M1911 design, and most parts are interchangeable with those of the standard size pistols of other manufacturers. The Mark I model, offered in the mid 1980's was developed to fire the powerful .45 Winchester Magnum round. At various times, conversion kits were sold allowing the pistol to fire other rounds, including .45 ACP, 10 mm Auto, and .357 Magnum. Later, the Mark IV model was designed specifically to handle high pressure .44 Magnum loads, and the Mark V was designed to chamber the still more potent .50 AE. The 357/45 Grizzly WinMag .357-.45 GWM was a powerful wildcat round designed for the LAR Grizzly pistol.[2]Display switch on laptop.
The standard Grizzly models had a 5.5' slide, most often seen fitted with a 6.5' barrel which extends one inch beyond the slide, and less commonly with a 5.5' barrel in combination with a factory fitted bushing style recoil compensator. Special models with 8' and 10' barrels for hunting and silhouette competition were also produced (in small quantities).
A Grizzly caliber conversion kit typically included a barrel, a magazine, an ejector, an extractor, a barrel bushing, and a recoil spring. Some also included a bushing type recoil compensator and a wrench for use with the compensator.
Operation[edit]
The standard recoil spring used in the Mark I and II pistols chambered for the .45 Winchester Magnum has a 27lb rating, compared to the 16lb rating for a standard 1911 pistol chambered for 45acp. The heavy spring, combined with the greater inertia of the massive slide, results in a manageable recoil impulse without resorting to the gas operation of the Desert Eagle and Wildey designs. The absence of any small, easily fouled gas ports makes the LAR Grizzly capable of firing cast lead bullets reliably.
The Grizzly utilises a standard 1911 Commander length barrel bushing to accommodate the greater excursion of the slide and associated swing of the barrel required to feed and eject the long 45WM cartridge. In spite of this, the bushing tends to develop skirt cracks after hundreds of rounds of full-power loads. As the bushing skirt fails, the point of impact will drift downward.
The Grizzly pistol design does not utilize the double-tapered barrel tenon[3] accuracy enhancement patented by Perry Arnett.
Non-standard parts[edit]
Most of the small parts used in the Grizzly Mark I pistol are standard parts per the 1911 ordnance drawings. Some parts however are not interchangeable due to the increased front to rear depth of the magazine well:
See also[edit]References[edit]
External links[edit]
Perry Arnett Patents at the USPTO related to the LAR Grizzly pistol:
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The .44 AutoMag pistol (AMP) is a large caliber semi-automatic pistol. It was designed between 1966 and 1971 by the AutoMag Corporation to make a semi-automatic pistol chambered in .44 AMP.[1]
The pistol's reputation and looks have made it popular in cinema and novels and several versions are listed as 'Curios and Relics' by the ATF.
Function[edit]
The short-recoil operated AutoMag pistol featured a rotary bolt with locking lugs located at the front similar to the M16/AR-15 rifle. The AutoMag is a heavy pistol designed to give handgun owners .44 Magnum power in a semi-automatic pistol. The .44 AutoMag was designed to shoot .429-inch, 240-grain bullets at about the same velocity as the .44 Magnum revolver.[2]
History[edit]
In 1970, AutoMag Corporation president Harry Sanford opened a factory in Pasadena, California. The first pistol was shipped on August 8, 1971, and the factory declared bankruptcy on May 3, 1972, after making fewer than 3,000 pistols. The company opened and closed several times from 1973 through 1982 under several different names: TDE (Trade Deed Estates), OMC, Thomas Oil Company, High Standard, and AMT (Arcadia Machine & Tool).[3][4]
An additional 6,000 pistols were produced and sold during this period for a total of about 9,000.[3] Sanford continued to sell spare parts until his death in 1996.[5] His son Walter continued to sell the remaining parts online through automagparts.com. Production guns were made in .44 AMP. Experimental pistols were made in .45 ACP, .30 AMP, .357 AMP and .41 JMP.[4] Changing calibers usually required only exchanging the barrel â the frame, magazine and bolt could be used with all calibers except .45 ACP.[6]
AutoMag Corporation was short-lived for several reasons. The design team, headed by Mark Lovendale, took the AutoMag pistol from a fully functional machined chrome-moly steel prototype designed by Max Gera[7] to a more complicated and less reliable stainless steel pistol. Gera disagreed with Sanford about how the company should proceed and left the company. Additionally, the new design team was convinced the AutoMag pistol was not ready for production and could not be produced at a profit. The design team believed that even with the correct finished design, the wholesale price of the pistol had to be greatly increased or the company would go bankrupt. The design team was unable to convince Sanford, and they all resigned. The pistol was then rushed into production by a group that were not concerned with the pistol making a profit, but only that it got into production immediately. This led to expensive manufacturing processes, and later guns from Pasadena were not fitted well, as there was a constant push to get the product delivered.[2]
Severe under-pricing of the AutoMag pistol to indicate huge market demand to potential investors made success impossible. A final analysis showed that the AutoMag Corporation lost more than $1,000 on each pistol; each pistol sold wholesale for around $170. The pistols originally retailed for $217.50 in the 1970s. Used AutoMag pistols now sell for around $3,000â$4,000.[8]
In August 2015 Walter Sanford sold all the assets of the company including the name, trademark, and all rights to AutoMag Ltd. Corp., a South Carolina-based corporation. AutoMag is currently producing the first 77 Founders' Edition pistols with an 8.5' barrel, selling for $3,995 each. Classic Edition pistols with a 6.5' barrel are planned to sell for $3,495 each.[9]
Models[edit]Specifications[edit]
AutoMag Pistol
Designations[edit]
Between 1971 and 2002 the AutoMag would wear eleven different names:
Lee Jurras of Super Vel Ammunition commissioned a limited run of AutoMags to be given the 'LEJ' prefix on their serial numbers. They were to be custom-made to his specifications and were chambered in .44AMP, .357AMP and in Jurras' wildcat .41 JMP. Some of Jurras's custom AutoMags had custom leather holsters and magazine pouches, shoulder stocks, high polish jobs, gold plating, engraving, and other features.[1]
Ammunition[edit]
A .44 AMP next to a .44 Remington Magnum cartridge.
The .44 AutoMag Pistol cartridge was introduced in 1971.[1] Its rimless, straight wall case was originally formed by trimming the .308 Winchester or .30-06 case to 1.30 inches (33 mm).[1] Loaded ammunition was once available from the Mexican firm of Cartuchos Deportivos Mexico and from Norma (a Swedish firm), which produced empty cases.[1]
The .357 AMP round went into production in 1972 with the North Hollywood guns.[1] It is similar to the .44 AMP, but is necked down to accept the smaller diameter bullet. The same is true for the .41JMP, .30, .25 and .22LMP.[1]
Presently, loaded ammunition is available from Cor-Bon as well as SBR Ammunition, and new .44 AMP brass is available from Starline Brass. The dedicated handloader can form AMP cases from .30-06 or .308 Winchester brass, using a series of forming dies and an inside neck reamer.[1]
The AutoMag design gave birth to three new cartridges: the .44 AutoMag (.44 AMP), .357 AutoMag (.357 AMP) and the lesser-known .41 JMP.[1] There were barrels made to shoot other cartridges:
Kincel was an editor for Gun World magazine and Maynard was a technician who worked at AMT's service department.
AMT AutoMag[edit]
AMT (Arcadia Machine and Tool) manufactured several firearms under the AutoMag name, including the AMT AutoMag II in .22 WMR, AMT AutoMag III in .30 Carbine, AMT AutoMag IV in .45 Winchester Magnum and AMT AutoMag V in .50 Action Express.
In popular culture[edit]
Resident evil 7, features it as a weapon called old magnium hand gun.
References[edit]
44 Auto Mag Handgun For SaleExternal links[edit]
www.thenewautomag.com
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