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Auto Mag
.44 Auto Mag with standard 6.5 in (170 mm) vent rib barrel.
Type	Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin	United States
Production history
Designer	first: Harry Sanford & Max Gera
Designed	1966 to 1971
Manufacturer	Auto Mag Corporation Auto Mag LTD Corp (2015-Present)
Unit cost	first: $217.50 $3500: Auto Mag LTD Corp
Produced	1971—1982, 2017—present
Specifications
Mass	57 oz (3 lb 9 oz) (1.62 kg)
Length	11.5 inches
Barrel length	6.5 inches and 8.5 inches
Cartridge	.44 AMP
Caliber	.429 (bullet diameter)
Action	short recoil
Muzzle velocity	1600fps-1800fps
Feed system	7-round single-column box magazine
Sights	Adjustable target sights

9MM.223 / 5.56 45 ACP.22 Long Rifle.22 Win Mag 12 Gauge.308 Winchester 40 S&W.38 Special View All Calibers Ammo By Manufacturer Qualified Professional Ammo Recently Added Ammo. You can get the ballistics of the 44 Magnum in a 1911 type semi-auto. You can switch off the 460 Rowland conversion with the regular 45 pieces, allowing your 1911 to do double duty. From Wikipedia: The.460 Rowland is a proprietary cartridge intended to attain.44 Remington Magnum level performance with a M1911-pattern semi-automatic pistol.

The .44 Auto Mag pistol (AMP) is a large caliber semi-automatic pistol. It was designed between 1966 and 1971 by the Auto Mag 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]

Semi Auto 44 Mag Pistol

The short-recoil operated Auto Mag pistol featured a rotary bolt with locking lugs located at the front similar to the M16/AR-15 rifle. The Auto Mag is a modest weight pistol designed to give handgun owners .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.^[2]

History[edit]

In 1970, Auto Mag 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 – the frame, magazine and bolt could be used with all calibers except .45 ACP.^[6]

Auto Mag 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 Harry Sanford & Max Gera^[7] and created a more complicate and less reliable cast stainless steel version. The new design team was convinced the Auto Mag 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 refined by the remaining staff, and put into production. Unfortunately the expensive manufacturing processes and materials, and need for many parts to be produced by sub-contractors made the gun unprofitable resulting in bankruptcy of the original company.^[2]

Under-pricing of the Auto Mag pistol made ultimate success impossible. One analysis claimed that the Auto Mag 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. File sw tanaka t21 terbaru baju. Used Auto Mag pistols now sell for much more.^[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. Auto Mag 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]

Auto Mag Pistol

Chambering: .44 AMP [10.74x33 mm] (1970), .357 AMP [9x33 mm] (1972), .41 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: 7-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: 1970–2002
Price: Original retail $217.50 later increased to $275 ($425 for a paired .44 AMP and .357 AMP barrel kit)

Designations[edit]

Between 1971 and 2000 the Auto Mag would wear eleven different names:

AM, Pasadena, California (Made in Pasadena, Calif.)
TDE, North Hollywood, California (Made in Rosemead, Calif.) There was never a North Hollywood factory.
TDE, El Monte, California (Made in El Monte, Calif.)
TDE, El Monte, California, High Standard (Made in El Monte, Calif.)
TDE, El Monte, California, Lee Jurras (Made in El Monte, Calif.) Most custom work by Lee Jurras
TDE, El Monte, California, Kent Lomont (Made in El Monte, Calif.) Custom work by Kent Lomont
TDE / OMC, El Monte, California (Made in El Monte, Calif.)
AMT, Covina, California (Receivers made in Covina, Calif. and guns assembled in Irwindale, Calif.)
AMC, Covina, California (Receivers made in Covina, Calif. and guns assembled in Irwindale, Calif.)
AM, Irwindale, California (Made in Irwindale, Calif.)
AM, Sturgis, South Dakota (Some made in Hesperia, Calif. and some were made in Sturgis, S.D.)

Lee Jurras of Super Vel Ammunition commissioned a limited run of Auto Mags 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 Auto Mags had custom leather holsters and magazine pouches, shoulder stocks, high polish finish, engraving, and other features.^[1]

Ammunition[edit]

A .44 AMP next to a .44 Remington Magnum cartridge.

The .44 Auto Mag 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

Semi Auto .44 Mag